All the Kings Men - 2 Essay

In Robert Penn Warren's All the King's Men the narrator, Jack Burden attempts to distance himself from any darkness surrounding him and his actions, yet simultaneously disclaims all responsibility. Throughout the novel he accepts human responsibilities and dismisses the moral relativism and “The Great Twitch.” Jack is Willie Stark's political right-hand man, comes from a prominent family and knows many of the most important people in the state. He lacks his ambition and his responsibilities. By the end of the novel jack is transformed by different events like departure of Ellis Burden, the case of Judge Irwin and his relation with Anne Stanton that gives him a chance to live his life with a different manner.

Jack illustrates the purpose of deception by using Earnest to escape his role of Cecily’s warden. When Algernon finds Jack’s cigarette case, he is shocked to find the name Jack graven inside. Jack attempts to explain by saying, “[M]y name is Ernest in town and Jack in the country” (Wilde Act I). As Jack, he has to be a responsible adult and take care of his niece Cecily but as Ernest he is able to live the wild life of a young bachelor. By pretending to be Ernest in town, Jack is freed from the restrictions of being a caretaker, yet he still fulfills the duties of one as he resides in the country. While explaining why he has two identities to Algernon, Jack states that being a guardian does not “conduce very much to either one’s health or one’s happiness” (Wilde Act I). Jack has to take care of Cecily, be responsible for her, and set rules and guidelines for her to follow. In his role of guardian, he finds himself unable to have fun, so he creates an irresponsible, carefree

In viewing this short film I learned a bit more depth into the history of the formation of labour laws and unionism. I knew it was a battle to be fought and was often lost up until recently. From my point of view I can see both the workers and the government side of the fight for and against worker unionism. I am bias, and am on the workers side of things, since I was raised and live in the lower middle class bracket. Biases aside, I can see why the government wanted to oppose the workers fight for unionism.

Even when he does meet the Scholarly Attorney, he does not question him. If he did delve into his past, then he could have found out that Judge Irwin was his real father. This could have prevented Judge Irwin’s death, as Jack may have refused or would have not even been asked to find “dirt” on him (Warren 74). In addition, it is ironic that despite being a historian, Jack believes in the “Great Twitch,” which is that life must be viewed in a “mystic vision,” as life is unpredictable (Warren 473). This allows man to “feel clean and free,” as their actions have no effect (Warren 473). The irony exists in that historian study deep into the past to find the reasons for things, and now, Jack has started to believe that these reasons do not exist.

The child stated that both he and his father believe that there are many things that his mother has done. Jack indicated that he does not remember them, but his father “reminds me” about these things.

The major issue in the King’s 99 Cent is the sale of products and customers rate are decreasing tremendously from the past few years due to the economic recession. The King's 99 Cent does not use the Profit and Loss chart to track the input and the output that running in the store which has caused much unnecessary losses: Such as, there were many Dogs products stored in the storage while the owner purchasing more products from the suppliers to attract new customers and hold the current customers. Even though, the production price is high, the owner purchases the products, therefore most of the products in the King’s 99 Cent have a higher price than the other dollar stores, but the quality and efficiency of the product does not worth it. This has therefore led me to Should King's 99 Cent reconsiders its product portfolio to increase its profit margin and customer growth?

In the eyes of his father, Jack Boughton can do no wrong. However, to John Ames and others, this is not the case. An alcoholic and choleric-tempered being, Ames initially feels threatened by the younger man, anxiously worrying of a plot to replace him as his wife’s husband and their son’s father after his soon expected death. Moreover, Jack

     Adam Stanton grew up as the best friend of Jack Burden, and the son of

Ronald Reagan’s life wasn’t the greatest growing up. He had some extreme difficulties with his parents and his childhood. His family wasn’t categorized in a social class; they didn’t own anything like a farm, store, bank or industry. Ronald Reagan was born on February 6, 1911 in Illinois, in a town called Tampico, in a one-bedroom rental over a bank building. His mother named him Ronald, but he didn’t like it so he asked people to start calling him what his father called him, Dutch. His father called him that because on the day he was born, his dad ran up the stairs, looked at him and said that he looked like a fat little Dutchman. He had an older brother named Neil who was two years older than

Do you think Knowledge is power? When you have knowledge you have experience. Knowledge gives you understanding and it will help you in the near future. Now you are thinking about it, knowledge can be a result of having challenges, and making hard decisions. For Instances, Mr.Faber, he was a retired English teacher who had knowledge, understanding and experience and Montag needed his help. Montag went and asked Mr.Faber for help he knew what he was getting himself into and said No to Montag, nevertheless Montag started to tear the Bible right in front of Mr.Faber. Although Mr.Faber didn’t want to he said yes to Montag. Such as this example there will be challenges and you will have to decide even if it is the hardest decision in your life.

The novel starts out with David having very strong morals and Jack with not so many. The boys were brought up in a violent home. We later can see that Jack learnt from this experience, where as David not knowing any better took the path of his father. Jack learnt a lot about himself when he was training for the war, he became the real man that was inside of him.

     In the novel, All the Kings Men by Robert Penn Warren, the characters live out the consequences of decisions made in their pasts. Each character deals with the past in a different way. It costs some relationships. It costs some their careers. It even costs some their lives. I believe that Cass Mastern says it best when he says “…the world is like an enormous spider web and if you and if you touch it, however lightly, at any point the vibration ripples to the remotest perimeter and the drowsy spider feels the tingle and is drowsy no more but springs out to fling the gossamer coils about you who have touched the web and then injects the black, numbing poison under your

From the findings that I collected on “Should King's 99 Cent reconsiders its product portfolio to increase its profit margin and customer growth?”, King’s 99 Cent is losing money due to the various reasons which it can be fixed easily. By using the Fishbone diagram, I break down the problem into four parts; Management, Manpower, Machine, and Material. In this case, the owner is lack of business knowledge to promote and miscommunication with the suppliers for a better price. For the machinery, the store does not have a computer to track the cash inflow and outflow. The owner is lack of business knowledge to marketing strategies in the 8 P’s marketing to reduce the waste products. Lastly, the products that stored in the dollar store have a poor quality and lack of efficiency. There are several serious causes that I have discovered in King’s 99 Cent, such as, limited choices, a high sale price, quality

to hide his identity while fulfilling hidden desires does not change that. The irony here is that Jack

Following Jack and his detachment from the umbrella of the conch; this would be the culmination of his character. He has given in to his primal impulses, but also a rage was ignited in him paralleled to the actions of totalitarian dictator. His thirst for power is evident from the novels inception, but there is a breaking point in Jack, it all happens as he is humiliated. His separation from the group is divided without a concise initiative but rather just having the freedom from Ralph is what drove him away. The interesting aspect of the separation is the face-paint. Behind the face-paint Jack is a new individual. All this eventually leading him down a dark and gory rode, provoking unmoral behavior is the culmination of his character.