As the campaign continues on Burton starts spiraling down the rabbit hole. Everything he first thought about Stanton is quickly being replaced, but so are his feelings about Stanton. Burton started off with simple respect and slight admiration of Stanton, but now he's become almost engrossed with Stanton and his campaign, even though Burton can see that things are becoming futile and the best option would be to get out Burton can't help himself, he so caught up that he’s got to ride it out to the end. More and more Burton realizes just how much he put into this campaign, not only all his effort and time but also his personal relationships are becoming contained by the campaign. He never even saw it coming.
Burton won’t quit he can’t give up because it would be turning his back on a man he has built up to be a leader to be admired he ignores evidence to the contrary, scandals and affairs, and rigorously defends Stanton and his integrity. He refuses to leave the campaign; refuses even to have plans in case the campaign fails. He won’t look ahead; he won’t even look down at where he’s going. He’s looking to the sky and pretending everything is ok.
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I agree with your assessment but would like to see just a bit more new info. If nothing else, you could have worked the metaphor a bit more.
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