All The King's Men: History's Importance
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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, depend upon
history a ....
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.... globe except what's under water, and
that's dirt too. It's dirt makes the grass grow. A diamond ain't a thing in
the world but a piece of dirt that got awful hot. God-a-Mighty picked up a
handful of dirt and blew on it and made you and me and George Washington
and mankind blessed in faculty and apprehension. It all depends on what you
do with the dirt."1 In this case, Stark is referring to the past as dirt -
something to be used in many ways. The way he chooses to use it of course
is as bl ....
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