Throughout the novel The Once and Future King, author T.H. White takes the readers into the world of King Arthur and his legendary story. Spanning from when King Arthur was nothing more than a boy called by the name of Wart, up until his final battle, White brings us into the a world of chivalry, magic, and adventure. During the course of the novel, White maintains the ability to introduce major, and minor, themes and lessons that are routed within a thrilling plot filled with animal transformations, enrapturing characters, and exciting journeys. The story of King Arthur, as told by White in The Once and Future King (which is based upon White’s interpretation of Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte Arthur) (Day and Lagorio 213), holds multiple lessons and themes in which the readers can take away after reading…
Imagine being born an outcast and forced to end a war. That’s what life is like for Ender Wiggin, the protagonist in the novel Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card. Ender is a third child in a world where having more than two children is obscure. The only reason he was ever born was to become a commander and defeat the alien threat known as the buggers. To do this Ender is conscripted to Battle School, a place where kids are put against each other in null gravity to learn about the tactics of war.…
The autobiography of Booker T Washington titled Up From Slavery is a rich narrative of his life from slavery to one of the most influential motivational speakers, educators, visionaries’, founder and President of prestigious Institute of his time. He was a man determined to see his race educated and have economic opportunities as well society advancement, he was diligent, to see these tasks were accomplished with honesty and hard- work. On July 1881 Mr. Washington established the second colored schools in the south. Tuskegee Institute of Alabama that still stands today 135 years later. On September 18,1895 in Atlanta Mr. Washington delivered to this day one of the most compelling speeches.…
Essay Question 5: “Into the Mind” Throughout our lives we have heard many different phrases, theories, and other philosophies. Some of us have taken our lives and dedicated with quotes that they identify the most with. An example of this being the always-heard “Stop and smell the roses.” With all of this figurative and literal advice just floating around us, it can be quite difficult to find one single item that resonates with our entirety. It comes to that point in our life where we have to sift through the time periods and evaluate on which hits home the most.…
King Arthur overcomes many struggles throughout the two novels, “ The Sword in the Stone” and “ The Queen of Air and Darkness” by T.H. White. These struggles help him to mature throughout the two novels, yet at some points in the novel it is clear that Arthur struggles to completely mature. King Arthur learns a lot about his power, what it means to have his authority and the importance of morality, especially when in a position of power. On the other hand, he knowingly broke the unwritten rules of battle and fails to fully understand what it really means to be a king.…
I am Booker T. Washington's mother. I had Booker in the year of 1856. I gave birth to him in Hale's Ford Virginia. For the first 9 years of his life he was a slave on a tobacco plantation. It was so sad and depressing for me to watch him listen outside of the schoolhouse as white children received the education he was denied.…
Picture a place where Kings rule the land, Gods guide there every step, and magic is around every turn. Alexander is the 16 year old heir to Macedonian throne, son of King Philip II, and left Alex as prince regent of Macedon until he returns. Olympias, his mother, and Cyn, his half sister, are attempting a ritual to get magic. Katrina and Jacob left their home tribe of Erissa and are in Pella for the Blood Tournament which Jacob is competing in. Jacob has to compete against many other strong men including Hephaeston, the Murderer being sheltered by the prince.…
The main idea of the book I choose the book “Act like a leader, think like a leader, by Herminia Ibarra, which is inspirational read for everyone who has a passion for leading. Ibarra, redefines the traditional leadership notion of “think first, and then act’’ by acting first and then thinking. She described The “Outsight Principle” which is the mine idea of this book. Through the implementation of the “outsight principle”, Ibarra believes that one can improve or develop into an effective leader. This principle attests that the only way to think like a leader is to first act it out and that is to come out of ones’ comfort zone by start doing changes and more experiences.…
Leadership is an important skill in management and life. A leader is someone who motivates and persuades others to follow a plan. In Remember the Titans Coach Boone is the leader of the Titans football team. Coach Boone exhibits many key attributes of a leader like influencing the Caucasian football players to get to know their African American team mates better. He used coercive power on his players by making them do “three a day practices” until they learned enough about each other.…
Based on Booker T. Washington’s ideologies and leadership style one can note the correlation between the visions for Tuskegee Institute and the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (S.T.E.M.) programs currently offered in most learning institutions of today. One key factor that has been denoted in response to the National Defenses Act of 1958, which supported a transition from humanistic education in the late 1800’s to scientific learning outcomes during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries (Morowski, 2013, p. 2) . Due to this enactment, students would focus on core subjects, to include a direct emphasis on the various fields of science. While this act was implemented after the reign of Dr. Washington one would reflect on his ideologies…
The suburban schools of Virginia had been segregated for decades with schools for whites and schools for blacks. In 1971, integration was federally mandated, forcing two schools to close, and integrate African Americans and Caucasians into T.C. Williams High School. Football was a way of life in Alexandria, Virginia, moreover, the community celebrated every game and victory as if it were a holiday. Remember the Titans is a story about the T.C. Williams High School football team after the federally mandated integration.…
3) Evaluate the leadership style/s utilised by your leader. a) Show your knowledge of the style/s employed Martin Luther king demonstrated many forms of leadership through his campaign as the boycott leader of African Americans in their time of need. Luther’s speech I have a dream, shows the inspirational and charismatic elements of a transformational leader. It was through his speeches and his actions that he was able to come across as a very calm person and one that had a goal, to preach the word of the Lord and to free blacks from segregation. Luther inspired people to get behind his cause by going to lengths no one else would.…
Rudyard Kipling demonstrates a negative, disgusted view of imperialism in the British Empire. He uses his story, “The Man Who Would Be King,” to convey his message. This novella follows the story of two characters, Dravot and Carnehan, who set out on an adventure to Kafiristan with the goal of becoming kings there. Throughout this journey, Kipling’s dissatisfaction with the British empire is made known. The egotistical behavior of leaders, lack of ‘noblesse oblige,” and continued need for materialistic gain are just three of his main displeasures.…
In every good film, there is an introduction, a rising action, a climax, a falling action, and a conclusion. These are basic staples when it comes to writing and creating a film. But when it comes to the characters in a film, there are some other staples as well. One of these such staples is that there needs to be a solid leader in the film, one who can keep the story moving or put the main character back on track. In Lee Daniel’s “The Butler”, however, we see multiple leaders over the course of the movie, all showing different tactics of leadership that are stated in Barry Posner and James Kouzes’ book “The Leadership Challenge”.…
I can still remember the day when my parents told me the phrase, “You are a leader, not a follower.” It was in kindergarden right after I told them about a few girls who were making fun of a friend of fine, and I decided to stop them and defend her. When my parents told me that phrase, it definitely stuck with me throughout my life. I think that’s a phase most kids hear time to time in their childhood. It’s that phrase that makes you question, what it a leader?…