Throughout the history, in times of crisis, collapse of an empire, people tend to see only from one prospective. People read about history of Scotland, about how people suffered British imperialism and civil war that took place in XIII century, but a person cannot feel, or truly see what was really happening from Scottish prospective. The movie Braveheart is about how a peasant boy of the end of 13th century, William Wallace (Mel Gipson), that grows up into warrior, after the loss of his father and his wife, rebels against the British King, Edward I. Wallace attacks English positions of Scotland, to free Scotland from British rules and succeeds. It’s undeniable that the film offers a worthy spectacle of Hollywood and of History that spectators…
This picture tells a fictionalized story of William Wallace, a 13th century Scotsmen who would go on to make his mark on history. As Braveheart tells it, Wallace (played by Mel Gibson, who also directed) fell in love with his childhood sweetheart (Catherine McCormack) after returning to his hometown (Wallace lived with his uncle for about half his childhood because his father and brother died in battle).…
In order for us to look at these principles we must first learn about some of the leaders talked about in this book. We first look at a fellow Bedford boy Captain Taylor Fellers. In 1932, Fellers joined the National Guard were he was promoted to sergeant in 1935. Having been a non-commission officer for a while, Fellers decided to take military correspondence course to qualify for officer training. He attended officer training in Georgia, after returning from officer training several years later Fellers would command Company A on D-Day, June 4, 1944. Fellers was respected greatly by the others soldiers of Company A, he had grown up with these soldiers , so he know a great deal about these men that he would leader on D-Day. This was one of the leadership principles that was most important for a person in charge knowing your subordinates and there capabilities. Know that gave him a great advantage for when they began there extensive and demanding training for preparation for the events for D-Day. Along with his preparation, Fellers as a leader had studied the Allied intelligence and countless aerial shots and concluded that his men were being sent to face certain slaughter. Despite the information Fellers had to try to keep his men focus and motivated on the task at hand. Around the time of the invasion for…
Braveheart is supposed t o be the true story of William Wallace and his battle to free Scotland from English rule. Most of the characters in Braveheart are true historical characters, however, the manner in which they are portrayed in the movie, tends to lean a bit towards fiction. Little is know about the true history of Wallace.…
Good leadership can be found in an individual that is persevering, does not give up, and encourages others to reach their goals. In Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, Ralph and Jack are both given the chance to become leaders. However, both of them display negative qualities that reflect onto the rest of the group. Respect, a given human right, leads to a group disagreeing and falling apart when not upheld. When leaders fail to uphold democratic rights, society falters.…
Imagine having to decide a young boy’s fate who is accused of murder in the first degree. This is the case in “Twelve Angry Men”, the prize-winning drama written by Reginald Rose. Some jurors address relevant topics, while others permit their personal “judgments” from thoroughly looking at the case. After hours of deliberation, the jurors reached the decision that the boy is not guilty, due to the fact of reasonable doubt. While few jurors are motivated by their respect and determination for the justice system, Juror 10 is motivated by his personal prejudice.…
I believe in the beginning the 2 main jurors who were basing their decisions on prejudice were mainly Jurors #3 and #10. Juror #3 more based on prejudices of young men, particularly because he had such a horrendous relationship with his own son, I feel like this case really hit him close to home and really affected him in a personal way. I believe he let his feelings got in the way of his logical thinking and was practically projecting the anger he had towards his son towards the young men on trial, who had been accused of a horrible crime against his father. Juror #10 was more prejudice of the young suspects race, making statements like; “You know how they are,” and “They’re all the same, all born liars”.…
sets out to change the presumed idea that the boy is culpable and forces the careless eleven jurors…
‘Leadership can be learnt, if a person wants to be leader they can be a leader, just like other skills it can be learnt’.(Palmer,1998) As discussed in introduction…
The first type of leadership that will be discussed is the trait theory of leadership. This type of leadership has been proclaimed obsolete by itself in determining leadership ability. According to Bass(2008) this type of leadership began to lose ground in the 1940 's. This leadership theory has been making a comeback in the last few years. According to Kirkpatrick and Locke(1991) leaders possess certain core traits that are noted in successful leaders. It has been made rather clear that great leaders are different than other people and feature different traits. The teacher in this movie was a prime example of this. This leader demonstrated self-confidence, stamina, motivation, courage, skills, and excellent performance in his role as the leader of these students. When the going got tough, he got even tougher and retained a stamina and will that went beyond what other people would tolerate. Many before him had quit and yet he refused to succumb to the same fate.…
From the beginning lines of Pride and Prejudice, marriage is expressed as a central theme of the novel. Austen even makes the bold statement that “it is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a large fortune, must be in want of a wife” (1). Throughout the novel, the question arises whether marriage is meant for love or for wealth and social status. Although Austen presents both sides of this argument in the text, marrying for love is favored.…
Lawrence is the main protagonist in the movie "Lawrence Of Arabia" and the movie simply follows his conquests of Arabia from the Turkish though out his life. Lawrence was a Lieutenant station in Cairo, who with his extensive knowledge and schooling of the Arabian Culture and lack of anyone else he was sent to Arabia to become the Ambassador to the leader of a power tribe Ruled by Prince Faisal. While there we see the Lawrence of Arabia is an exceptional leader who leads the Arabian people to independence from the Turkish empire with the use of transformational, reward and task oriented leadership.…
3. “I’m going to kill you,” and the kid screamed it out at the top of his lungs. Don’t tell me he didn’t mean it. Anybody says a thing like that the way he said it, they mean it.…
Pride and Prejudice is a story about how other cultural institutions (like marriage) can transcend economics. It’s a novel that illustrates the power of love and how it can rise above class distinctions and social norms.…
All of the main characters in Pride and Prejudice have to change either their attitudes or behaviour before they achieve fulfilment.…