Night Rider And All The King's Men

The course of action an individual pursues is due to one’s motivation, weather that may be personal influences, or influences from others in the community. The motivation one finds helps them to jumpstart their chosen course of action, and guide them through the journey. In Margaret Laurence’s short story “Horses of the Night” Chris, demonstrates how his motivation conducts him through his excursion of life. The varying sources help to influence and guide him through these decisions and impact hid course of action. Chris’ motivation is revealed through his need of escapism, hints of pathetic fallacy, and how his family situation affects him and helps develop his chosen actions.

Perry Miller was a professor of American literature at Harvard University when he wrote this book. It is one in a series of books he wrote on American Puritanism; this book in particular explores the intellectual history of the Puritans through an investigation of significant Puritan thinkers and their writings.

All good writers are skilled in influencing the way we see their characters. Sometimes we love them or sometimes we hate them. A poem recently read is “King Billy,” written by Edwin Morgan. Throughout, various poetic techniques are cleverly applied to express to us that Billy Fullerton is a dislikable character. This will be proven by analysing the poetic techniques utilised by Morgan.

Throughout the novel, the author, Barbara Kingsolver, uses various stylistic devices to create complex, symbolic, and significant literature that is also rich in meaning. In the assigned passage, Kingsolver incorporates several literary devices to capture the audience’s attention and leave them with something to think about post reading.

Robert Penn Warren, in his novel All The King’s Men, examines the modern man’s quest to live a simple existence—a life, void of sin, in which man endeavors to discover truth. Jack Burden, the novel’s protagonist and narrator, is thrust onto the political scene when his managing editor instructs him to travel up to Mason City to “see who the hell that fellow Stark is who thinks he is Jesus Christ” (51). The comparison between Willie Stark, the governor of Louisiana, and Jesus Christ emerges as an important association because, even though Jack knows of Willie’s corruption and sin, he reveres Willie as a father figure; Jack’s search for the truth, the identity of his father, is one of the main crises in the

William Penn Warren’s All the King’s Men is novel that explores the political society and its influences. Like several politicians in modern society, several characters have qualities that seem unsuitable to the impression that have made. These ironies in All the King’s Men reveal how the characters have flaws, which can result in critical consequences. Jack Burden, Adam Stanton, Judge Irwin and Willie Stark are characters that with ironic traits.

Moreover, a critical essay written by R. Gray called "The American Novelist and American History: A Revaluation of 'All the King's Men’" effectively explains the analysis of images and symbols in All the King’s Men. The author of this literary piece tells the reader of Warren’s interest in the history and comparison of the political leader Huey Long and Willie Stark. Willie Stark’s character and absurd ideologies have been inspired by a legitimate politician from the 1930s. Huey Long did not see the flaws in his ideologies the same way Willie does not, and the demolishment of their careers is evident in both

Robert Penn Warren had many of the same experiences as the regular child: he had disagreements with his parents, did much of what they didn’t want him to, and turned out to be one of the most respected and well thought of authors in American history. Warren’s life was filled with many failures and these experiences had a heavy effect on him and his writing. Robert Penn Warren was a man heavily affected by a fractured relationship with his parents, a deep connection with his extended family, and a feeling of inadequacy; all of these factors led to his writing of All the King’s Men.

Ambrose Bierce led a relatively full but tragic life. After losing his sons Day and Leigh to suicide and alcoholism respectively, his wife left him for another man (“Ambrose Bierce”). His struggles with death and the inequity of life are evident throughout his literary works. “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” illustrates many of the power struggles that Bierce was fighting throughout much of his life.

Oxford Dictionaries defines the word responsibility as “The state or fact of having a duty to deal with something or of having control over someone” (1). From a young age, every person must accept responsibility for decisions that he or she makes. As situations arise that must be dealt with, people have a duty to deal with those situations. In many ways, the act of living itself is an act of ultimate responsibility. In Robert Penn Warren’s classic novel, All the King’s Men, the central characters of the novel all have to deal with the consequences of their actions, although many of the characters try to avoid this solemn duty of life. Through analyzing the actions and inactions of the central characters, many important lessons on responsibility can be derived from the novel.

In his work, “Eulogy on King Philip,” Apess discusses King Philip from a Native American point of view, and contrasts it with other works of the time. Apess, being a Native American, portrays King Philip as a true hero rather than a tragic hero or a villain. In his work, he also contrasts actions of the Native Americans with that of the British Puritan settlers. Peter Bayers, in “William Apess’s Manhood and Native Resistance in Jacksonian America,” discusses how the idea and ideals of manhood affect Apess directly and how they influenced him. Bayers looks closely into manhood during Apess’s time in addition to what Apess talks about openly in his other narratives; he also represents “Eulogy” in a particular

There is a horde of explanations pertaining to the epilogue of Blood Meridian. The short passage has sparked ideas of the idealistic human nature of suffering, the search for enlightenment through Gnosticism, and the subtle persuasion that lies beneath eloquent language, both in Judge Holden’s claims and Cormac McCarthy’s narration. It is important, before delving into these ideas, that the passage is recounted.

Parini, Jay, ed. The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature. Vol. 1. New York: Oxford UP, 2004. Print.

Throughout the semester we have studied many pieces of literature. All of these works have a purpose whether it be to find love, to be a hero, to find justice, to go on a journey, to portray the natural world and many more. I am going to discuss five different pieces of literature where the characters are on a journey to find or be something. First I will talk about Gilgamesh in the Epic of Gilgamesh.

In the story “Hardy Boys, Wheels of fire” by Franklin W. Dixon Joe and Frank go through many trouble only to stop are car thief. Throughout the story Joe's, the one of the main character's, core belief is tested very harshly. He believes strongly that he must always do the right thing. In the beginning of the story this is hinted at when Joe and Frank are sent out on a mission to try to get proof of the car thieves by setting themselves up to get a 911 Porsche to get stolen. Once they do get stopped by hijacker and escape death Joe says to Marty, the owner of the car, “ I don't know what to say, Marty, except that we will stay on this case and won't quit until we’ve recovered your car.” This shows how Joe is dedicated to get the job done