Billy Mitchell: A Critical Analysis of His Leadership Billy Mitchell was a visionary airpower pioneer who demonstrated very effective leadership in field operations‚ but his inability to develop a guiding coalition limited his effectiveness in leading the major organizational change he so desperately desired. General Mitchell was a famous‚ some would say infamous‚ airpower thinker who some regard as the father of the United States Air Force.1 Born into a wealthy family and the son of a Wisconsin
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portrayed; the alpha male. One such character that this stereotype encapsulates is Moneyball’s (2011) Billy Beane‚ portrayed by Brad Pitt. Based on a true story‚ Moneyball‚ directed by Bennet Miller‚ depicts the Oakland Athletics’ 2002 Major League Baseball season‚ and the struggles of manager Billy Beane to take a low-budget team to success. The director’s discerning choices of narrative‚ symbolic and technical elements help to compose the alpha male stereotype that Billy conforms to. These elements give
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The two main characters in the novel “Three Day Road” by Joseph Boyden; Xavier Bird and Elijah Weesageechack‚ have many key differences that are illustrated throughout the novel. Xavier is reserved and visceral‚ while Elijah is self-assured and talkative. Xavier was raised by his Aunt Niska for the Majority of his childhood‚ opposed to how Elijah was raised in Moose Factory by nuns at a residential school. These factors hold an important responsibility on their personalities and the way that they
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that explains detailed events of violence or gore‚ but‚ rather‚ one that extracts the raw emotions of all who were involved. The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien achieves this perfect balance between truth‚ empathy‚ and fiction. American author‚ Elliot Ackerman‚ shares that different experiences or events can encapsulate “the war in miniature”. Composed of short stories‚ each chapter in The Things They Carried could be interpreted as an example of “the war in miniature”. However‚ the chapter that
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experience in their transition into a new phase of life. The film ‘Billy Elliot’ composed by Stephen Daldry‚ and ‘Big World’ written by Tim Winton both display these obstacles one must overcome. ‘Into the World’ is best described as transitioning and growing from past experiences into your next stage of life and this transition generally contains obstacles and barriers as well as endless opportunities. Into the world is conveyed in Billy Elliot and isn’t an easy transition as he constantly faces barriers
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"The Names" Poetry is a form of writing that lets people express themselves. Poems are typically short and sometimes rhyme. In other senses‚ they do not rhyme‚ but have a reasonably deep meaning. In the poem‚ "The Names"‚ by Billy Collins‚ the title really caught my attention because I was surprised by the relationship between the title and the poem‚ my expectations about the connection were fulfilled‚ and the poem itself was extremely moving. One reason I chose the poem‚ who’s title caught my
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In this book‚ JT’s character is a very street-smart guy‚ who knows everything about gang’s and their operations. He makes a lot of money with what he does‚ drives nice cars and wears expensive clothes. When I read that JT has to tax all the tenants who basically make money on their own‚ I felt like he was a bad person. But when I read further‚ his character is actually a nice person‚ because he does really care about the people in his environment. For example‚ he makes sure that his tenants are healthy
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perspective of the author who was sent in for the battle of the bulge and witnessed the bombing of Dresden. The author had many experiences from which he had with world war II‚ he shows what happened and could have been his thoughts throughout the narrator Billy Pilgrim. First‚ Slaughterhouse five says different themes and how they relate to war. Secondly‚ there’s many events from when the author Kurt Vonnegut’s life that made him feel this way about the war. Lastly‚ and the attitude of Vonnegut towards
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Sir Walter Elliot is a man who is only concerned with his lineage and his legacy. He does nothing but read the baronetage over and over again. The speaker uses cynical diction and details to emphasize Elliot’s narcissism. The choice to put long sentences in the beginning highlights the last paragraph where the author’s contempt towards Elliot is more explicit. Cynical diction is used in this passage to show Elliot’s arrogance. The speaker uses words such as “pity and contempt” which both have a
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Billy Sunday once said “Let’s quit fiddling with religion and do something to bring the world to Christ.” This wasn’t Billy Sunday’s mindset his whole life‚ he wasn’t even a christian until his older adult life. Billy Sunday is an extraordinary muckraker and christian evangelists‚ even best know as one of the best evangelists of all time. Before Billy Sunday turned into an evangelist he was an even greater baseball player. It may not seem like Billy Sunday did much to greater the world but he actually
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