Villain Profiling
Give me the dark hat version to Mario Lavandeira (min. of 3 villainous factors)
*objectively immoral blogger (Klosterman 225)
*"defacing copyrighted photos of celebrities" (Klosterman 225)
*"perpetuates a desire to produce self-consciously vapid work" (Klosterman 226)
When is the FD due, and in what manner is it due?
*Next class: Wednesday, October 3rd
*Upload to canvas before class
*One hard copy delivered to class
What are the two ways to cite Klosterman w/in your essay?
1. Klosterman before quote, (#) after.
2. (Klosterman #).
Klosterman opens his chapter with an example not on our current president, but on another. Give me the name and number.
1. Bill Clinton
2. 42nd president
What were the 3 levels of Jumanji?
1. Heroic/Villainous capabilities of one protagonist
2. Technological adaptation of character's possibilities
3. Practical application into your own paper w/ a specific example and explanation
Give me the white hat version to Julian Assange (min. of 4 heroic factors)
*goes up against government cover-ups, conspiracies & corruption (Klosterman 231)
*"fixated on the problematic politics of one country (the United States)" (Klosterman 231)
*"created a way to publish information about the country that would have previously remained hidden" (Klosterman 231)
*believes that information should be "equally and immediately available" (Klosterman 233)
What is the min. for the pg. length?
What are the specific requirements for the works cited page?
* Page Length Requirement: 4 pages minimum
* Works Cited Page w/ 3 sources min.
1st: Klosterman
2nd: Acceptable Secondary Source (Jumanji)
3rd: Accredited Scholarly Source
Give me the full citation for Klosterman.
Klosterman, Chuck. “Electric Funeral.” Emerging: Contemporary Readings for Writers, edited by Barclay Barrios, 3rd ed, Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2016, 224-33.
What are the two things Klosterman has to say about the future?
1. Future makes the rules (225)
2. Future will retire undefeated (225)
How do you single space the headline?
1. Highlight 4 headline lines
2. Double click for paragraph
3. Set to single space
4. Then change before and after to 0 pts.
Give me 2 white hat and 2 black hat causes to Adolf Hitler?
White Hat Reasons:
*pushed his country out of an economic depression
*motivated millions with his charisma and speech
Black Hate Reasons:
*Created a war based on prejudice and discrimination
*Initiated ethnic cleansing propaganda
*Linked to the deaths of 50-80 million innocents
What are the three parts of Klosterman's definition of villain?
1.Cannot be controlled/limited/stopped
2. Takes away personal freedoms/liberties/privacy
3. Succeeds through technology to reach larger audience
What counts as a secondary source? Give me four examples.
1. Movies
2. Most Youtube Clips
3. Blogs
4. Song lyrics
5. Poetry lines
6. Radio shows
7. TV shows
8. Newspapers
9. Pop culture magazines
Who was a judge for Miss USA Pageant, a referee for WWE wrestling match, and the start of a VH1 reality show?
Perez Hilton
What are at least four different ways you could have earned or can still earn extra credit for this P2?
1. Writing center (+3)
2. WOTD (up to +3)
3. Poetry Slam (2-3 points)
4. Debate (+2)
5. This jeopardy game (+2)
Give me 2 white hat and 3 black hat causes behind Kim Schmitz.
White Hat Reasons:
*"Made it easier for people to exchange and store digital files" (Klosterman 228)
*Fought for communication to be more efficient (Klosterman 229)
Black Hat Reasons:
*King-pinned recreational music theft (Klosterman 228)
*accused of $13 billion dollars of illegal music downloads (Klosterman 228-9)
*introduced pirating of feature-length films as well (Klosterman 229)
What are Klosterman's 6 key concepts?
1. Future: the acceptance of technology that is coming, without resistance because the future makes the rules (234).
2. Desire: The postmodern of invention is desire: “we don’t really ‘need’ anything new, so we only create what we want” (235).
3. Technocrats: believe that they are already winning and that they are going to push things forward, regardless of what that process entails (Klosterman 227).
4. IT: The Information Technology department is important because they dominate technology and understand the complexity and have access to everything in technology than everybody else (230).
5.Wikileaks: A website that publishes classified present tense documents from anonymous sources (231).
6. Runaway Trolley Car Metaphor: The ethical or unethical decision of sacrificing one group for the betterment of the other. (Klosterman 232). These villains embody the runaway trolley car metaphor as each person has tried to eliminate an opposing population in order to assure the safety of whatever they have identified as something they've decided to protect for the greater good, whether it is truly moral to do so or not. However, whatever action the take is all a means to a better end in their eyes.
Give me five examples of an academic source?
1. documentaries
2. textbooks
3. NPR
4. peer-reviewed articles
5. OneSearch material
6. TedTalks
7. Esteemed YouTube channels
What are the two reasons for the hatred of IT people, as Klosterman puts it?
1. We need them when something is already wrong (229)
2. Their power is borderline infinite: they control all and they have access to everything (230).
Name at least five secondary sources we have watched in class this semester, thus far.
1. The Mummy
2. Jimmy Fallon
3. Loki Jaguar ad
4. Loki's scene in Thor
5. Jumanji
Give me at least five villainous qualities that you can argue link Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Steve Jobs together?
TBD
What are the three parts I expect in your thesis?
Create your definition of villainy (aim for at least 3 qualities which would make for your thesis elements)
Connect to either Klosterman's themes or concepts
have a unique angle/twist, avoid the summary
Give me the proper in-text citation and full citation for Jumanji.
In-text Citation: (Kasdan, Jumanji).
Full Citation: Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle. Directed by Jake Kasdan, performances by Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black & Kevin Hart, Columbia Pictures, 2017.
One of Wikipedia's earlier acts was to release seventy-five thousand U.S. military documents that came to be known as...
the Afghan War Diary (231).
What are the two things that will get the most point reductions in your paper, and how much could you potentially lose for each?
1. 20-30 points: No thesis or no back-up textual support
2. 20-30 points: Off topic or paper prompt not addressed