THE ORDINARY ENGLISH WORKER HATES THE IRISH WORKER AS A COMPETITOR WHO LOWERS HIS AVERAGE STANDARD OF LIVING. HE FELT THAT HE WAS A MEMBER OF A RULING NATION, THEREBY BECOMING AN INSTRUMENT OF HIS ARISTOCRATS AND CAPITALISTS AGAINST IRELAND AND CONSOLIDATING THEIR DOMINATION OVER HIM. RELIGIOUS, SOCIAL AND NATIONAL PREJUDICES SET HIM AGAINST THE IRISH WORKER. HE BEHAVES TOWARDS HIM IN MUCH THE SAME WAY AS POOR WHITES TOWARDS BLACKS IN THE FORMER SLAVE STATES OF THE AMERICAN UNION. THE IRISHMAN RETURNS THE FAVOR LARGELY. HE SEES IN HIM BOTH THE ACCOMPLICE AND THE BLIND INSTRUMENT OF ENGLISH DOMINATION IN IRELAND