Paper 19 November 2012 What is a leader? What skills and attributes does it take to lead? Is someone born a leader or are they transformed into a leader? These are frequently asked questions by people all around the world on a daily basis. What comes to mind when thinking about a leader? Who comes to mind when the word “leader” or “leadership” is brought up? Leadership is holding the position of a leader; someone who guides or directs a group. A leader is someone that many others can look up
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What makes a leader effective? Our world as we know it cannot run without leadership. From presidents and prime ministers to teachers and parents‚ we are always under the leadership of others‚ and often lead others ourselves as well. For such a fundamental concept in current society‚ it is surprising that many do not know what makes a leader effective. First of all‚ leaders need to be capable people. They usually have some sort of education in the area they are leading in‚ as well as talent or
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A Christmas Memory: Truman Capote This story‚ "A Christmas Memory‚" is a nonfiction reminence of one fond memory of Capotes’. A distant relative of Truman Capote’s‚ Sook Faulk‚ took care of him through his childhood. Sook dubbed Truman with the nickname "Buddy‚" after a former best friend. During one November morning‚ when Buddy was seven‚ Sook decided it was fruitcake weather. She called him to get their buggy and her hat to go pick pecans. Queenie‚ their terrier who has survived illness
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and the Allied Forces‚ bringing an end to the war that shook the earth‚ World War II. While the Allied Forces were fighting against the Nazi threat in western Europe‚ another part of the war was being fought in eastern Asia against the Japanese. This part of the war was known as the Pacific Ocean theater‚ and was mainly fought by the US‚ led by General MacArthur‚ against the Imperial Japanese Army. MacArthur’s victory in the Pacific Ocean theater would cause him to be hailed as a war hero by the American
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"The Leader of the People" In John Steinbeck’s "The Leader of the People‚" a theme that is portrayed throughout the story is that of the contrast between dream and reality. In the story‚ Grandfather cannot come to grasp that his dreams of the West and moving across the plains are over and that reality has set in. Another story that contrasts dream and reality is Ambrose Pierce’s "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge." In this story‚ Farquhar cannot tell the difference between dream and reality until
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Harry Mulisch was a dutch writer who died on Saturday aged 83 He escaped the concentration camps with his Jewish mother because his father worked for a german bank dealing with confiscated jewish assets He wrote novels that helped his countrymen confront the moral ambiguities of their role during the Nazi occupation of Netherlands The novel tracked 35 years in the life of anton steenwikj as he tries to come to terms with the wartime murder of his family by ss after the body of a dutch nazi police
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‘Harry Wood’ is a biographical poem about a miner who is depicted as diligent‚ persistent‚ and independent. This ‘Aussie Battler’ was cast as a foreman in the mines during his twenties when he began literally and metaphorically “…digging his way out of poverty” fighting a fearful future of potential poverty during the Great Depression in the 1930s‚ which is used to convey Harry Woods level of dedication and determination towards his job. Harry‚ much like the average Australian‚ is struggling to survive
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hard to lead a big group and to fulfill all of the necessities‚ however it only takes patience and a sensitive‚ yet strong personality to succeed as a leader. When it comes to leading a country‚ many things have to be taken into consideration. You have to be fair‚ you have to be a role model and you have to actually keep your promises. If I was the leader of my country‚ I would find a way to make it easy to be very democratic‚ I would set an example for all people‚ from small kids to adults and I for
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characteristic variation in language use‚ further‚ the manifestation of a choice from the author’s language repertoire. The author here particularly refers to J. K. Rowling who wrote the world-famous book serious “Harry Potter”. By interweaving various kinds of language used in different situations‚ Harry Potter serves as great source texts for us to analyze assorted stylistics features‚ and therefore‚ acquire a “sense of style”. To sum up‚ I view this stylistic analysis as a device which will facilitate
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Miriam is a short story written by Truman Capote. The story is about a women name Mrs. Miller who is a widow in lives alone. One day she came across this little girl name Miriam‚ which is so wired because her name is Miriam also. The little girl‚ will just not leave Mrs. Miller alone. The story can be just Mrs. Miller imagination of how lonely she is. According to the story‚ “it gave her a queer sensation. And no one was in the room” (42). This shows how this is just Mrs. Miller imagination. How
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