A Need For Education :: essays research papers

The Once And Future King by T.H etiolated is a four part support of magic, love, death, war and medieval tales. The book tells the tale of how the Wart (Arthur) becomes king and how he goes about life. The need for pedagogy is very important the lessons Arthur learns and his application of them later in life demonstrates this importance.The lessons Arthur learns as a child is taught to him by various animals. On the signs over each(prenominal) ant tunnel was a notice which read, Everything Not Forbidden Is domineering (122). In the life of a worker ant there is no apologize thought allowed. The worker ants also have no free will they do only what they are told to do and nothing else. some other good example is the view of Lyo-lyok the goose There are no boundaries among the geese (170). Lessons learned from the geese are those that teach leaders take charge when a leader is needed. The geese also teach Arthur why war is unnecessary. In those lessons Arthur learns that commun ism is oppression, is war, and Lyo-lyok teaches that war is not the only thing one should depend on. by and by in Arthurs life, he uses his education to form ideas of using power for right. For example, Arthur rhetorically inquires, Why cant you harness might so that it works for right (248)? Asserting his idea Arthur decides to fight the battle at Bedegraine in hopes of stopping people from thinking of war as he once did. With that idea in mind Arthur wishes to use might to destine people what is right. Arthur then decides to enforce his idea of might for right by creating a league of knights (The Knights Of The Round Table) this idea leads to a genius design in when he states, Then we can have a peak table (265). Arthurs round table idea prevents jealousy and challenger among the knights.