In the novel All the King’s Men, by Robert Penn Warren, the author uses the conflicts, both those of society and the characters, the setting and the attitudes of the community to reflect the period of the 1930’s and its similar conflicts, social attitudes and values of the time. All the King's Men is the story of the rise and fall of a political titan in the Deep South during the 1930s. Willie Stark …showed first 75 words of 1068 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1068 total…s Men. The main characters use history as a tool to reach their goals and manipulate it to their liking. The characters themselves are patterned after real people, whom they personify in all their glory and infamy. The story, too, follows the customs and social patterns of the south in the1930’s. These qualities give the novel a truly realistic narration of the rise an fall of a political king, and his affect on everyone