He is the observer-narrator through whose eyes the characters and their lives in the novel are viewed. Thus the story of Willie Stark is related in his voice and the happenings in his life are seen through his eyes. As he traces the career graph of the protagonist from a County Treasurer of the Mason City to the Governor of the State, he shows glimpses of his own past and its relation to the present. …showed first 75 words of 830 total…

…showed last 75 words of 830 total…love. Thus he bids an affectionate goodbye to his mother after promising to keep in touch with her. He marries the girl he had loved all along and settles down to a life of peace and contentment with her. Feelings start surfacing in his heart again and he invites the Scholarly Attorney to spend the remaining days of his life with him. Jack Burden changes himself from a mechanical robot to a caring human being.