Colt .44
The novel’s various Colt .44s symbolize the ambiguity between authenticity and inauthenticity. Though the guns (which Childan sells in his antique shop) are supposed to date from the American Civil War, they are in fact…
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Plastic
Plastic, the material used in most German mass production, represents falsity and it is frequently associated with deception. For example, the fake Colt .44s are “reproduction[s] cast from a plastic mold,” and when Rudolf Wegener…
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TV and Rockets
The various mentions of TV and rockets represent the way the Nazi priorities diverge from American ones, even in seemingly apolitical ways. In 1962, when The Man in the High Castle was published, televisions sets…
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