The Richest Writer In The World By Maverick Ringo Analysis

The overall message in this poem is a drill sergeant educating young soldiers and preparing them for the harsh reality of war. He is not playing ‘Mr. nice guy’, he is being tough and strict to give the soldiers no easy way out.

" You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you. "- James Allen

This is the poem that Jim Northrup wrote about war. I am going to Explicate the poem and

“For a lot of people, life is a series of day by day decisions, living each day trying to do the best we can, and where we end up in life is not always where we would have predicted when we were

In the second stanza the distinctive experience of power is present. The use of the technique of imagery and emotive words “to pluck them from the shallows and bury them in burrows’ tells us that the soldiers were strong, loyal and had enough power within a degree to assist fellow soldiers. The use of personification to create sound “sob and clubbing of the gunfire” This leads the audience to understand what the soldiers were up against without even directly saying it. The imagery visually shows the scene in their

“Every moment in your life is a turning and every one a choosing. Somewhere you made a choice. All followed to this. The accounting is scrupulous. The shape is drawn. No line can be erased. I had no belief in your ability to move a coin to your bidding. How could you? A person's path through the world seldom changes and even more seldom will it change abruptly. And the shape of your path was visible from the beginning.” (Page 259)

"Never make an attempt to gain our freedom or natural right, from under our cruel oppressor, and murderers, until you see your way clear [6]--when that hour arrives and you move, be not afraid or

“Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.”

In the case study, Waylon Smithers is becoming increasing concerned with the behaviours of his employer Mr Burns. Waylon Smithers explains how Mr Burns is becoming “too difficult for him to handle” and suspects that Mr Burns may suffer from a personality disorder. Burns is described as a “heartless, greedy and exceptionally ugly” that makes “Ebeneezer Scrooge seem downright lovely.” The case study explains how at a young age, Burns was sent to live with his Grandfather, “a twisted and heartless billionaire” and suggests that this may have had a long lasting impact on the behaviour of Mr Burns.

“When someone makes a decision, he is really diving into a strong current that will carry him to places he had never dreamed of when he first made the decision.”

"I believed that my greatest effort should be directed to seek in a beautiful simplicity ...and there is no accepted rule that I have not thought should be gladly sacrificed in favour of effectiveness."

So he suggests that, “if he could change his nature with the times and with circumstances, his fortune would not be altered.” (1634) The passage advocated that a successful leader would not be stubborn or stuck in his ways but be flexible and adaptable to new situations, inventions and ways of thinking. In the past, men had gained and kept land either through, “caution, another rashly; one with violence, another with skill; one with patience, another with its opposite;” (1633) but when all methods are utilized by one person at the correct time, success may be obtained until

This quote, unlike the other one, was used as a transition question. Although it is used in a different form, the use is still the same. This question allows the reader to think about it and come to their answer before the passage goes on to share the information that was found.

He underlined his intentions as follows: “I will lead my people by the hand along the road until their feet are sure and they know the way. Then they may choose for themselves and rule themselves. Then my work will be done.”

I am incomplete here. Jesus Christ started a work in me when I chose to follow Him and make Him LORD of my life. That work won’t be finished until I am face to face with Him in