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This is a 3 page paper that provides an overview of Warren's "All the King's Men". Textual evidence is used to support the theme of disparity between idealism and reality. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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something of a caricature of corruption in American politics, it is easy to see how this theme is presented vis a vis the disparity between popular idealism in the value
of a democratic political system, and the reality that such systems are often built upon corruption, bribery, and blackmail. However, the theme runs much deeper than this superficial reading of
the main narrative thread of the text, which often uses the flashback as a tool to highlight the disparity between ideal and fact with the benefit of hindsight. Similar reverberations
of the theme of the conflict between idealism and reality can be found in several other aspects of Warrens novel, including Jack Burdens transition from nihilism to a more realistically
informed view of causality and human interrelations, the gradual revelation of unsavory facts about the idealistically regarded character of Judge Irwin, and the dismantling of idealistic attitudes towards prejudice by
the reality that racism continues well after the official abolition of slavery within the novel. This paragraph helps the student introduce the first aspect in which the central theme is
shown. The most significant expression of Warrens theme, besides the obvious symbolism of Willie Talos as a corrupt political figure, is Jack Burdens transition from a naively simplified form of
nihilism he refers to as the "Great Twitch" towards a more realistic view of how individual actions have the capacity to affect circumstances beyond what is immediately obvious (Warren 2001,
p. 605). At first, Jack justifies his work for Willies campaign through reassuring himself that his actions have no consequence: "nobody has any responsibility for anything and there was no
god but the Great Twitch" (Warren 2001, p. 605). The nihilistic character of this philosophy can be found in the summation that "names mean nothing and all the words we
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