Thursday, November 5, 2009
Commplace Proposal
For my commonplace paper, I am proposing to go in the direction of talking about how even the greatest and the most unlikely of people are still vulnerable to downfalls. From my analytical research paper, I will use my example with Spock and crimes of passion. Spock is based purely on logic and is in total control of his emotions. Actually it is said that he doesn't have any. In this episode, he loses complete control, due to pon farr, and tries to kill his best friend. Other examples of how the best or most unlikely fall could be the University of Georgia professor who killed his wife and two others, a very unlikely upset in sports such as the Boston Red Sox ralling from down three games to zero against the New York Yankees in the ALCS (can't believe I just brought that up), or even how supposedly the best built cruize ship ever, the Titanic, was said to be impossible to sink, but unfortunatly did anyway. These are just some ideas that came to mind but I'm sure if I researched a bit, I could find more examples and then possibly be able to explain why the best can fall.
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I think you have a nice topic, and the great part is all the examples you can use. You have several in the blog, and you can look at celebs too, like the sterroids in baseball, especially in the very best like Bonds and A-Rod, and even Lance Armstrong. ALso Michael Jackson's allegations. It is weird when you think someone is at the top, untouchable, that they are someone great to look up to. And every time they seem to disappoint. You think some of these great people might be a place we could all find great stability in, you know? anyway feel free to plagiarize on my ideas there Sam haha.
ReplyDeleteWhen I read your first sentence I thought it was so true. It madee me think of stars and pro athletes. every one looks up to them and is shocked when they fail or mess up. Every one is human and any one can fall at any moment.
ReplyDeleteI really like how you are relating instances from your episode into real world examples! Using these examples will really help clarify your message and it will make your paper relevant! =]
ReplyDeleteI think you know exactly what you're aiming for in your paper. People will make mistakes and fall anytime, it is only a matter of time. Keep it up because you have a great start already!
ReplyDeleteRelating your episode into real world examples will for sure help the reader relate to your paper. It should be "timely, compelling, and relevant."
ReplyDeleteThis is really cool. I also think it's going to be something people want to read. People love a good falling from fame story. Seriously, in politics or sports or the entertainment industry people love to watch a train wreck (Britney Spears anyone?). I think it's interesting though, that when the train wreck is in someone's life we know we are so much more likely to step up. Cool topic.
ReplyDeleteRelating to the Yankees is very timely and will interest many readers, but I worry that not everyone is a sports fan so dont relate it completely to sports
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