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All The King's Men Analysis
Kyle Rempfer
Period 1
English II
Honors Dialecticorial

All the King's Men - The dialectical journal.

Passage 1: In this first passage the author describes the scenic views of the rolling countryside as he and Willie Stark drive to Mason City for some quick press photos at Willies old house. The author spends a great deal of time in this passage detailing the landscape and introducing figures. The entire passage reminds me of the time in which I was driving out to Arizona this summer with my family. Our drive as was the one in the book was highly defined by the apparition of rolling country hills, thick forestry, and a surreal sort of feeling that hung over the car's atmosphere. As in the book were the main character Jack Burden pondered …show more content…
Willie threatens the well being of the judges family and his job by saying that Jack Burden will dig up some dirt on him and stick it to him if he does not endorse Willies candidate. The judge reacts bitterly toward this and throws Willie out of the house. This passage reflects the corruptness of politics in my eyes. Here there is a man whom has retracted an endorsement of another man due to the clear fact that he is the wrong man for the job. Then comes a political bully (Willie) whom clearly threatens the man into endorseing his candidate. Still the Judge refuses and then in doing so puts his job and credibility to risk at the hands of a political …show more content…
Jack was an extraordinary Historian and had been trying for a doctorates in American History however he ended up walking away from it for many reasons including pressure. This is then tied into Jack once again walking away from his rather prosperous job at the town newspaper The Chronicle. Jack calls these times in which he gives up these goals of his A Great Sleep, because all he does during the weeks following is sleep and piddle around his homes as well as found love interests with a local girl. Through this passage the character of Jack reminds me of a sort of in directional kind of person whom has no idea what he really wants with his life and can't seem to make up his mind so he goes into a sort of glazed existence of dating, sleeping, and meandering about the town. It seems to be his only way to deal with possibly a sort of disappointment he has over
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