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ARRoGANT CoURiERS WiTH ESSaYS
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Grade Level: Type of Work Subject/Topic is on:
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[ ]6-8 [ ]Class Notes [Essay about Book ]
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[ ]9-10 [ ]Cliff Notes [The Sword in the Stone. ]
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[x]11-12 [x]Essay/Report [ ]
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[ ]College [ ]Misc [ ]
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Dizzed: 10/94 # of Words:887 School: ? State: ?
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>Chop Here>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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The Sword in the Stone
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The Sword in the Stone is a book about an adopted child named Wart.
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He is of royal blood and does not know this. One day when Wart is in the
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forest, he finds a magician named Merlin. Merlin comes home with Wart and
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agrees with Sir Ector, Wart's guardian, to become Wart's tutor. Merlin
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goes about educating Wart by transforming him into different animals.
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Through each transformation Wart experiences different forms of power, each
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being a part of how he should rule as king.
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The first transformation plunges Wart and Merlin into the castle's
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moat as fish. They proceed to meet the largest fish in the moat, who is
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the ruler. This fish takes what he wants because of his size. In a speech
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about power, he tells Wart that, "Might is right," and might of the body is
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greater than might of the mind. Because of the way the fish-king rules, his
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subjects obey him out of fear for their lives. Wart experiences this
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firsthand when the fish-king tells him to leave. He has grown bored of
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Wart, and if Wart does not leave he will eat him. The king uses his size
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as his claim to power, therefore his subjects follow him out of fear.
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In Wart's next transformation into a hawk, he soars into the castle's
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mews. All the birds in the mews have a military rank. Their leader is an
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old falcon, who Sir Ector keeps for show. The birds who rank below the
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falcon, hold her in highest regard because of her age. She applies her
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power over the other birds with no concern for their lives. In one
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instance, Wart is ordered to stand next to the cage of a crazy hawk who
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almost kills him. On the other hand, her seasoned age brings respect,
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since she had not been released once she outlived her usefulness as a
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huntress. This allows her to maintain a powerful grip over all the birds
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she rules through fear and respect.
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Next, Wart is transformed into an ant and posted within an ant colony.
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There is a single leader of the ants, and she is the only thinking
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individual in the whole nest. All the ants are manipulated and overseen by
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her. Each ant has a specific task, which it completes repeatedly. The
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absolute power exerted by the leader destroys all individualism, leaving
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the ants with no creativity. Instead, they use trial and error to complete
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tasks that should take only a small amount of thought. Wart sees this
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occur when an ant tries with difficulty to organize three cadavers in a
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small burial chamber, when a small amount of reasoning would have solved
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the problem quickly. The ants are of a collective mind, so that what one
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thinks, they all think. They go about their daily lives oblivious to the
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control the leader has over them.
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Wart's fourth transformation places him in a flock of geese. These
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geese are a peace loving race that never kill. There is one leader to a
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group who is called The Admiral. He guides them on their flight south for
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the winter. The Admiral receives his position because of his knowledge of
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the southern migration route. He is only elected if all the geese in the
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migration group agree he is capable of doing the job. During the flight
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the geese obey his choices, since he is their elected leader. But his
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power ends once they are back on the ground, where he is only looked upon
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as a respected elder.
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In the final transformation Wart visits the badger. The badger is a
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great philosopher who enjoys giving scholarly commentaries. While Wart is
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visiting him, he explains a story he has written on the creation of the
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animal kingdom's hierarchy. In his commentary he explains how man answered
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God's riddle and is awarded control over the animal kingdom. He lives a
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life of solitude because many other animals do not think at his level. They
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listen because he is old and experienced, and with this comes respect.
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Through each of the transformations, Wart sees different uses of
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power. Wart must choose how he will eventually govern his kingdom. The
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leaders he visits, govern in their own way, each retaining their power
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through different methods. When these are combined, the following picture
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of how a leader should or should not rule emerges: A leader should not
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attempt to rule his or her people through might and fear, as does the
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fisk-king. Unlike the falcon, a ruler should not retain power only because
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of age, and should rule with the subjects well-being in mind. One should
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not exert total control over one's subjects, because they lose creativity
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and individualism as shown by the ants. A democratically elected leader,
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whom subjects have faith in his or her ability to get a job done, and who
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has the required skills will complete the task at hand, as do the geese.
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Leaders must give great thought to making decisions related to their use of
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power, and use their experience, like the Badger. Also like the Badger,
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these decisions should be made without the help of others, and therefore
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may lead to solitude. T. H. White is therefore similar to Merlin in trying
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to teach us about leadership.
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