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Reflections on Leadership and LDR
LDR 101 taught me a number of things- about young adult fantasy novels, myself, and leadership. I learned that I am definitely more of an interdependent leader than an autonomous, that is, I lead by listening to others and considering people’s ideas instead of diving into something with only my opinion being given. I have learned that a liberal arts education will prepare me to be a productive leader in the world by teaching me valuable skills that would not have been available to me had I not chosen to attend a liberal arts college. In his essay on the value of a liberal arts education, Professor William Cronon writes…
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The Heterosexual Market and Gender Stereotypes in “The Hunger Games”
In Suzanne Collins’ 2008 book The Hunger Games, she crafts a tale of survival and hope in a violent post-apocalyptic world. Her heroine, Katniss Everdeen, is a complex character that both challenges and upholds the gender norms at the time of Collins’ writing. In both book and film versions, Katniss is a leader for herself, her family, Peeta, and even the start of a revolution. She leads by she has to resort to upholding gender norms and stereotypes in order to be that leader. At the beginning of the story, survival for Katniss means hunting and selling for her family, but as the plot progresses, survival means lasting in the…
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Gendered Leadership Traits and Its Effects on The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe
In both the novel and film version of The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, there is a continuing issue in regards to gender and leadership. The women and girls of the story are either portrayed as being weak leaders or nuisances, or when portrayed in a powerful way, as villians. Throughout the course of the story, there are three female “leaders”: Susan, Lucy, and the White Witch. The movie version makes the gendering of the autonomous and interdependent leadership traits more extreme, contributing to the gender inequality in leadership. As described by Gilligan, Lyons, and Hammer of the Emma Willard School study, the autonomous mode of leadership is defined…
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Five Strengths
For the CliftonStrengths theme results, my top five were input, intellection, empathy, deliberative, and adaptability. At first glance, some of these surprised me, but upon really reading the descriptions, all five fit me. Even if not every description fit me one hundred percent, I could see myself in every trait. Although all five of those traits and their descriptions described me pretty well, there was one that stood out in comparison to my own personal description. The strength theme that stood out to me most was input. The description claims that it I collect things- information and items, which I do both of. I have collections of quotes, snowglobes, stickers,…
