Assignment Prompt/Question:
In "The Power of Context", Malcolm Gladwell suggests that, "Character is more like a bundle of habits and tendencies and interests, loosely bound together and dependent, at certain times, on circumstance and context. The reason that most of us seem to have consistent character is that most of us are really good at controlling our environment" (246). Review the studies and examples in Gladwell's article and consider the following question: How is character altered by environmental circumstance? Why does this change occur?
Requirements:
• 4 full pages Rough Draft; 5 full pages Final Draft.
• Number the pages with your last name and page # (Bouhlas 2)
• Double space with no extra space between paragraphs
• 1-inch margins and 12-point, Times New Roman font
• Remember to Spellcheck!
• Include an original title
• Make sure you have a properly formatted Works Cited page.
Consult the Wadsworth Handbook for MLA page layout (pages 14-19)
Consult the Wadsworth Handbook for MLA documentation guidelines (page 191 for information on Parenthetical References; page 201.17 for help with your Works Cited page)
• Completion of this assignment is required to pass the course.
• Late papers will result in a one-half letter grade deduction for every day they are late.
• Name, class and due date: top right-hand corner of first page (no spaces between these lines).
Keep in mind:
• Analyze, don't summarize!
• Structure your paper logically.
• Include an obvious thesis statement in the introduction. The thesis should address the essay question directly.
• Each body paragraph should be governed by a main idea and work to prove - with examples, quotations, and analysis of quotations -- the case you are making in your thesis statement. Your paragraphs should proceed in a logical sequence.
https://books.google.com.prx2.unblocksit.es/books?id=yBDBEGBIUmgC&pg=PT77&lpg=PT77&dq=the+power+of+context:bernie+goetz+and+the+rise+and+fall+of+new+york+city+crime&source=bl&ots=JFUzS7wkvn&sig=oSmUdKkcVUMUq6OR0rdzm75U3Hs&hl=en&ei=qS1KTbWGJdKSgQeFvrzWDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CFEQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q&f=false
here is the online version of the boook, but it is not the full book.
could you please just read the 1,2,3 section of the book.
I believe that's enough to write about "How is character altered by environmental circumstance? Why does this change occur?"
I have a idea about this paper: it's "1, the story of Bernie Goetz. (because of the context, he changed his minds)"
"2, The context not only can affect one person but also a larger society. refer to the broken window theory"
I need one introduction, 3 body paragraph, each paragraph has 2 quotes from the reading.
Thank you very much.
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