Blake Leyden Cristine Smith December 7‚ 2009 The Lords of Discipline A novel based on his own military experience at “The Citadel”‚ Pat Conroy’s The Lords of Discipline takes place at the South Carolina Military Institute (a fictitious military school). Like most military schools throughout the United States‚ “The Institute” prides itself on its ability to transform “douche bags” to “whole men”. The authoritative figures responsible for this transformation are the cadre (upper classman)‚ carriers
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“Yeah‚ it’s like they say. Heroes aren’t born‚ they’re made!” Influential in its simplicity‚ this quote from the Dreamworks movie Megamind‚ supposes a truth that has implications for real people. That simple truth is‚ “Are people born to do great things and to change events around them‚ or do the events in a person’s life propel them to interfere in historical events?” This simple‚ yet insightful question can reveal that people are indeed made by the actions of others. Consequently‚ you can look at
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do not exactly show who the protagonist is in their plays novels or stories. In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies‚ many characters can be argued as the protagonist. Based on Jack’s characterization‚ his external conflict with all the boys and his internal regression and Golding’s usage of imagery‚ it seems most appropriate to assume Golding intends for us to see Jack as the protagonist. In the lord of the flies‚ Jack’s external conflicts helped him to give into his need for power. He first begins
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Unit 2 Writing Assignment # 1 Lord Kelvin Date Assigned: 6/25/13 Due Date: 7/2/13 The age old question‚ scientifically‚ of “how old is the earth?” goes back to late 18th- century. At the time most scientists either sided with Creationism or supposed as James Hutton theorized in Theory of the Earth (1795) “We find no vestige of a beginning‚ no prospect of an end”. In 1862 physicist William Thomson‚ who would later be ennobled as Lord Kelvin‚ determined through the
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starting to get fed up. Then he realized that he had gone to Eluryh to pick up some food earlier in the day. So he set out on the path to Eluryh‚ checking all the bushes to where his sword could have fallen. But no swords were to be found. Knil made it to Eluryh and asked all the townsfolk if they had seen his sword‚ but they did not. One man said‚ "Knil‚ I do remember you walking out of town with it." Knil replied‚ "Thank you." Knil realized he was getting closer to finding his sword. He
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Leaders are born‚ not made By definition‚ a leader is a person who rules or guides or inspires or influences others. A leader is someone others are willing to follow‚ almost without question. A person who rules or guides or inspires others. Someone others are willing to follow‚ almost without question. They may not always make the right decision‚ but they are confident in the decisions that they make. They are not afraid to admit when they are wrong‚ and they know when to change direction when
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Lord of the Flies Essay Simon says‚ “(M)aybe there is a beast….maybe it’s only us” (p110). How does Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies develop this idea? The beauty of literature is becoming lost in our modern world‚ through film and television. It is not until we stop to wonder‚ stop to allow ourselves to truly appreciate the beauty of the written word that we can sincerely value to artistry of authors. The beauty of artistry as seen through literature is a gift to all those who read. It allows
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Lord of the flies Chapter 7 Page 119-120 Even though Ralph is the chief‚ he’s happy to follow Jack -shows Ralph has a sense of moral awareness ’If you could shut your ears to the slow suck down of the sea and boil of the return‚ if you could forget how dun and unvisited were the ferny converts on either side‚ then there was a chance that you might put the best out of mind and dream for a while’ -Force of nature reflects emotion Ralph starts to think about hygiene and cleanliness -Looks
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In this essay I will write about how women and men are made not born. I will beintroducing different cultures and their views on men and women‚ how women at onestage in time did not have any rights to become what they wanted‚ I will give my ideas onthe subject and I will also research other authors work to get a different variety about whywomen and men are made not born. Firstly I will start by researching different cultures and their ways of life. This reallyinterests me because it is good to see
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Lord of the Flies bases its plot upon a much earlier novel by R.M. Balantyne called The Coral Island. This is the tale of three British lads who get shipwrecked on a South Pacific island during the mid-19th century. They are Jack‚ Ralph and Peterkin. The tropical island is precisely the same place in both novels. The big difference between the two stories‚ however‚ lies in the quality of the boys. Ballantyne ’s heroes are gentlemen -- and they remain gentlemen throughout the novel. They
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