Thursday, March 5, 2009

Unit 2 Proposal

For this unit I was really struggling to come up with a topic. I really love sports and they have always been a huge part of my life. I was thinking and I remembered that the 1996 Olympics were the first summer games I that I really remember watching. Then I was trying to think of some scandals or controversial events that occurred and I immediately thought of the Olympic bombings. So for my rhetorical case study I will be writing about the Centennial Olympic Park bombing. To find sources I plan to look for articles, political cartoons or opinion pieces from old Atlanta newspapers and possibly national news/newspapers. Since the Olympics are such a huge event, I would assume that if bombings occurred, especially when the U.S. was hosting them that it would make national news. Like I said before, sports interest me the most and the Summer Games are the best collective display of athleticism out there.
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4 comments:

  1. Erin L.March 5, 2009 at 10:21 PM

    Jenna,
    I think this sounds like a really good idea. That was definitely a scary event. I got to go to Atlanta a couple of years ago and you can still see the marks made by the bomb on one of the statues. You might try to find a source from the Olympic committee or something like that too if you can. Good luck with your paper!

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  2. MandaMarch 6, 2009 at 9:47 AM

    Oh my, I didn't even know there was a bombing at the Olympics! I used to never watch the Olympics because my parents would always get bored with the events so I am not that up to date about what's been going on! I really really like this topic, mainly because it is something monumental that did happen in our society! Good luck with this paper!

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  3. Tripp PalmerMarch 8, 2009 at 9:46 PM

    Jenna-

    I think that this will be a very interesting topic. I also wanted to write an essay dealing with the olympic games, but wasn't able to decide on an interesting enough topic. I think that your exploration of the bombings will be very interesting within the realms of cultural assertation. Good luck.

    Tripp

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  4. Amanda IrvinMarch 9, 2009 at 10:38 AM

    Excellent topic, Jenna! Well done. I'm looking forward to seeing what you find. AI

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