Ekugqibeleni iBali libonelela ngombono owahlukileyo, uhlobo lobuchule bokwenyani bomntu enkosi kubalinganiswa ababi kunye nabangaqhelekanga abafana UWilliam Walker. I-Madmen eqinisekileyo ngemibono ephuculweyo ye-adventure kwaye ekugqibeleni ityhila iintsizi ezinkulu kunye nezicwangciso eziphantsi komhlaba abathi abanye abantu ababizwa ngokuba ngamadoda amakhulu bacamngce ngenxa yozuko namandla abo.
Imeko yakhe njengenye yeefilibusters zokugqibela yenza uWilliam Walker abe ngumntu ophelelwe yisikhathi kwixesha lakhe, phakathi kwekhulu le-XNUMX. Nangona kunjalo, ngokuhamba kwexesha, umzobo wakhe uye wafumana iprofayili yohlobo lweCaribbean Robin Hood oceba ukuhlasela, wajongana namazwe amisiweyo kunye norhwebo lwaphesheya.
Ngaphandle kokuba isiphelo solu hlobo lwegeza ludla ngokuphelela ekunikezeleni kwingozi ehamba ngayo ngaphandle kolwazi olufanelekileyo lomngcipheko. Kwiminyaka engamashumi amathathu anesithandathu, uWilliam Walker waphela ngokudutyulwa eHonduras.
U-Walker wenza okoyisekile yimfundiso yeManifest Destiny, uhlobo oluthile lokuthetheleleka kwezopolitiko oluphantse lube nguThixo olwanika iUnited States ilungelo lokwandisa kulo lonke elaseMelika.
Kumaphulo akhe awahlukeneyo phantse kulo lonke elaseLatin America, wakwazi ukuhlanganisa amajoni ngeenjongo zakhe eMexico, eCosta Rica, eHonduras okanye eNicaragua.
Njengoko kudla ngokuba njalo kuyo nayiphi na ingcamango esekelwe kuqwalaselo lwesizathu sakhe njengeyona nyaniso yokugqibela, uWalker wazinika ilungelo lokugqogqa iinqanawa okanye ukuseka iiriphabliki zobuxoki. Ukusebenzisana kwakhe nabantu basezidolophini, ehlala enobubele, intlonipho yakhe ngamajoni eentshaba ezoyisiweyo kunye nokukwazi kwakhe ukucaphukisa oosomashishini abakhulu abasuka eUnited States kunye nawo wonke uMbindi Merika kwamnika udumo oludumileyo awathi ngamaxesha amaninzi wakhetha ukungena kulo.
Ke ekukhanyeni komlinganiswa, ukwakha le noveli bekungayi kuba nzima kangako kwinqanaba leploti. Ubomi bukaWilliam Walker bubodwa buyinoveli ephonononga kwimbali yaseMelika ngokuqina kwenyathelo layo elimiselweyo, kunye noshicilelo lwembono yayo ye-utopian kwaye, ngamanye amaxesha, ngokuziphatha kwayo kweMachiavellian.
Omnye wabalinganiswa abakhulu kwimbali ende yeenguqu zaseMelika, kunye noChé Guevara okanye uSimón Bolivar ngokwakhe.
Ngesaphulelo esincinci sokufikelela kule bhlog (ehlala ixabiswa), ngoku unokuthenga inoveli Pura Vida. Ubomi kunye nokufa kukaWilliam Walker, nguPatrick Deville, apha: