Word: rigidities
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...Hudson River. To many it is an anachronism, a throwback to a straiter-laced era of American values, an institution out of time and place. Most college students, if they think of it at all, shudder at the though of wearing uniforms, being forced to follow a rigid schedule, saluting officers, participating in mandatory parades and formation. But to the cadets of West Point it is something very much more: a place where you get the discipline to be a men and a leader...
Once seated, the Cadets actions proved along rigid class lines. Upperclassmen are free to met end talk as they like, Plebes have if a lot tougher...
Potter is not unlike a lot of other cadets. Many of them seem to survive the rigid socialization and occasional indoctrination with their critical faculties intact. They're not all yes-men for the Government which pays them to go through West Point. This is especially clear when the cadets argue among themselves over U.S. strategic policies...
...Cadets are not supposed to spend their time discussing politics, and indeed the rigidity of their schedules leaves little time for it. The Cadets form by company (a group of about 110 men) at 6:13 each morning. Anyone late is "slugged", which does not mean beaten up, but does mean being confined to the barracks room except for classes, meals, and athletics. A person five minutes late for morning formation could be slugged for several weeks. Each Cadet carries at least six courses, often more, so that most have 24 or more hours of classes per week. They...
...sort of conduct eludes Bunuel's austere sense of outrage. An atheist who once remarked "I do not believe, thank God," Bunuel in his film mocks his own disgust at the corrupt and rigid structure of the Catholic Church. Though the sins of the clergy in this movie are venial and not carnal, they are still exposed. A bishop, on his way to give a dying man absolution, meets a peasant woman who whispers, "Father, I want to tell you something. I don't like Jesus Christ...Ever since I was a little child, I have hated him." Aghast...