Reading Bezio’s piece was so intriguing, as I haven’t reflected on the relationship between leaders in fiction and in real life for a while now. Going through all my leadership classes this semester and 102 last semester, I was deeply grounded into the reality of leadership, and maybe some sprinkles of normative stuff. However, when the reading went over the historical context of Shakespeare’s Pericles with Brexit, I was brought back to my LDST 101 brain over a year ago.<\/p>\n
The fictional leader that I most remember was from All the King’s Men, Willie Stark. He added color and complexity to the concept of populism, whether one should represent the people or work hard to be of a superior morality to the masses. We also explored Machiavelli, Utopia by Thomas More, Major Barbara, and so on. While it was such a riveting class, I definitely see how over time, some of what I learned will naturally diffuse, as I now have to deal with the complexities of modern leaders.<\/p>\n
But this reading reminded me that a healthy balance can be met. You can appreciate literary leaders and their traits, but it must be kept within the historical place of their literary world, and we as people have to recognize how our modern issues and conflicts might not correlate in a super meaningful way to these literary works.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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