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    leader who restrains the use of power in order to benefit others. He also recognizes that there is another type of leader known as the personalized charismatic. Personalized leaders are those who use their abilities for their own personal gain. In the Dead Poets Society we see many different kinds of leadership. We see Transformational leadership as well‚ which is a focus of what that leadership accomplishes. Every leader has a goal‚ every leader has a vision and it’s what they do with these goals and

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    Dead Poet’s Society is a powerful film that explores how a group of teenage boys deal with traditional and disciplinary schooling. The film was directed by Peter Weir and is set at the conservative and aristocratic Preparatory Academy in Vermont in 1959. Dead Poet’s Society investigates how authority and control can be damaging to young people. This is demonstrated by the traditionalist nature of the school‚ its rules and teaching style as well as Neil’s over controlling father. In contrast‚ Mr.

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    ‘Christianity in Britain is almost dead.’ Religion in Britain has suffered an immense decline since the 1950s. In a census done in 2005‚ results show that over 50% say they’re not religious. Yet for some reason about 72% told the 2001 census that they were Christian. 66% of the population have no actual connection to any religion or church‚ despite what they tend to write on official forms. Between 1979 and 2005‚ half of all Christians stopped going to church on a Sunday. That only seemed

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    Goff is correct when she says the American Dream is dead. Well‚ at least the classic‚ ideal picture of what has been called the american dream. Across generations‚ Americans shared the belief that hard work would bring opportunity and a better life. America wasn’t perfect‚ but we invested in our kids and put in place policies to build a strong middle class. We don’t do that anymore‚ and the result is clear (Warren‚ de Balsio). Although‚ in the past‚ people have valued‚ or have been taught to value

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    Exposition – Dead Poet’s Society Neil’s suicide was more his father’s fault than that of Keating. Do you agree or disagree? The movie ‘Dead Poet’s Society’ produced in 1989 by Peter Weir unfolds many perception of life during the 1950’s. The Welton Academy‚ the place where the movie was filmed‚ sets a great example as it articulates the regimented life of numerous male students who suffer from pressure‚ lack of freedom‚ and high expectations of their parents and teachers. Many of these adolescent

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    soldier’s bloody death in the trenches. This statement is reminiscent of two First World War poems. Firstly‚ in Disabled‚ Wilfred Owen mentions that the maimed subject of his poem had ‘poured [his blood] down shell-holes’. Secondly‚ Rupert Brooke’s The Dead (i)‚ tells us of men who have ‘poured out the red/Sweet wine of youth’. Both poets and Faulks are reminding their readers that these men did not choose to pour away their blood‚ but have done so metaphorically‚ in that the war has forced them to waste

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    Ziting Lin 11/3/13 Dead Poets Society It is a good movie for many stereotype teachers and parents to think about themselves. Although the final result of this movie is an unexpected tragedy‚ I believe that Mr. Keating got a perfect success when most of the students stood on the desk; the respectful teacher is their captain in their whole life. He makes the students know what life is‚ to help more young people to find his own. Students set up “Dead Poets Society” to release themselves. Also‚

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    rulers. They never went against them. Today‚ chivalry is not considered dead‚ it’s just evolved. Throughout the years‚ chivalry soon became nonexistent. To become a knight in the thirteenth century‚ people had to read a handbook that provided instructions to become a chivalric knight. Leaders at this time stressed the role of chivalric warriors in keeping peace and following the code of chivalry. Chivalry can be considered dead by some people‚ but others think that chivalry has been

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    Dead Men’s Path Essay New ideas are the lifeblood of human cultural and academic evolution. It is the human’s ability to reflect and answer questions of the betterment of daily life that is responsible for the great achievements of mankind. Our ability to create new ways of doing everyday tasks lead to inventions like the car‚ to make transportation more efficient‚ or regular everyday machinery that makes difficult chores safer and easier. Dreams come true with new ideas as well. History as shown

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    RESPECT THE DEAD Dear Editor‚ In response to the article entitled “No peace even at final resting place” published in the New Straits Times on 21st October 2013 ‚ I would like to bring the notice of all readers‚ the total disregard shown by irresponsible people and organizations which should have maintained and ‘preserved’ the cemeteries not only for Christian but for all religions in Malaysia. The sad plight that occurred to the ‘occupants’ of the Christian cemetery at Rawang should have opened

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