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HERE IS THE ASSIGNMENT:
Your purpose is to answer the question, "What do I find special or peculiar
or what do I like/hate about my birthdate (the day, not the year)or what
lesson can I learn from my birthdate?" I''ll give you a range of three
days -- so you may look at things that occurred 3 days before and 3 days
after you were born also.
Look up what happened on your birthdate (or three days before and three
after) via the Web. I''ve given a list of sites you can use -- just click
on the "Birthdate Sites" in the lectures section.
Pick out 3 things or people to research in more detail. To find out whether
or not you might be interested in doing more detailed research, check
an encyclopedia type source -- something that will give you general information.
You can use the subject classification resources like Yahoo or Excite.
Only one person per subject. Make sure to report your subjects to me.
First come, first served.
For detailed research on the 3 subjects, you can then use Web search
engines, plus use the magazine and newspaper database our college has
on line. Check the resources list in the lectures section. You must come
up with a total of 15 quotes for this paper and 15 different sources.
Only 3 can be books (like encyclopedia entries). At least 9 sources must
be from the web (and all can be from the web). Save the information you
want on disk or print it or photocopy it. Always make sure you write
down the necessary works cited information down for each source.
Pictures can take the place of up to 3 quotes (these also should have
parenthetical citation).
Write your paper.
This time you only need three paragraphs (one per subject -- although
you can have more paragraphs). Remember the topic statement should be
some comment about the subject that will support your thesis. This is
not a report, but an argument (proving your birthdate, for instance,
was a day for genuises and analyzing what makes a genius or what genius
does that''s genius).
Use parenthetical citation for each quote (or information) or picture
used -- that means at least 15.
Have a works cited list of at least 15 sources.
Remember at least 9 of the sources should be from the Web -- and all
can be from the Web. The birthdate sites in themselves do not count as
sources. (But you can follow links and use those for sources.)
Length should be at least 750-1000 words.
(MY BIRTHDAY IS ON APRIL 25, SO YOU CAN CHOOSE ANYONE FAMOST BORN FROM 21-22-23-24 OR 26-27-28 APRIL)
Birthdate Sites
B-day Index
Very plain graphics, but comprehensive. Will see index of months. Click
on the month and will see list of birthdays, but only the name and date
-- then click on that to connect to Yahoo web guide.
Literary Hyper-Calendar
Gives the birthdates of authors and literary events and provides links
to a lot of them.
Today in History
Sponsored by the History Channel. Can search by date and will get a list
of birthdays and events. Goes into pop cultural events. Not much description
and no links.
Movie History
Sponsored by Internet Movie Database. Has list of not only birthdays
of movie stars, but deaths and movies that opened on that day. All items
are links to the database.
Historic Events and Birthdays
Sponsored by Scope Systems. Gives a list of birthdays, deaths, and long
list of events. Has short descriptions of subjects. No links.
J-World
Gives 3 columns of information: birthdays, holidays, and events for each
day of the month -- but don''t print out the whole calendar! Use cut and
paste technqiues or save files.
Celebhoo
Has celebrity birthdays
Black Facts Online.
Provides events in African American history by date. Gives short descriptions.
D.T.''s All Kinds of History Birthdays
Exhaustive list of birthdays, deaths, sports events, music events, political
events, etc. Very short descriptions. No links.
Today in Radical History
Shows what happened that was politically radical. Gives events, no links.
Those Were the Days
List of birthdays and pop culture events. No links.
This Day in Rock ''n Roll History.
List events and birthdays associated with rock music. No links.
David Hartnell''s Celebrity Birthday List
Another website of celebrity birthdays.
Leanne''s Celebrity Birthday Database
Gives birthdays of famous people.
HERE IS AN EXAMPLE FOR THIS ESSAY:
I''m 32 and in my first year of college. It took me a long time to get
here because I thought I was just an average person and had no aspirations
except to survive. But through the continual encouragement of my husband
and friends, I finally overcame my insecurities and registered at South.
It encouraged me to see that three people born around my birthdate --
Pat Riley (March 20, 1945), Joan Crawford (March 23, 1904), and William
Shatner (March 23, 1931 -- succeeded even though they were not that talented.
What methods helped these people overcome being average?
One method is to overact -- to do everything in a large, exaggerated
manner. This is what William Shatner has done. He became popular as Captain
James T. Kirk of the Starship Enterprise from 1966- 1969. As a guy named
the Prophet says, "Yea, yea, yea...I''ve heard the horror stories. Shatner''s
arrogant, he''s irritating, he''s self serving, he''s self aggrandizing,
etc. etc. So what''s your point? He''s Shatner, for God''s Sake! He is the
man who brought to life one of the single greatest heroic characters
in modern fiction, be it science or other!" I watched many a re-run of
Star Trek, and I agree that it was Shatner who gave the show its energy.
For example, look at the following scenes from an episode of Star Trek:
(Hazelwood)
Notice how overblown Shatner''s body language is. In the first and third
pictures, he can''t just bend over in pain. Instead his arms are raised,
hands are clenched around his temples, legs are almost pressed together
like he has to go to the bathroom. Then in the middle picture his eyes
are tortured, his mouth is wide open, and you can almost hear him screaming.
I found one quote that called him "''the male Fay Wray'' because of his
talent for screaming on camera" (Conaty). In 1982, Shatner reappeared
in a completely different role -- as a police sergeant in T.J. Hooker
-- but with the same overpowering force: "Only William Shatner . . .
would be able to turn such a heavy-handed, morally bankrupt and repetitive
show as Hooker into a paradigm of television entertainment. His affectation
and bullying, his preening, and his frequent fits of self-righteous rage
are central to the show''s success " (Maxwell). Shatner played Hooker
from 1982 to 1987 -- longer than he played Kirk! Usually we don''t like
personalities that demand this much attention to themselves. George Takei
said about him, " "Like any large family, you have that Uncle Bill that
you just can''t stand. . . Bill certainly is a talented actor. But he''s
got his flaws, as we all do. Unfortunately, he inflicts his flaws on
the rest of us" (Chidley). But the thing is -- they do get our attention.
Maybe it''s because we tend to want to fit in with the crowd or because
we''re afraid to make fools of ourselves -- or we worry too much about
what people will think -- but when someone comes along who is so completely
egotistical that he can rant and rave and chew up the scenery, we are
attracted to that person like the "poor in spirit" are to a charismatic
tele-evangelist. We suck energy from them.
Another method to overcome lack of talent is to fight as hard as you
can. This is the method employed by Pat Riley, former coach of the Los
Angeles Lakers and New York Knicks, current coach of the Miami Heat.
Originally when he coached the Lakers, their nickname was "Showtime."
They were considered a finesse team, depending on the passing skills
of Magic Johnson and the speed of James Worthy and Michael Cooper --
the graceful hookshot of Kareem Abdul Jabbar. Then he became coach of
a Knick team without much talent. One author called the Knicks team that
Riley inherited, "a tired joke."
After Riley took over, "what they lacked in talent, they made up in heart,
hustle, and hard work " (Kriegel), and in the 1993-94 season they were
beaten by seven points by Houston for the NBA championship. I found the
man to be an out and out warrior just from reading his interview. Here
are a few selections: "I don''t think of myself as old, but here I am,
fifty, and I gotta deal with that. . . . It''s like you wake up and say,
What the hell happened? . . . I do think I missed a lot, living in this
game. But I''ll tell you what, I''ve never been around anything that made
me feel so f ------g alive." His father died in 1970 and Riley says the
last thing his father told him was, "Plant your feet and kick some ass."
Here''s his description of himself :
Look, I drive players. Just like I drive myself. But if I''m a prick,
I''m more of a prick to myself. As far as the control thing, people just
embellish that. I want to treat my players to the best. If I''m having
a team party, I want white tablecloths, I want china, and I want silverware.
I don''t want f-----g plastic plates. And I want a flower arrangement
in the middle. And if the towels are hotel white, hey, put some color
in there, I don''t give a shit. I want my team to fly first-class, to
stay in first-class hotels. I''m gonna ask them to do a lot. So tell me,
is that wrong, wanting them to have the best (Kriegel)?
Why is it that this obsessive, fanatical fighting attitude often allows
one to win despite average talent? Again, it''s probably because most
of us think it''s just not worth it. We''d rather not go to the trouble
to argue with someone about issues we don''t consider life and death.
It''s like how gangs can collect protection money from you, because it''s
easier to pay than get beat up or have your store burned to the ground
or have to go through the tedious bureaucracy of law enforcement.
Whatever the reason, fighting works. Riley became coach of the Miami
Heat and in its first exhibition season, "Miami led the league in fouls,
with an appalling 280 in eight games. If the Heat can keep that up, they
will be the bloodiest team in NBA history. . . . Riley appears to be
teaching his Miami Beat to do whatever it takes . . . to keep a player
from putting the ball in the basket. Apparently, Riley''s thinking . .
. is: ''If my guys can''t play this game, then nobody else''s should be
able to, either''"(Reilly). Of course, we know the result: Miami won a
franchise record 61 games and played the Chicago Bulls for the Eastern
championship. They had to fight since the Bulls are considered the greatest
team to every play in the NBA: " ''Faith is in the heart and hope is in
the mind. We have to play with a lot of faith against that team,'' Riley
said. ''Chicago is the greatest team probably in the history of the game.
We have to go in humble but go in strong. We can''t show any fear against
them ''" (The Sporting News). I love this picture of the guy:
(The Sports Network)
He looks like Gordon Gecko (played by Michael Douglas) in the movie Wallstreet
who explained that "greed is good." He''s got the chiseled, muscular jaw,
the slicked back hair, and the impeccable attire that is his battle armor.
The final method of overcoming lack of talent is to not let pride get
in your way of jobs. Do anything, no matter how humiliating. This is
how Joan Crawford lasted in the movies from 1925 to 1970. She started
out working in a laundry to pay for her school tuition when she was 11
years old (Stephan). In the 1920''s America was prosperous - people could
become millionaires by investing in the stock market and there was a
party atmosphere. So Crawford entered Hollywood as "the quintessential
flapper girl" - a dancer who was carefree and bubbly. She made over 20
silent pictures between 1925 and 1929 (O''Keefe). I''ve seen one of the
movies where she was dancing, and she wasn''t very good. Her back was
hunched over and her arms were stiff; she just didn''t have the fluidity
of great dancers like Ginger Rogers. When the stock market crashed and
America entered the Depression, Crawford switched roles (she also had
to learn to act aloud because sound was adopted) to rags to riches stories.
She became more serious: "Her vaguely pretty and plump early looks were
. . . replaced by the svelte, hard-boiled beauty of hollow cheeks, thick
brows, and overpainted mouth" ("Joan Crawford: a Portrait"). In other
words, she looked like someone who had seen hard times, but triumphed
(which, in fact, she really had). Obviously poor Americans could identify
with her and fantasize about their climb up the social ladder. By 1939,
Crawford was getting too old to get roles of a rag to riches ingenue,
so she switched to mature roles where she became "a major league bitch"
(O''Keefe). Below is a picture from Mildred Pierce where she will do anything
to help her daughter get ahead:
(Trachtenberg)
You can see that Crawford was not so proud that she couldn''t switch from
sweet heroine that everyone loved to the evil villainess that everyone
loved to hate. I looked at synopses of her films in the 1940''s and 50''s
and they are all about losers - like a carnival dancer trying to be respectable
in a small town (Flamingo Road) or an older woman who falls in love with
a mentally disturbed younger man (Autumn Leaves). When this type or role
began to run dry, she switched to horror movies. One example is the movie
Straitjacket where she played an ex-murderer (O''Keefe). I''ve tried to
analyze why this willingness to forego dignity in order to keep working
can bring success, and I think it''s because it allows you to work at
jobs that no one else wants - but that they need. Thus we have immigrants
operating 7-11 stores or driving cabs or operating dry-cleaning stories.
The jobs seem lower class, but nevertheless, they are profitable because
people need their services. Thus I know a couple from Africa that bought
a 7-11 store five years ago and now are trying to move up to a McDonald''s
franchise. When Joan Crawford died, her estate was worth two million
dollars (Stephan)! Need I say any more?
In conclusion, what I''ve learned from Shatner, Riley, and Crawford, is
that if you''re not a genius and don''t have supertalent (which is 99%
of us), you have to compensate in some other way if you want to get ahead.
Basically, you have to edge out others either through calling attention
to yourself, intimidating others, or suffering indignity no matter how
great.
Works Cited
Chidley, Joe. "Captain of the Enterprise." Maclean''s 28 Nov. 1994: 84-85.
Conaty, Matt. T.J. Hooker, the World Wide Web Experience. 21 May 1997
.
Hazelwood, Carey. Shatner''s Shrine. 22 May 1997
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"Joan Crawford: A Portrait." Janson Television and Video. 21 May 1997
.
Kriegel, Mark. "Escape from New York." Esquire Dec. 1995: 126-134.
Maxwell, Tom. "Officer Down: a Perspective on T.J. Hooker."
Detective Sergeant Paully Home page. Sergeant Paully. 20 May 1997
.
O''Keefe. The Temple of Joan Crawford. 20 May 1997
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"Pat Riley." NBA.Com. 21 May 1997 < http://www.nba.com/heat/bios/coach.html>
The Prophet. James William Tiberius Shatner Kirk - God or Merely GodLike???.
20 May 1997 .
Reilly, Rick. "Order on the Court." Sports Network . 20 May 1997
.
Rospach, Chuq Von. "Life is a Fantasy Novel Played for Keeps." The Link?ping
Science Fiction & Fantasy Archive. 20 May 1997
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Sports Network. 21 May 1997 .
The Sporting News. 21 May 1997 .
Stephan, Ed. "Joan Crawford." The Internet Movie Database. 22 May 1997
.
Trachtenberg, William. Great Hollywood Moments on the Cutting Floor.
21 May 1997
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ONE MORE THING, THAT MY TEACHER ASK ME TO MAKE A SUMMARY INFORMATION
OF EACH PERSON I HAVE CHOOSE TO RESEARCH! THE SUMMARY WOULD BE ABOUT
1 OR 2 PAPERS (TOTAL IS 3 PEOPLE, RIGHT) BEFORE WRITING THIS ESSAY!
I LIKE YOU TO DO IT FOR ME TOO,
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