Bravo Company in Black Hearts by Jim Frederick Essay

In the reading, Encouraging the Heart by James Kouzes and Barry Posner, they seek to explore one of the most indescribable leadership skills of all caring. Caring is said to be an essential skill to be a successful leader, yet one of the most difficult to master. Kouzes & Posner propose that caring leadership is composed of seven essentials: setting clear standards, expecting the best, paying attention, personalizing recognition, telling the story, celebrating together, and setting the example. The book seeks to describe how and why caring leadership works, and goes beyond outlining practices and principles associated with this type of leadership. This book is an inspirational and uplifting blend of theory and principle, true-life stories of caring leadership, and self-reflecting questions.

“Racism is man’s gravest threat to man- the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason.” (Abraham J. Heschel, Jewish philosopher). Richard Beynon’s ‘The Shifting Heart’ was first published in 1960, and insightfully explores the impact of racism. It is based on the lives of the Bianchis, an Italian family living in the suburb of Collingwood, during the post World War II immigration boom. As a literary device, symbolism is the representation of a concept through underlying meanings of objects. Beynon portrays the message, ‘racism is a result of intolerance, not the specific races alone,’ through the use of symbolism as well as the various racial attitudes of characters. The set

In novels, characters are used to help the author show the way they are constructed. It is evident in the novel Blueback, by Tim Winton (1997), the construction of characters are what Winton uses to communicate the ideas that Abel is passionate about the sea, Abel fights for what he believes in and that Abel is loyal to his friends and family. These ideas are easily found, through narrative point of view and dialogue. It is clear that the author must deliver, character construction to any reader.

Following the Civil War, America was in shambles. There were many groups with strong, conflicting ideas of how things should be. However, most groups had one idea in common: reducing the rights of African Americans as much as possible. Freed slaves had very little freedom under the law, were treated like a lesser species by those around them, and faced dangerous environments everywhere they went. Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation may have legally freed slaves, but African Americans were barely more than paid slaves.

Arriving in October 2005, the entire campaign units were struggling throughout with being over-tasked and under-staffed, and 1st platoon was a major victim of this occurrence. Relieving the 48th Infantry Brigade, who had no relations with the locals and very little presence in the AO, they had to reestablish control of the area around FOB Yusufiyah. With terrible living conditions and little to no equipment, the platoon had to juggle improving their fighting positions while at the same time secure the JSB and the AVLB. The company TOC had no kitchen to cook food nor any running water. Soldiers would fill sand bags from sun up to sun down trying to provide themselves with some sort of cover against attacks. The PSG Miller would request supplies constantly, but it seemed a low priority of the the higher command. This was a common theme throughout the time they were in the triangle of death. It wasn't often that officers would visit the FOB or provide supplies to enhance their situation, but when they did it was not a welcomed response. Kunk would come by and tell the soldiers how undisciplined and how little work they had completed with little consideration of how hard the soldiers had been working with the limited resources.

First Platoon had many leaders brought in to try and fix the platoon. Sergeant First Class Fenlason was brought into the platoon as the new platoon sergeant on February 4th, 2006. He was not respected right away because he was one who did not have any combat experience. He was just a desk worker who got brought in to fix the platoon with a cocky attitude. From the Joes perspective he did nothing but “{sit} around smoking cigarettes and drinking coffee, and that’s it. He would do patrols once a month to go and talk to some leaders.” They hated

While white women seek visibility as a means of being recognized by white men, white men seek visibility to further their political goals. What both have in common is the use of black men to amplify their visibility and expedite their success. The Brotherhood is an organization led by Brother Jack that entices the Invisible Man, recruits him, and takes advantage of his invisibility to spark a riot in the streets of Harlem. The Brotherhood takes advantage of his invisibility in multiple ways: the organization advises the Invisible Man during his speeches, the organization sends him across New York as it see fit, the organization gives him money, and the organization fuels his rise to fame and notoriety. These acts seem benevolent, but the intentions behind them were destructive and manipulative. The Brotherhood has a doctrine and all members are expected to abide by it. Individual action is frowned upon. The Invisible Man is thus, reduced to a token and through his invisibility, the Brotherhood amplifies its prevalence in Harlem and generally as an organization. Again, the black man is used and those who use him aren’t invested in him. The Invisible Man realizes this amidst the riots in Harlem: “And now I looked around a corner of my mind and saw Jack and Norton and Emerson merge into one single white figure. They were very much the same, each attempting to force his picture of reality upon me and neither giving a hoot in hell for how things looked to me” (508) and “It was

Racism is dislike a person, or it is a fast judgment for the way that person 's looks, and without known anything about the person, indeed, the main reason behind racism is the lack of education. Racism is a true problem, existed hundred years ago in America, in fact, Americans showed hatred against other people especially immigrants. Some citizens of the United States of America believe the racism’s issue is resolved and it is over, also they think we all live in an equal rights era, while others believe the opposite, they believe the racism is still exists but in different forms and ways. In the book “The Heart of Whiteness”, published in 2005, by Robert Jensen, who was raised in a privileged community, he expressed himself as a white person, and the feeling of living in white supremacy. In all honesty, Jensen’s book is the most honest book I had ever read, it brought up the race problem genuinely, and the difference in treatment between the white people and the African-American people, also Jensen included some of his personal stories and experience. In the book “ The Heart of Whiteness”, Jensen aimed at white people, also he cited many points on how it is like to live in white supremacy, and the feeling of mixed emotions about the past, then what is the action white people should make. Me personally thinks the main three points that i experienced with my white friends are: White privilege. Second point is the guilt feeling towards the racism, and finally, the feeling of

In the next part of the book Frederick talks about continued strife between all levels of leadership and the establishment of the TCPs. There were 6 TCPs, or tactical control points, in the AO. The TCPs went against mostly everything the army trains for by doctrine. They were sparsely manned, fixed positions that the men felt more vulnerable at than anything. They would continue to be the center of many issues that arise in the future of their deployment. With the TCPs adding more friction in the battalion relationship communication lines got more and more strained. Conflict between the company commanders and the battalion commander during garrison time was ten times as worse during wartime. Kunk and the company commanders continued to create a gap in their relationship that led to very unfavorable operating positions for future operations.

Another example of this is when Andrew Blackbird discusses beliefs of his tribe. Almost everyone in the world has beliefs that have been passed down to them from elders. Stories get passed down so we know more about who we are and where we come from. For Blackbird stories such as the eye of their great being have been passed down to him (Blackbird Ch. 1). According to Blackbird, “they also believed, in their primitive state, that the eye of this Great Being is the sun by day, and by night the moon and stars…” (Ch. 1). Blackbird felt these stories were necessary to add to his book because they are apart of his history. This yet again goes to show that Blackbird wrote this book personally not about the history of that time period.

In James Baldwin’s “Sonny’s Blues,” a passionate but drug-addicted musician named Sonny reconnects with his strict older brother after serving time in prison. Set in Harlem in the 1950s, the short story explores the frustration and resentment that black youth feel as a result of the lack of opportunities presented to them. Although Sonny is desperate to leave Harlem, the hopelessness provided by poverty causes him to succumb to heroin. However, he’s able to cope through his passion for music. The protagonist’s internal struggle in “Sonny’s Blues” shows that music can provide a healthy escape from bleak situations.

For many years oppression has surrounded the African American community, they have experienced slavery and to struggle due to discrimination. This social issue has been discussed in many literary works such as the short story, “Sonny’s Blues” by James Baldwin. In this short story the narrator’s brother gets sent to jail, though at first he believes he can’t do anything for his brother, he eventually reaches out to his brother due to his daughter’s death and ends up understanding Sonny’s feelings through the blues he plays. Through the use of the symbolism of darkness and characterization of Sonny, Baldwin identifies the oppression among the African American community, which contributes to the idea that hope is the key

‘The Shifting Heart’ written by Richard Beynon is a well renowned and diverse play centred on many themes relatable to today’s society and time. The author has explored these themes through the eyes of an Italian family known as the Bianchi’s who lived in Melbourne, Australia. By doing this he has segregated a minority of a race within a larger race. Although Italians may not be the main point of discrimination within todays society Beynon has constructed the play in such a way that it can relate to any point in time throughout history. This was done through his use of different themes.

Soldier’s Heart and The Red Badge of Courage are both astonishing books about the Civil War. Soldier’s Heart is about a young man named Charley, who enlists on the war and is very eager to be there. The Red Badge of Courage is about a young man named Henry who enlists in the war, but doesn’t want to fight in combat. Both young men enlisted into the war on the north side and had to battle to protect themselves from the opponent. They are both outstanding stories and they show how combat can affect your life.

First of all, we were in a beautiful location. And then we had this little old Western country town, and it was really lovely to go to work every morning. And the cast were just wonderful. I remember in my audition with Michael Landon, Jr., that a lot of the actors were going in there reading the part of the reverend very strict. Reverend Anderson seems, when you look at him on paper, to be a kind of strict, stern man with a little bit of darkness. You could read a little into him...he 's a little dark-hearted. But then I remember I thought, "I don 't think that 's right. I bet he feels bad about the jealousy that 's being felt when one of the young leads takes over the church and takes over the spiritual life of the people." I enjoyed playing someone who... yes, he has these issues. He wasn 't perfectly a good man, but he wasn 't perfectly a bad man either. So there 's this wonderful gray area. Someone with a good heart who was struggling with his own demons, with his own darkness. And because it 's Hallmark, it 's also family. It 's not a deep, dark evil soul. It was a more light on the personal issues. I think I liked that people could relate to him, and his moment of redemption as well. I like stories of redemption. There 's the pain of something and then the release, and then you know everything will be okay. But they sort of finished with me after the first season. The character goes off by himself and