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The Once And Future King By T. H. White
In T.H.White’s fantasy fiction novella, The Once and Future King, by T.H White follows around the protagonist, The Wart. He faces challenges given to him, by his mentor Merlin, for the end goal of being a better leader, self righteous person, etc. Most of his challenges comes from Merlin, to show him in the many animal forms that he takes, to take in the experience as said animal, to therefore implement it upon his leadership skills.
Each of the life-forms, taught of a different lesson, because of their different expansive knowledge with their own personal experiences. The Badger taught along with a religious aspect, of how might God, chose Man to rule over others and, “ [gave] man Order of Dominion and is the mightiest of the animals “(186
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Because upon contrasting, its blatantly said how, “... owls are the most courteous, single hearted and faithful creatures living” (29 White). To be someone you are not, this not always the worst of rules you should follow. For it to be someone or something you can follow as a path, could only lead to being a better leader. Out of the teachers Merlin, Archimedes, when compared to the teaching methods, his seem to be the meanest Wart believed that if , “ [he] should stop doing this, [he] shall go bumping all together (White 154), in response he is called an Idiot from Archimedes. Though he is rough around the edges, it was harsh being taught from the owl, but well enough, Wart completed his end goal. Unlike most teachers of today who follow the rules of the, “... a need for formal leaders and academics to reach agreement about evidence of effective leadership in learning and teaching” (Hofmeyer, Anne; Sheingold, Brenda Helen; Klopper, Hester C.; Warland, Jane 2015, p 181-192) furthermore Archimedes, took by his own way of teaching, this was a definite different methods, nonetheless it played out all like he planned for. To prove for an example of how well the rooks associate with the law, he told of how, “... the birds that have a parliaments, … a social system” (White 149). Wart knows by now, of the standpoint the birds have on their own place in the ranking of animals. Archimedes believes that birds are animals who are seemed to be intelligent, and thoughtful, to the point in which Wart admires the practical side of

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