Remember The Spartan Analysis

In this research paper I am going to talk about how the Spartan Military influenced our society. You are sure to expect to learn about how it affected how we live on an everyday basis. Also, on how it affected the way the U.S military runs/works. Sparta's military has caused many influences on our modern-day society. This includes on how our military works and fights to how we live every day. In the next paragraph I am going to give a little back ground on how Sparta's military training went.

The novel begins with preseason football in the heat of a Texas summer. The players and coaches practice over 4 hours a day in 100-degree weather. The media is affecting every player pushing for a state championship and college scouts at every practice. The boys who gave completely of themselves for their sport are unique personalities. From dedicated quarterback Mike Winchell to Harvard-bound Brian Chavez to the inscrutable Ivory Christian, the team was full of young men who were singular human beings, each one bringing something special and indefinable to their group. And that's just scratching the very surface.The book recounts the tragic story of Boobie Miles, team’s star running back who had been highly recruited by all of the major programs. He is expected to attend and earn a scholarship to a large state college. The community

Spartan's were a dominating army that were more strong then all of the of the other armies from different city-states. now we need to know what they did at home while the men were at war. It's like when the U.S. Army goes out for war, what do the rest of the military soldiers go when the rest are at war. This is something that we need to discover from the Spartans and we also need to know if the strengths outweighed the weaknesses or did not.

In the 7th Century BC a new era of warfare strategy evolved. Before this new strategy, foot soldiers (known as hoplites) engaged in battle in the form of one mob for each army which on the command of their generals runs at each other and proceeds to hack blindly at the enemy with little to no direction other then to kill the enemy in front of them. This proved to be very messy and the tide of battle depended mostly on emotion and size of an army. In the name of strategy and organization, the phalanx was developed. A phalanx is simply defined as a line formation with its width significantly larger then its depth. The depth of the phalanx is a variable which some suggest was decided by the army itself rather then by the leaders of the army.

Boone and his family face horrible experiences when moving to Alexandria. When moving to the neighborhood, many neighbors were so upset but many were also happy that he didn’t back down. He was offered the head coach position but turned it down because he felt it would be incredibly disrespectful to Coach Yoast. Boone & Yoast agreed to make the relationship work. The African American students meet with Coach Boone in the gym, the meeting turns into a disaster when Coach Yoast and the white students arrive and disturb the meeting. Gerry Bertier was one of the students among the crowd of white students to interrupt. “I’m Gerry Bertier. I’m the only All-America you got on this team. If you want us to play for you, you reserve over half the positions …we don’t need any of your people on defense we’re already set.” said by Gary Bertier to Coach Boone. Boone makes it clear that all players will be on the team regardless of the color of their skin.

He grew up in a crowded lower-middle class home, filled with eight children in a “predominantly white neighborhood” (Carroll 9) (Foster 52). Although he was small, Pollard was “much faster than other children his age,” so he began playing high school football, despite his size. He hoped that like his inspiration, Jack Johnson, he could also succeed as a “black athlete in the white-dominated athletic world” (Carroll 26 - 28). Johnson had overcome racial boundaries to become the heavyweight boxing champion of the world, setting an example and sending a message to young Fritz Pollard—that it was possible for black men to succeed in athletics (Carroll 27-28). This propelled Pollard forward, allowing him to flourish as he became an excellent high school football player, and went on to play for Brown University (Carroll 30). At this time, Brown’s racial climate was tense, so integrating into the team as an equal proved to be a challenge, but “once [his teammates] saw his talent, he won them over… [so] they had his back no matter what” (Waleik). Unfortunately, it wasn’t as easy to win over the rest of the football community, as he was often the target of “verbal and physical abuse…even death threats,” on and off the field (Waleik). Despite this, Pollard still became tremendously successful, playing and coaching for the NFL after college, in addition to being inducted into the Brown Athletics Hall of Fame (1971), and finally the Professional Football Hall of Fame (2005), an honor for which he had been passed over 40 times prior (Hoover and Eschenbach). Pollard set an example, like the one Jack Johnson set for him, for the many young black athletes that would come after him, like J. Mayo William ’21, who faced major adversity and poverty yet still played on Brown’s football team and later went on to play in the NFL (Hoover and Eschenbach). Although, Pollard is one of

It was not just anyone who could participate in the decision making that would affect the community. In order to participate in the government in Athens you had to be a free male. Athens was a democracy and it had a legislative council (Boule). The Boule was made up of 500 councilors, with 50 men each selected from the ten tribes. The Boule would then create laws that they would present back to the popular assembly (all the free men in the ten tribes) who would vote for or against the new laws (Brand).

Art is often described as a living work. To senior Emily Bodine, living people are what make her art work possible. Bodine has been interested in portrait painting for her entire life, but it has taken her years to perfect her talent. At the Spartan Fiesta she is planning to show all of the work from her high school career and work towards getting a scholarship for an art program in college.

Sparta had a Political organisation unlike many other Greek states at that time that drew upon elements of all types of Government structures. The Spartan constitution contained elements of monarchy, oligarchy and democracy and was described by ancient writers as a mixed constitution. The four elements were made by the two kings (monarchical), Gerousia (oligarchic), the Five Ephors (limited Democratic) and the Ekklesia (democratic). This system all came about from the work of the law-giver named Lycurgus who is acclaimed to have received the Rhetra from the Delphic Oracle and impose it upon Sparta, However even his existence is under debate between historians past and present such as Xenophon and Plutarch.

To simply say Ancient Greece had a diverse culture would not give justice to the truly rich and even contrasting societies that developed in the classical city-state. One of the most unique civilizations to prosper in the ancient time period were the Spartans. The Spartans held customs, beliefs, and traditions unlike any other Greek city-state. These uncommon practices and philosophies largely governed the lifestyle of a Spartan citizen from birth until death. Spartan culture was considerably a militaristic one, and great emphasis was placed on the lifelong dedication of training to be a Spartan soldier. It is arguable that this Spartan way of life was the key to Sparta’s powerful and victorious civilization in ancient times.

Sparta was a nation heavily prided on military prowess around 2300 years ago. But to achieve a military of such a high grade you must first go through vigorous training. The modern day United States of America also prides itself on military prowess and has very harsh training for their top troops as well. But when comparing the two nations top of the line warriors training who has it worse? Sparta’s warriors were known as the spartans. Their training began at birth so to say. If a weak looking male child was born he was immediately set aside for death. At age 7 they were removed from their parents and were placed into a school with military based education. This was to make them skilled warriors with morals fit for the battle fields. Fighting

They held themselves to the Spartan lifestyle, their home furnishings were of wood. However, result of this hard work made them a community full of wealth and industries but the Puritans believed, that because God was kind and all powerful and seeing them living their lives in a simple lifestyle, it was him who gifted them their wealth and so they felt, they were not wrong in their way of life and so regretted nothing.

This was my third year in a row running this Spartan venue Super and unfortunately I was under the weather dealing with a both a cough and sinus infection. I arrived the night before and slept in my car and I could hear it pouring rain all night so I knew the course was going to be very muddy and slippery on at least Saturday.

In order to live up to the reputation of the town and peers, the Permian Panthers and the coaches set goals so that they will have a winning season. The goal that is set is to win the state championship and nothing, including injury will change that goal. This occurs when Boobie Miles, the star running back, chooses to play in spite of a torn ALC, rather than yielding to the unimaginable pain that he is in. The team imposed a structure, which establishes the goals and values of the team, therefore reinforcing the team’s solidarity to winning the championship not only for them but for the town.

The film wasn’t about that 13-0 record and winning a state championship, but the struggle that came with it and all the hardships they had to deal and get past. Racism, prejudice, compassion and love were all key aspects of this film as shown. The racism, prejudice of the team when they first met was severe and had been changed. The love and compassion came as the team grew to become one unit and love each other and be able to become something more powerful than they could be by themselves.