The+Lords+of+Discipline

By Pat Conroy The setting of this amazing story is one not familiar to most of us. In Charleston, South Carolina in the nineteen-sixties, the characters of //The Lords of Discipline// are faced with racism, acceptance, hierarchies, and the horrible training and beatings of the military institute, simply called the Institute, the main character, Will McLean, and his roommates attend. Will McLean, a witty, and outrageous young man is caught up in a series of lies, traps, and humungous decisions when told to watch over Pearce, the first African-American student to take part in the lily-white school and how he embarks on a dangerous mission to expose the school’s rumored, and feared, secret society: The Ten. One night, while walking the streets of old Charleston, he comes across the most peculiar, yet interesting kind of girl: Annie Kate. Annie Kate, hidden behind large sunglasses and concealed by a long raincoat, shares as little as possible with Will. And he will soon find out the secrets Annie Kate was hiding and how his life will never be the same. To put it modestly, Pat Conroy has constructed a breath-taking masterpiece. He vividly takes the reader through the tortures of Will’s freshman year, his love and admiration of his family and friends, his hatred of certain things and people, and so much more. With beautiful narration and insanely comedic dialogue of Will and the others, //The Lords of Discipline// easily made its way into the top ten list of my favorite books of all time. At times, this exciting novel made my burst out laughing in a crowd of people, and at others made my literally gasp and my heart beat faster. So if you haven’t or don’t read //The Lords of Discipline//, you are truly missing out on a work of art. **—Harrison Pyros**
 * The Lords of Discipline**