Part one of term paper
Sometimes it takes an event in one's life to change a person. In Herman Wouk's The Caine Mutiny, it took the navy to change the life of Willie Keith. Before Willie joined the navy he was living the easy life. His mother came from a wealthy family so Willie had no problems financially. He never really took anything seriously. He didn't eve ...

Part two of term paper
... he elected to become a piano player in a cocktail lounge. "He was not paid much. The fee was, in fact, the smallest permitted by the musicians union for a piano player. Willie didn't really care, so long as fifty-dollar bills flowed from his mother." That was his life before the navy. In the navy, all of that changed. Once in the navy he learned that he couldn't really rely on his mother for everything. He was still careless and naïve about some things but he did learn that he was on hi ...