Willie Stark

Robert Penn Warren All the Kings' Men portrays the rise of Willie Stark from poverty to governor with the help of his right hand man Jack Burden. For a better analysis on how to do the right thing in politics through Willie Stark, Thomas Aquinas and Niccol'o Machiavelli provide sufficient evidence to support his methods of leadership. When Machiavelli stated, "Ascent to princely power by some criminal or evil conduct; and the rise of a private citizen to supreme authority in his land through choice of his fellow citizens" (Machiavelli 25), relates to how Willie Stark shows us how the political process works and what it takes to obtain power despite his personal life infidelities. Stark went by the motto his way or the highway as he used his power to make his enemies submit to his demands, which is a form of Machiavellism where all morality has been set aside, but still does the right thing by the people as he makes them his first priority. Jack Burden being the protagonist and second in command to Willie Stark does help us understand how politics worked and has continued in the same way, but does not provide adequate…

One must accept responsibility to live a proper and meaningful life; however, one cannot accept responsibility without inhibiting his or her life if he or she is not prepared for it. While each central character in the novel deals with life, choices, and responsibility in a different manner, each of them has one critical flaw in common: each of the men fails to balance the act of living life and the act of taking on responsibility for his actions. Jack Burden overthought the act of taking on…

Nathan “Danger” Williams 11/9/16 Leading the Way A “Dangerous” Leadership Paper Huey Pierce long (AKA ‘The Kingfish’) was the Governor of Louisiana during the depression Era. Long was born in Winnfield, Louisiana, on August 30, 1893, to a poor farm family of strong religious beliefs. He attended a public school and eventually became independent at the age of 16 as a door-to-door salesman to save up money for College. In 1912, he studied law for six months at Oklahoma University, and…

Willie Bester is a mixed media artist who was born near Cape Town in 1956 and grew up as a mixed race, or coloured person, during the times of Apartheid (“Willie Bester (1956 – ).”). He displayed elements of his artistic abilities during his childhood, and soon grew up to put his negativity about his segregated surroundings into artwork (“Willie Bester (1956 – ).”). One of his most powerful works is titled “Forced Removals”, which showcases the displacement of people due to segregation. The…

Huey P. Long once said “Every man a king, but no one wears a crown.” this was a man that truly believed that anyone could thrive. During his time in office as a senator and Governor of Louisiana, he had ideas to fix the current depression. He developed the “Share Our Wealth” program as a new welfare program for the country. He had a close connection to the agricultural community since he grew up on a farm as a child, and then rose to high status later in life. He originally used his power…

Robert Penn Warren’s thrilling novel All the King’s Men begins to sound like a story written in the narrator, Jack Burden’s eyes, about a man he worked for named Willie Stark. However, it is nothing more than a representation of who Jack is as a person and character in the story and how it progresses. Willie Stark is known as one of Jack’s father figures because not only does he offer Jack a job, he manages to show Jack how to redeem himself. Jack’s mother had several men in her and her son’s…

That night most of the Avengers left, the only to that had wanted to stay over was Natasha and Steve. Who had both said that they need a little break. The next day Nova walked down the stairs, but stopped as she heard arguing in the kitchen. "No, absolutely not. Clint she is not going there." Laura said sternly. Nova hears a sigh, "She won't be alone. Tony said Parker would help her out." "I'm sorry but wasn't Tony the one who told you that, the Peter boy split a boat in half? I don't want…

Ironman Have you heard of the C.E.O of Stark Industries? What about the knight in shining armor. Then you know who Ironman is. He is a billionaire, super hero, and C.E.O of a company. I choose this topic because I love Ironman and the technology he makes. He was kidnapped by a Russian Corporation to make deadly weapons. He went through a lot of things. Tony Stark’s party was attacked and a landmine blew up and a piece of shrapnel was lodged near his heart. He was captured and forced to make…

Both Jon and Sam are initiated but get low rankings as stewards. Jon learns about the happening in King’s Landing and kills a wight that attacked the Lord Commander. In the Dothraki land of peace, Daenerys eats a whole horse heart to ensure that her baby would be strong and male. At the after party, Viserys shows up drunk and threatening to kill the baby and take Daenerys back since Drogo did not give him what he wanted, a golden crown. Drogo pours molten gold on Viserys and he dies. After an…

the point of view of “Bran” Stark, a crippled child, who discovers that they are far more than legend, are still very much alive and will ultimately have a huge impact upon his maturation and destiny. They refer to themselves as “those who sing the songs of the Earth” because of their unique language referred to as “the Old Tongue” which Martin describes in The World of Ice and Fire: The Untold History of Westeros and the Game of Thrones, as “sounding like the song of stones in a brook, or the…