lords of discipline- wearing of the ring
Jordan Yates
Axiotis
Second Period
“Wearing of the Ring” Seminar Questions
Opening-
When writing The Lords of Discipline, how much of himself did Pat Conroy put into his book? How would have the book been different it hadn’t have seemed so personal to Conroy? When writing The Lords of Discipline, Pat Conroy put a lot of himself into the novel. As a graduate from the Citadel and former member of the Varsity basketball team, Conroy poured all aspects of his collegiate life into this book. Posed as fiction, the novel is most likely more of a tell-all novel. Conroy lived through the hazing and is a wearer of the ring. His book was deeply personal and his background came across through his writing. The book would have been vastly different if it wasn’t such a personal cause to Conroy. It is difficult to live through what the boys in the novel go through and it would be even more difficult to create and invent those kinds of horrors.
Core One- What aspects of Tradd, Pig, Mark, and Will strengthen their brotherhood bond?
Each one of the boys gives something different to offer to the brotherhood between them. Tradd comes from a wealthy family in Charleston, with his father being a graduate from The Institute. Not only is he rich, but he is also reserved and highly educated. Within the brotherhood, Tradd feels like he is the outcast and is able to diffuse most fights within the brotherhood using his words. During his education at The Institute, he is called ‘The Honey Prince’, making a joke of his suspected gayness because he is an English major and seems to not be interested in women. When he finally has sex with a girl on his trip in England, he thinks that it will erase his title. “But nothing happened. Nothing changed. People still think I’m a queer, and there’s nothing I can do about it” (Conroy 257). Pig is the total opposite and is best described as a beefy man with a hot temper. He is so infatuated with his girlfriend, that if anyone calls her pretty or says
Axiotis
Second Period
“Wearing of the Ring” Seminar Questions
Opening-
When writing The Lords of Discipline, how much of himself did Pat Conroy put into his book? How would have the book been different it hadn’t have seemed so personal to Conroy? When writing The Lords of Discipline, Pat Conroy put a lot of himself into the novel. As a graduate from the Citadel and former member of the Varsity basketball team, Conroy poured all aspects of his collegiate life into this book. Posed as fiction, the novel is most likely more of a tell-all novel. Conroy lived through the hazing and is a wearer of the ring. His book was deeply personal and his background came across through his writing. The book would have been vastly different if it wasn’t such a personal cause to Conroy. It is difficult to live through what the boys in the novel go through and it would be even more difficult to create and invent those kinds of horrors.
Core One- What aspects of Tradd, Pig, Mark, and Will strengthen their brotherhood bond?
Each one of the boys gives something different to offer to the brotherhood between them. Tradd comes from a wealthy family in Charleston, with his father being a graduate from The Institute. Not only is he rich, but he is also reserved and highly educated. Within the brotherhood, Tradd feels like he is the outcast and is able to diffuse most fights within the brotherhood using his words. During his education at The Institute, he is called ‘The Honey Prince’, making a joke of his suspected gayness because he is an English major and seems to not be interested in women. When he finally has sex with a girl on his trip in England, he thinks that it will erase his title. “But nothing happened. Nothing changed. People still think I’m a queer, and there’s nothing I can do about it” (Conroy 257). Pig is the total opposite and is best described as a beefy man with a hot temper. He is so infatuated with his girlfriend, that if anyone calls her pretty or says