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All The King's Men: Man As A Slave To Knowledge
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In Robert Penn Warren's novel, All the King's Men, Jack Burden
states, “The end of man is knowledge, but there is one thing a man can't
know. He can't know whether knowledge will save him or kill him (9).”
Jack's statement reveals that man is enslaved by knowledge. Familiar
sayings such as, “Ignor ....
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....o hold him in his power. Willie said himself, “Well, I
fixed Byram. I fixed him so his unborn great-grandchildren will wet their
pants on this anniversary and not know why (136).” Also, Stark manipulates
people with knowledge, telling them what they want to hear. “Under the
picture was the legend: My study is the heart of the people. In quotation
marks, and signed, Willie Stark (6).” Willie Stark studies people, rather,
voters, and what they want to hear from him. When the people hear what they
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