All the Kings Men
Advanced Placement English Period A Thursday, March 13, 2003 The Role of Dichotomy in All the King’s Men In All the King’s Men by Robert Penn Warren, many seemingly contradictory themes are introduced. ... All the King’s Men is the story of the rise and fall of a political titan in the Deep South taking the form of Willie Stark. ... “There were a good many folks in the store, men in overalls lined up along the soda fountain, and women hanging around the counters where the junk and glory was, and kids hanging on skirts with one hand and clutching ice-cream cones with the other staring out over their own wet noses at the world of men from eyes which resembled painted china marbles. ... The most intriguing of all his methods however, is the big twitch. ... Another important dichotomy used in All the King’s Men is between truth and facts.