Object
President Bartlet's Pocket Lighter (Oval Office — exchange with Lord Marbury)
A small, pocket-sized metal flip lighter—worn at the edges, thumb-polished, and reliable in ignition. It produces a steady, wind-resistant flame when flicked and fits easily in a palm or jacket pocket. Bartlet handles it with practiced ease, offering or returning it to Lord Marbury as Marbury uses the flame to light a cigarette; the exchange is intimate and deliberate.
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Purpose
To generate a flame for lighting cigarettes (a portable ignition device).
Significance
Functions as a ritualized token of trust and intimacy between Bartlet and Marbury: the act of presenting/returning the lighter punctuates political gravitas with a private pact, humanizes Bartlet amid crisis, and underscores the fragile respite the cease‑fire affords.
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