<p>The purpose of this essay is to compare and contrast the two novels by focusing</p><p>on leadership and group dynamics. First, I explain some general terms like</p><p>primary and secondary groups, leader and leadership, and five different</p><p>leadership styles (autocratic, democratic, laissez-faire, task-motivated and</p><p>relationship-motivated leader), and then I apply the terms to the novels. In the</p><p>analysis I examine how some followers and group constellations react to different</p><p>kinds of leadership, and how the three leaders choose to approach their roles and</p><p>why they become successful or not.</p><p>The effect the democratic leadership has on both leaders and followers differs</p><p>between the novels. Homer in Tomorrow, When the War Began trusts his leadership</p><p>skills and gets appreciation from the primary group of friends he leads, while</p><p>Ralph in Lord of the Flies is disobeyed and challenged by his secondary group.</p><p>The group of teenagers grows stronger together, while the island boys disband as a</p><p>result of the power struggle between Ralph and Jack. The latter trusts his charisma</p><p>and threatens and punishes the boys in order to keep them under control. Jack</p><p>seems successful as an autocratic leader, since his followers carry out his orders</p><p>and let him be the unquestioned leader, but he is in the final analysis unsuccessful</p><p>since he fails to put the needs of his followers before his own strong desire for</p><p>power. Both Homer and Jack are strong leaders of their own primary group, and</p><p>one argument why they are more successful than Ralph is the loyalty they receive</p><p>from their followers. However, the reason for their faithfulness differs. In</p><p>Homer’s case it is friendship, and in Jack’s case it is fear of what he will do to</p><p>them if they defy him.</p>

<p>Lieutenant James Cook claimed New South Wales for Great Britain in 1770. However, it was not until 1786 that a settlement was authorised there. The settlement was not for free men, but the for the unwanted convicts, their masters and protectors; the First Fleet convicts landed at Sydney Cove on January 26, 1788 and Governor Phillip lay claim officially to the country. </p><p>The decision to establish a settlement in New South Wales took sixteen years. It was not the clear-cut and positive beginning to a country that it could have been. </p><p>The emphasis of this report is to look at the factors that contributed to the decision and the line that the decision makers took. This has involved investigation of parliamentary debates, ministers’ letters and other sources relevant to the decision. The factors most pressing at the time for the government were the over abundance of criminals and the budget deficit. With a relatively simple move, Lord Sydney was able to relieve the first problem at the same time as his Prime Minister, William Pitt, took on the budget. It is clear that the settlement was established for the dubious benefit of relieving England of the convicts.</p>

Lieutenant James Cook claimed New South Wales for Great Britain in 1770. However, it was not until 1786 that a settlement was authorised there. The settlement was not for free men, but the for the unwanted convicts, their masters and protectors; the First Fleet convicts landed at Sydney Cove on January 26, 1788 and Governor Phillip lay claim officially to the country. The decision to establish a settlement in New South Wales took sixteen years. It was not the clear-cut and positive beginning to a country that it could have been. The emphasis of this report is to look at the factors that contributed to the decision and the line that the decision makers took. This has involved investigation of parliamentary debates, ministers’ letters and other sources relevant to the decision. The factors most pressing at the time for the government were the over abundance of criminals and the budget deficit. With a relatively simple move, Lord Sydney was able to relieve the first problem at the same time as his Prime Minister, William Pitt, took on the budget. It is clear that the settlement was established for the dubious benefit of relieving England of the convicts.

The purpose of this essay is to compare and contrast the two novels by focusing on leadership and group dynamics. First, I explain some general terms like primary and secondary groups, leader and leadership, and five different leadership styles (autocratic, democratic, laissez-faire, task-motivated and relationship-motivated leader), and then I apply the terms to the novels. In the analysis I examine how some followers and group constellations react to different kinds of leadership, and how the three leaders choose to approach their roles and why they become successful or not. The effect the democratic leadership has on both leaders and followers differs between the novels. Homer in Tomorrow, When the War Began trusts his leadership skills and gets appreciation from the primary group of friends he leads, while Ralph in Lord of the Flies is disobeyed and challenged by his secondary group. The group of teenagers grows stronger together, while the island boys disband as a result of the power struggle between Ralph and Jack. The latter trusts his charisma and threatens and punishes the boys in order to keep them under control. Jack seems successful as an autocratic leader, since his followers carry out his orders and let him be the unquestioned leader, but he is in the final analysis unsuccessful since he fails to put the needs of his followers before his own strong desire for power. Both Homer and Jack are strong leaders of their own primary group, and one argument why they are more successful than Ralph is the loyalty they receive from their followers. However, the reason for their faithfulness differs. In Homer’s case it is friendship, and in Jack’s case it is fear of what he will do to them if they defy him.

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In this essay, I analyse the characters of Frodo and Aragorn in Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings and Peter Jackson’s film trilogy in order to see if traits and relationships are consistent between the novel and the films. Any changes in characters and the ways they interact in relationships entail changes not only to the overarching narrative, but potentially to the most important themes of the story: friendship and heroism. This is important for the general discourse on the films as adaptations, since they have been accused of not being true to the thematic core of the source material. Peter Jackson’s claim that the intention was to always remain true to the spirit of Tolkien’s novel, then necessitates a closer comparison of the two works. Therefore, in investigating the characters I look not only for differences and similarities, but also for the repercussions these have on the story and the potential reasons behind them. By examining the characters from the perspective of the novel, the films and the filmmakers’ commentaries, I discuss how the removal of social class in the films changes the actions of the characters and consequently affects the themes of friendship and heroism. I also bring up the effects of changing from a novel to film as well as the symbiotic relationship between the character traits and the narrative as a whole. This essay shows that though the social class, character traits and the narrative flow are changed in a circular pattern. A closer look at the films reveals that the story’s core themes of friendship and heroism not only remain consistent, but are given more emphasis than in the novel.

In this essay a conclusion about the way female characters are portrayed in fantasy novels will be attempted through an analysis of one selected female character from each selected novel. The works that have been chosen are; J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, Robert Jordan’s The Eye of the World and A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin. The analysis will be done with the help of examples and theories from both feministic criticism and gender studies. During the course of the discussion the background of the fantasy genre and goal of the scientific theories will be explained.The fantasy genre in itself allows its authors a chance to criticize the norms of our society, freed from the restraints of realism. The findings of this essay however, imply that some fantasy authors forsake this chance in order to more accurately emulate the medieval European society or in fact actively reinforce patriarchal norms.

Sammanfattning: The Lord of The Rings-trilogin slog världen med storm då första filmen kom ut år 2001. J.R.R Tolkiens böcker var väldigt omtyckta och framförallt omtalade men det hade aldrig funnits icke-animerade filmer på dem. Peter Jackson tog på sig att skapa filmerna och klarade detta åtagande väldigt bra. Däremot var kvinnorollerna, precis som i böckerna, väldigt små och inaktiva. Detta är därför någonting jag valt att ta upp i min uppsats. Kvinnornas roller i jämförelse med männens. Uppsatsen jämför de olika rollfigurerna mot varandra och deras roller överlag i specialversionerna av filmerna.

<p>Sammanfattning: The Lord of The Rings-trilogin slog världen med storm då första filmen kom ut år 2001. J.R.R Tolkiens böcker var väldigt omtyckta och framförallt omtalade men det hade aldrig funnits icke-animerade filmer på dem. Peter Jackson tog på sig att skapa filmerna och klarade detta åtagande väldigt bra.</p><p>Däremot var kvinnorollerna, precis som i böckerna, väldigt små och inaktiva. Detta är därför någonting jag valt att ta upp i min uppsats. Kvinnornas roller i jämförelse med männens. Uppsatsen jämför de olika rollfigurerna mot varandra och deras roller överlag i specialversionerna av filmerna.</p>

Mental imagery as a form of human cognition is still not well understood, particularly in the area of spatiality. This thesis attempts to find the relationship between the mental images of places created while reading a story (ekphrastic) and the mental images created while viewing a cinematic adaptation of that story. Using Bakhtin’s idea of chronotope, and Panofsky’s theory of iconography, associations can be made between places in text and film that inform the themes that readers/spectators identify and evaluate. Netlytic, an online text analysis tool, permits the analysis of online message board fan opinions of J.R.R. Tolkien’s and Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings according to themes of visualization and of place. Analysis of findings suggests that mental images created from the text and from the filmic adaptation are both passively and actively integrated in order to increase comprehension of spatial elements in Tolkien’s epic.