By: Gerald N. Lund

Presentation by: Zach Evens

*The Alliance

* About the Author Gerald N. Lund

*Received his Bachelors and Masters degrees from BYU.

*Second Quorum of Seventy 2002-2008

*Born September 12, 1939 (70)

* Books by Gerald N. Lund

*Completed over 27 novels.

*Work and the Glory Series

*Leverage Point

*The Alliance

*The Coming of the Lord

*Protagonist: Eric Lloyd

*Eric Lloyd, the main character and hero of the book. He brings about the rebellion within the Alliance and opposes the Major throughout the book.

* Antagonist: Major Denison

*Major Denison is the founder of The Alliance and is in control of the whole city. He watches over his cities and is commander-in-chief.

* Favorite Character: Eric

*Eric is my favorite character, he fights to the end and shows no lack of determination. He does things the honorable way and does not take any unethical ways out.

* Least Favorite Character: Travis Oakes

*Travis Oakes is the right hand man of the Major, and the opposite of Eric in every way. He generally leads the attacks and does the dirty work for the Major.

*Expository

After a nuclear war, the small town of star valley is left. They live a peaceful life until they are relocated to a new society known as the Alliance.

*Rising Action

*This is the bulk of the book, where Eric starts the war with the Major and Travis. He fights his way out of custody, and battles against all odds to try to destroy the Alliance.

*Climax

*The Major has Trojan horses inside of Eric’s camp and Eric and his party make a move on Central Control, the heart of the Alliance. With this being their big attempt to bring down the Major once and for all. Traps have been set up inside and they must maneuver their way carefully to survive.

*Falling Action

*In the aftermath of the Central Control mission, the Alliance has been defeated and everything is changing back to a more normal society.

*Resolution

*Eric and Nichole are together, the Alliance is defeated, and Eric’s friends and family are safe.

*Setting

*Futuristic setting. Makes it possible to happen, brings it closer to home. Nuclear war is still an issue.

*The Alliance. The story takes place within a utopia that isn’t as perfect as it first appears.

*Themes

*Don’t judge a book by its cover. First impressions aren’t always as great as they appear.

*Keep fighting for what you believe in. Reach for the stars and one day you might hit the moon.

*Moral values. Sometimes the best way to win isn’t always the right way.

*Rating

*10! Incredible book and I recommend it to all! It is intense until the very end and will keep you guessing the whole way through. Fantastic story that brings utopia down to a real level and brings moral values right to your front door.

"Corporal punishment is defined under human-rights law as any punishment in which physical force is used and intended to cause some degree of pain or discomfort." (Stephey).

Corporal Punishment

“Corporal punishment is still permitted in some form in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Wyoming.” (DILLON).

Corporal Punishment

Yelling, the new punishment method.

88% of houses have yelling.

Tone causes feeling of rejection.

Another Form of Corporal Punishment

Adrenalin output increases sharply during fear, anger and physical punishment. When this is prolonged or often repeated, the endocrine balance fails to return to baseline. The victim becomes easily angered and prone to poor impulse control and spontaneous violent outbursts. (Adah Maurer)

How effective is it, when all it does is create people to be more violence and uncontrollable?

Health Reasoning

“Parents of delinquents, all of them, report physical beating in the first ten to twelve years of the child's life, but rarely thereafter.” (Adah Maurer)

By abusing children we are creating more crime.

Juvenile Deliquents

“As the report notes, corporal punishment is banned in most juvenile correction facilities in the U.S., and yet it continues in public schools.” (Stephey)

The total number of students, with and without disabilities, who were subjected to corporal punishment in the 2006-2007 school years, was 223,190. (Stephey)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9S3CEgNl74

Schools and Corporal Punishment

“The Society for Adolescent Medicine has documented serious medical consequences resulting from corporal punishment, including severe muscle injury, extensive blood-clotting (hematomas), whiplash damage and hemorrhaging.” (Stephey)

Is it really worth the risk?

Health Risks

Adah Maurer, Ph.D. and James S. Wallerstein. The Influence of Corporal Punishment on Crime . 1987. 22 February 2010 <http://www.nospank.net/maurer1.htm>.

Corporal punishment. 2006.

DILLON, SAM. "Disabled Students Are Spanked More." New York Times 10 August 2009: A10.

Stephey, M.J. "Corporal Punishment in U.S. Schools." Time 11 August 2009: 62 pages.

STOUT, HILARY. "For Some Parents, Shouting Is the New Spanking." New York Times 21 October 2009: E1.

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