...Louie Zamperini did in 1943. Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand (406 pages) is an amazing story of bravery and optimism, that everyone should hear. As a child Louie was a troublemaker who loved to make mischief. He was smoking by five years old and drinking alcohol at eight years old. He would rob his neighbors then “run like mad”, and that's how it all started. Louie was going to be thrown out of school when his brother, Pete had a great idea that changed Louie's life. His idea was to make Louie join sport so he could stay in school. His principal agreed and signed Louie up for Track. By his tenth grade year(1933) he was running a mile in 4:42. He continually got better and started focusing in the olympics. By 1936 his running dream was about to come true. He was going to run in the 1936 Berlin...
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...because Jesse had to work in a shoe repair shop. Jesse Owens rose to national prominence in 1933, when he equalled the world record (9.4 seconds) for the 100 yard dash. He attended Ohio State University, but without a scholarship he had to continue working part time. At the time, America was a highly segregated society and when traveling with the team, Jesse had to suffer the indignities of eating at separate restaurants and staying at different hotels. One of his great athletic feats occurred in 1935, where in one track meet he broke three world records. This included the long jump (record stood for 25 years), 220 yards and 220 yards hurdles. He also equalled record for 100 yard. Jesse Owens finest moment came in the 1936 Berlin Olympics. He won Olympic gold in the 100m, long jump, 200m and 4* 100 meters relay. It was a powerful rebuttal to the Nazi's hopes of displaying 'Aryan superiority'. Hitler gave medals to German...
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...One of the most influential events in American history occurred when Jesse Owens won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. This accomplishment and others that he would achieve in his life time, given the historical context in which he rose to fame, inspired people for many generations. Jesse Owens created a historic legacy not just because of his record finishes on the track, but also due to the challenging times in which he competed. Born on September 12, 1913, in Oakville, Alabama, Jesse Owens grew up working on several farms. Jesse’s father, a sharecropper, worked for little pay farming other peoples’ land. As young children, Jesse and his six siblings picked cotton on a rich man’s farm in Alabama. At age nine the Owens family moved to Cleveland, Ohio. Jesse worked in grocery stores as a nine year old in Cleveland to bring in extra money for his family. (Raatma 8-9) Jesse began running track and field in middle school. In 1928 he set many middle school records including jumping almost twenty-three feet in the long jump (“About Jesse Owens” 1). Jesse went to East Technical High School in the 1930s where he continued to set records and develop as a track and field star. In fact, in his Junior Year, at the National Interscholastic Championship, Jesse set the 220-yard dash record and tied the world record in the 100-yard dash. The city of Cleveland, in order to demonstrate their pride, honored Jesse Owens with a citywide parade marking his debut into the spotlight. (Raatma...
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...Although he wasn’t the top pick to win, he still placed very well. He was beat by a runner named Don Lash, and even met and shook Hitler’s hand. After the 1936 Olympics in Berlin he began to prepare for the 1940 Tokyo Olympics, but then World War 2 broke out and got called for war. (Andrews) He was a bombardier in the Army Air Corps. ("Louis Zamperini") Then after a devastating attack on a mission, Louis Zamperini and several other crewmates were marooned on a life raft for 47 days. Only 3 out out of the original 11 survived the plane crash, being Louis Zamperini, the captain, and a fellow crew mate. They were destined to die by either thirst or starvation, and that was if the sharks didn’t get to them first. Through the journey the crew mate died, then a Japanese warship abducted them. This was after the other crewmate died. (Leopold,...
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...Jesse Owens Jesse grew up as James Cleveland, the son of a sharecropper and the grandson of slaves on September 12, 1913, in Oakville, Alabama. Growing up, Owens was a frail child and was often sick from his often battles with chronic bronchial congestion (swelling of the airways) and pneumonia. However this served as no excuse for Owens because he was still expected to work. At the tender age of seven he was hauling about 100 pounds of cotton on a daily basis to help his family put food on the table. At the age of 9, Owens moved with his family to Cleveland, Ohio, where the young he discovered how different the world was outside of slower southern life he had grown up with. School proved to be one of the bigger changes for owns. Being used to lessons taking place in a one-room schoolhouse, he was baffled at a bigger setting with more and stricter teachers. Here, Owens earned the nickname that would stick with him the rest of his life due to an unlikely turn of events. Being unable to decipher his thick southern accent, one of his instructors believed the young athlete said his name was "Jesse," when he in fact had said "J.C." Jesse gave the world a preview of the amazing legacy he’d leave behind in Berlin. While at the Big Ten Championships in Ann Arbor on May 25, 1935 Owens set three world records and tied a fourth. These were great achievements however Jesse was uncertain as to whether he could participate any further due do a back injury from falling down stairs. However...
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...problem” ("Jesse Owens", 2012). Also this film shows the ethics by an infamous person such as Adolf Hitler. An example of this is when Jesse Owens wins the four gold medals and is expected to shake the hand of the hosting company and yet Adolf chooses not to shake his hand because of the color of his skin. Another issue is the acceptance of someone with a different race as seen in the film when Jesse Owens boards the ship to travel across the Atlantic. He had faced racism and prejudice in America and yet when he boarded the ship, the fellow Olympians treated as one of their own. One would think that the external social pressures from the entire world would have an effect on Hitler and his “organization”, yet it did not. During the 1936 Olympics Hitler’s behavior clearly stated his position and his lack of caring as to what the rest of the world thought. His behavior also shed light on the organizational ethics of the Nazi party. These issues are relevant to organizational and personal decisions as their personal choices can and will reflect the organization. The bigger issue when referring to Hitler and the...
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...She first found out about Olympic runner Louie Zamperini while reading a newspaper, whereas she found the passion and story that needed to be heard. She began discussing his memories and found that this story must be publicized. The title Unbroken arises from the hardships of Louie Zamperini’s life. It is much more than an individual at war, being more about the obstacles and pain that a soldier suffers. Just like he did not appreciate running until he found passion, Hillenbrand compares the situations into Louie never giving up even when he is already on his knees. For this reason, Louie survival of the cruel and unpleasant punishments made him unbreakable man with dignity who protects his country. Around this time, Hillenbrand dedicates her time into investigating Louie’s...
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...James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens September 12, 1913 March 31, 1980 he was a American track and field athlete and four time Olympic gold medalist in the 1936 games.He achieved three world records. Owens specialized in the sprints,long jump and was recognized in his lifetime as perhaps the greatest and most famous athlete in track and field history. Owens won international fame with four gold medals. . Jesse Owens was the youngest of ten children, three girls and seven boys, born to Henry Cleveland Owens. Jesse Owens greatest achievement was in a span of 45 minutes on May 25, 1935, during the Big Ten meet. Owens ran a dry cleaning business and worked as a gas station attendant to earn a living. Jesse Owens...
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...very outstanding track and field career way back from when he was a kid in high school all the way up to when he was competing in the 1936 Olympic Games. James Cleveland Owens was born on September 12, 1913 (Turini). His family was a poor sharecropping family from Oakville, Alabama (Turini). Owens parents were named Henry and Emma Owens. His father was a son to former slaves and grew up in the same town as Jesse had. Henry spent most of his life afraid of...
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...SIOP Lesson Plans: Seeing The Trees for The Forest Kimberly Kidd, Kristen Martin, Mandi Moody, Cara Goff ESL 434 8/24/2012 Amy McDonnel Kimberly Kidd, Kristen Prater Mandi Moody, Cara Goff ESL 434 8/24/2012 Amy McDonnel CLC Lesson Rationale These lesson plans enhance student achievement by presenting the content in several ways, giving the students tools to help their language use, using content that is relevant to the student’s life, encouraging group participation, and using an assessment that not only measures their understanding of the topic, but also meets both the both 6th grade content area standards, and English Language Learner (ELL) standards. By implementing these lesson plans in a unit format, the students are ensured to receive quality instruction under the following standards: Determining the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source, and providing an accurate summary; writing narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences; Understanding the influences of individuals and groups from various cultures on various historical and contemporary societies; understanding the impact of interactions between people and the physical environment on the development and conditions of places and regions; summarizing numerical data sets in relation to their context; identifying the mean, median, range and mode; Throughout the writing...
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...Coca-Cola and the Olympic Games History THE BEGINNINGS The Coca-Cola Company and the modern Olympic Games have enjoyed a mutual growth and common historical bonds. In 1886, Atlanta pharmacist John S. Pemberton invented the secret formula for Coca-Cola. Six years later, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, of France, conceived the idea for a new Olympic Games. In 1896, the first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens, Greece, with 311 athletes from 13 nations. At the same time, Coca-Cola was becoming available outside the United States. AMSTERDAM 1928 The 1928 Olympic Games, which included 46 nations, marked the beginning of The Coca-Cola Company's Olympic involvement - a presence that would continue to grow to this day, through sponsorships, donations and innovative support programs. That summer, a freighter delivered the U.S. Olympic Team and 1,000 cases of Coca-Cola to the Amsterdam event. This was also the first time Olympic Games competitions were held for women, in track and field events. Meanwhile, the tradition of lighting an Olympic Flame at the Games was revived from ancient times. LOS ANGELES 1932 The Coca-Cola Company continued its support of the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 1932 with the introduction of an Olympic Games scoreboard record indicator, compliments of The Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Los Angeles. While more than 200 teenagers, dressed in white jackets and gloves, served Coca-Cola to crowds of 105,000 in the Los Angeles Coliseum, the indicator broadened...
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...well as his “private townhouse in the city.” This job advanced his position in the Nazi Party. Speer’s talents as an architect brought him closer and closer to the Nazi Party leadership. Despite the close relationships formed within the Party, Speer still insisted that he had “nothing to do with 'politics', as if the Nazis were some kind of hobby club.” Taking into account his disinterest with politics, Speer still recognised the Party’s importance, he regarded the redecorating of Goebbels’ ministry and town house as “the luckiest turning point in my life.” After capturing the interest of some of the most affluent people in the Nazi Party, Speer was appointed the role of “Commissioner for the Artistic and Technical Presentation of Party Rallies and Presentations”. Whilst in this role he designed the grand decorations for the Nuremberg Party Rally in July 1933. The Nuremberg Rally was to be the first major party rally since coming to power, thus presenting an opportunity to justify the NSDAP’s rule and superiority. This was Speer’s first personal encounter with the new Führer Adolf Hitler. Speer’s plans for the rally were given confirmation with very limited communication; without even glancing at Speer, Hitler merely said “Agreed”. The rally was the start of a successful career for Speer. One of the main reasons for Speer’s success in the Nazi Party was his innovative and grand style of architecture. Speer digresses how he “was one of the first to use light in nighttime as...
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...History: The Miss America Competition began in 1921 as part of an elaborate public festival staged by Atlantic City businessman to extend the summer tourist season. In succeeding years, the Miss America competition evolved into an American tradition with contestants from each of the states competing every September for the coveted title of Miss America. Early on, the talent competition was made part of the competition in addition to the original swimsuit. In 1945, the Organization began supporting women’s education by offering its first scholarship. Today, the Miss America Organization is one of the nation’s leading achievement programs and the world’s largest provider of scholarship assistance for young women. Each year, the Miss America Organization makes available more than $45 million in cash and tuition scholarship assistance. In 1989, the Miss America Organization founded the platform concept, which requires each contestant to choose an issue about which she cares deeply and that is of relevance to our country. Once chosen, Miss America and the state titleholders use their stature to address community service organizations, business and civic leaders, the media and others about their platform issues. Since 1989, Miss America titleholders have appeared at thousands of public speaking engagements and charitable events to generate awareness for a variety of causes, including homelessness, HIV/AIDS prevention, domestic violence, diabetes awareness, character education, literacy...
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...42068711 COM 3703 08 October 2015 42068711 COM3703 Media Studies PORFOLIO ASSIGNMENT: 04 OPTION 01 08 October 2015 1 42068711 COM 3703 08 October 2015 DECLARATION: I, THE UNDERSIGNED, HERBY DECLARE THAT THIS IS MY OWN AND PERSONAL WORK, EXCEPT WHERE THE WORK(S) OR PUBLICATIONS OF OTHERS HAVE BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED BY MEANS OF REFERENCE TECHNIQUES. I HAVE READ AND UNDERSTOOD TUTORIAL LETTER CMNALLE/301 REGARDING TECHNICAL AND PRESENTATION REQUIREMENTS, REFERENCING TECHNIQUES AND PLAGIARISM. NAME: Ashley Vercueil STUDENT NUMBER: 42068711 DATE: 08/10/2015 WITNESS: Sheree Gloss 2 42068711 COM 3703 TABLE OF CONTENT 08 October 2015 PAGE DECLARATION 2 1. INTRODUCTION 4 2. QUANTITATIVE CONTENT ANALYSIS 2.1 The research problem 4 2.2 Research question or hypothesis 4 2.3 Method 5 2.4 Findings 6 2.5 Analysis 7 3. FIELD RESEARCH IN MEDIA STUDIES 8 4. MEASURING MEDIA AUDIENCES 11 5. FILM THEORY AND CRITICISM 14 5.1 Film: An overview 14 5.2 Theoretical discussion 14 5.3 A German expressionist analysis of film 15 6. PSYCHOANALYSIS AND TELEVISION 17 7. CONCLUSION 20 8. SELF-EVALUATION AND SELF-REFLECTION 21 SOURCES 23 Addendum 24 3 42068711 COM 3703 ...
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...EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION Two big events will frame the year ahead: America’s presidential election and the summer Olympic games in Beijing. The race for the White House will be a marathon, from the front-loaded primary season in January and February to the general election in November. The betting is that the winner will be a Democrat—with a strong chance that a Clinton will again be set to succeed a Bush as leader of the free world. China, meanwhile, will hope to use the Olympics to show the world what a splendid giant it has become. It will win the most gold medals, and bask in national pride and the global limelight. But it will also face awkward questions on its repressive politics. America and China will be prime players in the matters that will concentrate minds around the world in 2008. One of these is the world economy, which can no longer depend on America, with its housing and credit woes, to drive growth. America should—just—avoid recession, but it will be China (for the first time the biggest contributor to global growth) along with India and other emerging markets that will shine. Another focus of attention will be climate change. As China replaces America as the world’s biggest producer of greenhouse gases, serious efforts on global warming depend on the serious involvement of those two countries. If 2007 was the year when this rose to the top of the global agenda, in 2008 people will expect action. It is striking that green is a theme that links all the contributions...
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