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Pat Conroy | | Birth Date: |
October 26, 1945 | | Place of Birth: |
Atlanta, Georgia, United States | | Gender: |
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 Biography of Pat Conroy
4588 words, approx. 15.3 pages
 "In every one of . . . [novelist Pat] Conroy's big, story-driven Southern books, there has been a father, a son and a holy ghost in the form of an ineffable secret," wrote Tracy Cochran of Publishers Weekly. Conroy has made a cottage in... summary from source:
 Biography of Donald Pat(rick) Conroy
2703 words, approx. 9 pages
Pat Conroy's writing is marked by an obsessive interest in the love/hate relationship and its ensuing tensions. Whether between Citadel cadet and "The Boo," young teacher and school superintendent, or teenage son and "Great Santini," this search for bala...
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 The Great Santini Information
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 <i>The Great Santini</i> is a 1979 film which tells the story of a highly successful Marine officer whose success as a military aviator contrasts with his shortcomings as a husband and father. It also explores the high price of heroism and self...
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 Woman's Day Blythe Danner
7/11/2006: 1,391 words, approx. 5 pagesJANE: I know we’re here to talk about a serious topic, and one that’s close to your heart. But let’s start off light. I love what you’re wearing. BLYTHE: Oh, thank you. It’s Max Mara. I ran out of the house this morning—I actually thought... summary from source:
The New York Observer Boone Treasures Clooney's Songbook
5/22/2005: 2,169 words, approx. 7 pagesWhen the great, irreplaceable Rosemary Clooney died, she left her lifetime collection of musical arrangements-a 60-year career of archival-status treasures, from soup to nuts-to Debby Boone. Not to the ASCAP, the Smithsonian or the Salvation Army, but to Pat Boone's little girl. This is not...
 Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Robert E. Burkholder
1,863 words, approx. 6 pages
Pat Conroy's first novel, The Great Santini (1976), is a curious blend of lurid reality and fantastic comedy, which deals with approximately one year in the life of Ben Meecham and his family. It is primarily a novel of initiation, but central to the concept of Ben's initiation into manhood and to the meaning of the whole novel is the idea that individual myths must be stripped away from Ben and the other major characters before Ben can approach reality with objectivity and maturity. In The Gr... summary from source:
Critical Essay by James N. Hutchins
260 words, approx. 1 pages
In a novel which displays a keen insight into family life on a military base, author Pat Conroy appears to be writing his autobiography. Indeed, the dedication of [The Great Santini] in effect verifies this. As a result, the book is an unadulterated, realistic view of a military family ruled by an authoritarian father who has more faith in the military institution than he has in his own family…. Pat Conroy not only depicts the general course of family life on a military base but also delves into the ... summary from source:
Critical Essay by The Virginia Quarterly Review
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The strength of [The Great Santini] … is its realism. The dialogue, anecdotes, and family atmosphere are pure Marine…. At the heart of the book is the search of the 18-year-old son to find himself while learning to understand and love his rigidly authoritarian Marine father, the "great Santini." A good novel and enjoyable reading, though the descriptive writing is somewhat juvenile. As usual, when one reads a first novel so heavily autobiographical, one wonders if the author has ... Featured Essays
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 Essay Grade: 75%The So-so Santini
832 words, approx. 3 pages
A sociological viewpoint of the book/movie The Great Santini. It views Bull Meechum as a terrible father and he is the opposite of what sociology teaches us a father should be like.
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