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Excellence

     While discussing A Message to Garcia in class we talked about when it was written and how it affected the society of that time period. The story was written in 1899 during the Spanish-American war and it became so popular through employers and through the military that 1/5 of Americans had it and more had heard about it. This story was used to inspire people to work at their full potential which is why employers used this to get the most out of their employees. This story also is linked to the Greek word arete' which means to have the excellence to work at your full potential. This was the theme of A Message to Garcia because the author is trying to show the audience what you should strive to be. The Greek word also means to fulfill your purpose which is one of the reasons the story is so widespread because employers or employees wanted to get the job done to the best of their ability.

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