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All The King's Men

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All The King's Men

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  1. To insert your company logo on this slide • From the Insert Menu • Select “Picture” • Locate your logo file • Click OK • To resize the logo • Click anywhere inside the logo. The boxes that appear outside the logo are known as “resize handles.” • Use these to resize the object. • If you hold down the shift key before using the resize handles, you will maintain the proportions of the object you wish to resize. All The King's Men By Robert Penn Warren (1905-1989)

  2. AP English • HW: Read Ch. 1 of ATKM by Friday • Notes on ATKM • Huey Long video • Journal entry

  3. Journal Response • The end justifies the means. • Agree or disagree? Reasons?

  4. Won the Pulitzer Prize in 1946

  5. Jack Burden’s moral education

  6. Willie Stark • Jack’s employer • Some link him with Huey Long, governor of Louisiana from 1928-32

  7. Huey Long • Former governor of Louisiana • His slogan “Every man a king.” • Nicknamed “Kingfish” • Candidate for President in 1935, but was shot

  8. Although Warren drew from many sources, there are similarities between Willie Stark and Huey Long but. . .

  9. Look at the novel as the story of the growth of Jack Burden rather than a biography of Huey Long.

  10. All The King’s Men • What is the allusion?

  11. Humpty Dumpty • Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall • Humpty Dumpty had a great fall

  12. Humpty Dumpty • All the king’s horses • and all the king’s men • couldn’t put Humpty • together again

  13. The Fall • Governing metaphor of the novel.

  14. All The King’s Men • Each major character experiences some kind of fall.

  15. Original sin • Taints all the characters.

  16. All The King’s Men • All characters are also capable of redemption.

  17. All The King’s MenEnd note • Jack began as a minor character, but he took on a life of his own as the novel developed.

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