Anne Stanton in All the Kings Men

It plays a small role in the novel "King", but Anstanton plays an important role in the development of story and role. Ann's lost innocence brought about the death of her brother Adam, her assassination and self-destruction of her lover Willis Starck, and at the end of the novel explained Jack Bouden's happiness. Does Ann know that her decision and reaction are essential to the progress of other characters, emotionally and mentally?

Anne is a childhood lover of Jack Baden, the political predecessor of Willy Stark, the daughter of Staunton governor. Many parts of this novel talk about his stories about the story of Jack 's life and the relationship with Annie. Like many Jack friends, Anne does not agree with Willie Stark. However, after one catastrophic revelation of her father's moral mistake, she was contaminated by Stark. Adam was a very successful doctor as a brother at Jack Baden's childhood friend, Anne Stanton. Jack says Adam Stanton is the extreme opposition of Governor Stark, saying Adam is "thinking person" and Stark is "the facter". In other places, he explained Adam 's main motivation as a deep need for "doing good things". Governor Stark invited Adam to the director of his pet project, a new hospital and medical center

Mark Royden Winchell's article in the Mississippi quarterly journal "O Happy Sin! Felix Culpa in All King's Men" considers the roles of Adam Stanton, Willie Stark, and Jack Burden in a completely new way, It is a very interesting reading. . However, this article has some drawbacks. I think that Winchell chose too many references from other academic papers. You can think that more than half of the content is in the author's own words. Also, although this article is very interesting, it is a complementary reading to better understand some characters, not criticizing the whole novel.