Philip Creviston- POST 1

This story is narrated by Henry Burton who is a former congressional aide of a well known political figure. He is being hired by Jack Stanton who is running for President. He turns into Stanton’s main man but he must earn his trust first which does come at a price. For example in the middle of chapter one when Stanton and the librarian come out of the bedroom.

Henry could have easily said, “What the heck?” or “Are you serious?” or even “Man, I could make so much money off of this” (as we see later in the book) but he kept his cool and didn’t say a word until Stanton asked him a question about her program she has going at her library. This shows that Henry has self discipline and also that he can keep his mouth shut. We can tell by what the author says that Henry is beyond himself but he doesn’t show Stanton because he wants this job and doesn’t want to show any sort of weakness that he knows would hurt him.

This also shows how Henry is level minded and why he was a very good choice for narrator. He keeps his cool in many instances in these first four chapters when others are freaking out. Also his experience makes him very knowledgeable so it gives us more perspective on what is going on in the story.

Also not part of the question but does anyone else see the Time magazine references? Ironic that the author works for Time.