Willie Keith: A Life Changed         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 even take Princeton seriously. 'But his real career at …showed first 75 words of 755 total…

…showed last 75 words of 755 total…waiting for his mother to give him fifty-dollar bills. Now, Willie has learned how to take responsibility for his actions.         As we have seen, Willie's experiences with the navy changed him to be a better person. The 48 demerits and the forgotten dispatch were the steps he had to take to become the officer that was able to take control of a situation. His encounter with the navy changed him from a boy to a man.