Jim and Marceline's Relationships

Marceline thought about divorcing Jim in the early years of their marriage. His interest in politics was becoming an obsession, and as he spent more time with his socialist friends,. Marceline felt like Jim was becoming radicalized, obsessed. In Indianapolis, he began pushing right past the socialist and seeking out explicit communists. He began preaching communism at home to Marceline and her nephew who had come to stay for a while.