The Awful Responsibility to Time
In Robert Penn Warren's famous novel All the King's Men, the foremost account of politics and a man's fall of power is contrasted with the more complex and intriguing tale of Jack Burden and his rise to a more complete character. By finally accepting his role in the order of events surrounding him, Jack becomes aware of his sin and learns to understand the importance of recognizing that his fate is intertwined with others. The story of Cass Mastern, the subject of Jack's unfinished dissertation for his Ph.D. in American History, is a story of a man driven by his own sin to sew the tattered fabric of others that has been torn by his immoral act. The story of Cass Mastern serves as a measuring stick against which Jack's progress as a character can be measured: the closer Jack Comes to understanding Cass Mastern, the closer he is to accepting the idea of human responsibility in time. The story of Cass Mastern is ultimately a tale of redemption after sin, success after failure. As a student at Transylvania College in the 1850's Cass Mastern had had an affair with Annabelle Trice, the wife of his friend Duncan Trice. When Duncan discovered the affair, he took off his wedding ring and shot himse
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Approximate Word count = 1362
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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