In All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren, the protagonist and narrator Jack Burden, receives a job from local politician Willie Talos solely for the purpose of giving Willie the truth and for doing whatever Willie asks him to do. The reason that Willie hired Jack was because when running for mayor the first time Jack was one of the few people who would actually tell him how he was doing. For example when Willie asked Jack how he thinks WIllie is doing during the race Jack gives him a straight up honest answer which ended up helping Willie in the long run by getting criticism so he could improve. "I heard the speech. But they don't give a damn about that... Tell 'em anything. But for sweet Jesus' sake don't try to improve their minds" (102). Then later that scene Willie asks how Jack thinks the speech is going and Jack replies in the most honest way. “I heard that kind of talk. It gets around, I said. It not any secret. Then he demanded “Do you think it’s true?”(103). The way Jack replies is in a manner that he doesn't really cares what happens so he will just say the truth no matter what. He's not going to give WIllie bullshit so that it will affect his campaign. This kind of truth and advice is what really brings Willie to making the decision to offer Jack the job. So when Willie hires Jack, he doesn't even have a specific job for him. "'what do I do for the job?' 'Hell, I don't know... Something will turn up'" (153). Willie hires Jack not to do an assignment but because Willie knows that by having Jack by his side he will benefit thoroughly. WIllie asks Jack to do all sorts of jobs from then on, this includes moving lazy dogs, listening in on meeting, giving opinions and his newest job yet is to dig up dirt on his fatherly figure Judge Irwin. The Judge sponsored a different politician rather than Willie, and so WIllie wants to take him down. Jack does not want to let down Willie although the judge was and still is a huge part of Jacks life. This just proves the loyalty of Jack to Willie. The fact that Jack digs up dirt on the judge shows who Jack is really rooting for. Jack does work for Willie, but Jack is so much more to Willie than just an employee. Willie looks to Jack for his most secretive work, and for his most honest opinion. Willie knows that by having Jack by his side he will continue being the govenor.
Monday, February 23, 2015
Hennessey- ATKM post 1
What does Jack do for Willie?
In All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren, the protagonist and narrator Jack Burden, receives a job from local politician Willie Talos solely for the purpose of giving Willie the truth and for doing whatever Willie asks him to do. The reason that Willie hired Jack was because when running for mayor the first time Jack was one of the few people who would actually tell him how he was doing. For example when Willie asked Jack how he thinks WIllie is doing during the race Jack gives him a straight up honest answer which ended up helping Willie in the long run by getting criticism so he could improve. "I heard the speech. But they don't give a damn about that... Tell 'em anything. But for sweet Jesus' sake don't try to improve their minds" (102). Then later that scene Willie asks how Jack thinks the speech is going and Jack replies in the most honest way. “I heard that kind of talk. It gets around, I said. It not any secret. Then he demanded “Do you think it’s true?”(103). The way Jack replies is in a manner that he doesn't really cares what happens so he will just say the truth no matter what. He's not going to give WIllie bullshit so that it will affect his campaign. This kind of truth and advice is what really brings Willie to making the decision to offer Jack the job. So when Willie hires Jack, he doesn't even have a specific job for him. "'what do I do for the job?' 'Hell, I don't know... Something will turn up'" (153). Willie hires Jack not to do an assignment but because Willie knows that by having Jack by his side he will benefit thoroughly. WIllie asks Jack to do all sorts of jobs from then on, this includes moving lazy dogs, listening in on meeting, giving opinions and his newest job yet is to dig up dirt on his fatherly figure Judge Irwin. The Judge sponsored a different politician rather than Willie, and so WIllie wants to take him down. Jack does not want to let down Willie although the judge was and still is a huge part of Jacks life. This just proves the loyalty of Jack to Willie. The fact that Jack digs up dirt on the judge shows who Jack is really rooting for. Jack does work for Willie, but Jack is so much more to Willie than just an employee. Willie looks to Jack for his most secretive work, and for his most honest opinion. Willie knows that by having Jack by his side he will continue being the govenor.
In All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren, the protagonist and narrator Jack Burden, receives a job from local politician Willie Talos solely for the purpose of giving Willie the truth and for doing whatever Willie asks him to do. The reason that Willie hired Jack was because when running for mayor the first time Jack was one of the few people who would actually tell him how he was doing. For example when Willie asked Jack how he thinks WIllie is doing during the race Jack gives him a straight up honest answer which ended up helping Willie in the long run by getting criticism so he could improve. "I heard the speech. But they don't give a damn about that... Tell 'em anything. But for sweet Jesus' sake don't try to improve their minds" (102). Then later that scene Willie asks how Jack thinks the speech is going and Jack replies in the most honest way. “I heard that kind of talk. It gets around, I said. It not any secret. Then he demanded “Do you think it’s true?”(103). The way Jack replies is in a manner that he doesn't really cares what happens so he will just say the truth no matter what. He's not going to give WIllie bullshit so that it will affect his campaign. This kind of truth and advice is what really brings Willie to making the decision to offer Jack the job. So when Willie hires Jack, he doesn't even have a specific job for him. "'what do I do for the job?' 'Hell, I don't know... Something will turn up'" (153). Willie hires Jack not to do an assignment but because Willie knows that by having Jack by his side he will benefit thoroughly. WIllie asks Jack to do all sorts of jobs from then on, this includes moving lazy dogs, listening in on meeting, giving opinions and his newest job yet is to dig up dirt on his fatherly figure Judge Irwin. The Judge sponsored a different politician rather than Willie, and so WIllie wants to take him down. Jack does not want to let down Willie although the judge was and still is a huge part of Jacks life. This just proves the loyalty of Jack to Willie. The fact that Jack digs up dirt on the judge shows who Jack is really rooting for. Jack does work for Willie, but Jack is so much more to Willie than just an employee. Willie looks to Jack for his most secretive work, and for his most honest opinion. Willie knows that by having Jack by his side he will continue being the govenor.
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