Founding Brothers gives a description of the two men as, “the odd couple of the American Revolution.” Although, as Adams’ and Jefferson’s time progresses, Adams is made to look less mentally sound with each paragraph. He starts as a loving husband who appreciates his wife’s opinion and morphs into a possibly mentally ill man who cannot make a decision without his wife’s approval. All the while, Jefferson is possibly caught selling lies to the papers about the man was supposed to be his close friend. John Adams is continually set up to play the villain based on evidence that was not proven and belittled for these facts. The friendship becomes ambiguous, because very little is truly known about what happened while Adams and Jefferson were unable to maintain their friendship. Noting this lapse in friendship, both Adams and Jefferson made many decisions during each of their presidencies that reflect their growing mistrust of the other, much like modern
Founding Brothers gives a description of the two men as, “the odd couple of the American Revolution.” Although, as Adams’ and Jefferson’s time progresses, Adams is made to look less mentally sound with each paragraph. He starts as a loving husband who appreciates his wife’s opinion and morphs into a possibly mentally ill man who cannot make a decision without his wife’s approval. All the while, Jefferson is possibly caught selling lies to the papers about the man was supposed to be his close friend. John Adams is continually set up to play the villain based on evidence that was not proven and belittled for these facts. The friendship becomes ambiguous, because very little is truly known about what happened while Adams and Jefferson were unable to maintain their friendship. Noting this lapse in friendship, both Adams and Jefferson made many decisions during each of their presidencies that reflect their growing mistrust of the other, much like modern