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All the King's Men: History's Importance
Throughout All the King's Men, history plays an important role in the
motivations and lives of all the characters. History's importance is most
noticeable, not surprisingly, in the story main characters - Willie Stark
and Jack Burden - whose lives focus on and, in some cases, ....
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.... slow and easy now, `God damn you, do you know what I can do to you?'
And he could too. For he had the goods."2 Thus history is important to
Stark as the device by which he maintains power.
Both Stark and Burden use history differently according to the way it
figures into their lives. To Stark, ultimate power being paramount, history
is a thing to be used in the manipulation of others to achieve his own ends.
For example, when Judge Irwin decides to endorse Murphy's candidate for the
senate, rather than Stark's, Stark views it as the perfect occasion for the
manipu ....
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