What is "Politics" Author(s): Giovanni Sartori Source: Political Theory‚ Vol. 1‚ No. 1 (Feb.‚ 1973)‚ pp. 5-26 Published by: Sage Publications‚ Inc. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/191073 Accessed: 13/10/2009 12:35 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR ’s Terms and Conditions of Use‚ available at http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp. JSTOR ’s Terms and Conditions of Use provides‚ in part‚ that unless you have obtained prior permission‚
Premium Political philosophy Political science Politics
his father and family or do what he feels is morally right and just by being able to be free as his own person and leaves his sorrow‚ grief and family behind. The readers are introduced to the protagonist and main character‚ 10-year old Colonel Sartoris at the opening of the story where the setting is a court for the justice of peace and Sarty is to testify against his father the‚ antagonist‚ Abner Snopes‚ who is an angry‚ destructive‚ and a morally dysfunctional man who has been accused of burning
Premium Barn Burning William Faulkner
During the course of this story Emily struggles to accept Mr. Grierson‚ Colonel Sartoris‚ and Homer Barron have died. We see this in two different ways. First‚ her failure to realize years later (days later in her father’s case) that these men have passed away. Secondly‚ Emily keeps Homer as well as Mr. Grierson bodies even after they
Premium Family Short story English-language films
A Rose for Emily and Her Conflicts In this story‚ the narrator is the townspeople of Jefferson. Emily Grierson was sort of like a mystery to the townspeople throughout the story. She was sort of a secluded kind of person. She lived in a decaying house that used to be white‚ but now has a sort of off color. Emily in her early childhood struggled with the approval from her father. Her father every time would force every man who was interested in her or possibly loved her away for what seems in most
Premium
focused on a young son of a poor sharecropper‚ who has to struggle with his father’s arsonist tendencies which are destroying his families’ reputation and life style‚ while coming to terms with his own morality. The young son‚ whose name is Colonel Sartoris Snopes‚ is the protagonist in this story. Sarty (the boy’s nickname) disapproves of his father’s destructive actions and soon has to decide whether to be loyal to his family or give in to his own values of morality. Abner Snopes‚ who is the boy’s
Premium Poetry Stanza Rhyme
“the men through a sort of respectful affection for a fallen monument‚ and the women mostly out of curiosity to see the inside of her house.” (78) Miss Emily does not have to pay taxes‚ thanks to a deal that her father and the former Mayor Colonel Sartoris made years ago. Miss Emily’s father dies and leaves her with only the house. She meets the handsome and fun day laborer Mr. Homer Barron. Miss Emily’s inability to accept change leads to Homers death. She closes
Premium William Faulkner English-language films Tax
officials insisting that she did not owe taxes. She constantly vowed that she had “no taxes in Jefferson” (Faulkner 774) and if they did not believe her then they could confirm it with Colonel Sartoris. The problem here was not that she was claiming she had no taxes; rather‚ it was the fact that Colonel Sartoris had been dead for many years. Her refusal to listen to anyone and her inability to fathom the changes going on around her made it obvious that she was more than just stubborn. Her failure to
Premium Schizophrenia Psychosis Hallucination
overthrow nor affect each other. Both the terms of the president and the legislature are fixed so that they have power security. On the other hand‚ in parliamentarism‚ the government is appointed‚ supported and dismissed by parliamentary vote. (Sartori‚ 1994) The head of state‚ has the symbolic authority and the chief executive of government (usually called the prime minister)‚ has the real political power. The former one is usually chosen out of hereditary tradition‚ elected by a governmental body
Premium United States President of the United States Separation of powers
When the city authorities come to tell her that she can no longer be remitted from her taxes‚ she sends them off by saying‚ "See Colonel Sartoris. I have no taxes in Jefferson" (35). Emily continues to insist on an agreement she had with Colonel Sartoris remitting her from paying her taxes‚ even after the Colonel has been dead for ten years. The people in this small town put her on a pedestal instead of throwing her in jail where she actually
Premium Short story William Faulkner William Shakespeare
factor in the stories: "Barn Burning" by William Faulkner‚ "The Man Who Was Almost a Man" by Richard Wright and‚ "A Worn Path" by Eudora Welty. First‚ in William Faulkner’s "Barn Burning‚" the main character in the story is a little boy named Colonel Sartoris. In this story‚ Sarty is faced with the decision of either going along with the views and actions of his morally challenged father or by running away and leaving his family and his pain behind. Sarty gains his freedom when he decides to warn the
Free Short story Eudora Welty A Worn Path