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The Lords of Discipline
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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })The Lords of Discipline is a 1980 novel by Pat Conroy about a young man's experiences at a South Carolina military college called the Institute (loosely based on Charleston's real life military college, the Citadel) in the 1960s. The main character, Will McLean, narrates the novel as himself looking back on his time at the Institute, beginning with the start of his senior year, then flashing back to his freshman (or "plebe") year, and finally finishing out with the rest of senior year.The Institute is a very strictly run military institution, which often rubs the irreverent Will the wrong way. In particular, it has an extremely brutal hazing ritual. Every year the freshman class is brutalized for the entirety of their "plebe year" by The Cadre, a group of upperclassmen specifically designated to make their lives hell. About half of every freshman class drops out by the end of the year. Anyone the Cadre deems as failing to measure up is singled out and "Tamed" (bullied to an almost superhuman extreme). However, the few that survive the Taming and refuse to quit but still fail to measure up seem to eventually disappear from the school. The rumor is that a secret organization called The Ten strictly enforce their own guidelines on who is and is not fit to graduate and become an Institute Man. For the most part, Will is disconnected from these rumors and doesn't really care whether the Ten are real or not, but that changes when he is put in charge of making sure that Tom Pearce, the Institute's first ever black student, makes it through his plebe year.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })The novel was adapted into a film in 1983, directed by Franc Roddam and starring David Keith as Will McLean and Robert Prosky as the Bear. | |
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Badass Boast: When Will has finally outmaneuvered the Ten, the General asks him snidely what he thinks his place will be in the history of the Institute. Will replies that he intends to write that history.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_3'); }) | |
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Aristocrats Are Evil: Played very straight. | |
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Agent Peacock: Tradd, to some extent. He's soft-spoken, artistic, and often mocked for his perceived effeminacy. However, he's one of the best-performing cadets in his class, and even becomes the first in his storied family to win the prestigious Star of the East medal. He also turns out to be a member of the Ten, an elite (if evil) society that inducts only the ten most excellent students every year. | |
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Abusive Parents: Will indicates that his father was physically, verbally, and emotionally abusive. | |
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The Baby Trap: Abigail and Tradd accuse Annie Kate of attempting this. For her part, she firmly denies it. | |
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