The great man theory became popular around the 1840's by Thomas Carrlyle and Hubert Spencer made a counter-argument in the 1960's, which remained throughout the 20th century. The theory is called "Great men" but doesn't exactly mean that they all were good and it doesn't exactly mean that they were all men. The Great men theory is mostly focused about the fact of people who created historical events with their own decisions and orders. Hitler is an example of a "Great man". Not in the term that he was a good guy because we all know that that isn't true. He would just be known as a "Great man" due to the fact that he has created a historical event by the orders and promises that he made. He was a main cause of WWII, which was a historical event, which is why he is known as a "Great man". Hubert said "that such great men are the products of their societies, and that their actions would be impossible without the social conditions built before their lifetime." Another example of "Great man" would be Abraham Lincoln. He's a great man in both ways. Him ending slavery and making a historical event. The list of great men goes on and it will continue to grow rather if the person is going to be a good guy or a bad guy.
I asked my dad what he knows about "The Great man theory" at first, he didn't even know what that was so I refreshed his memory a bit by giving him a brief description and an example. My aunt was there as well and she understood what the "great man theory" was and she knew when I used Hitler as an example of a "great man" because I wanted to make sure that I wasn't saying "great man" as like they had to be a hero. My aunt started listing other "great men" even ones I never heard of. There's a huge list of "Great men" and it's just going to keep growing.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Friday, December 3, 2010
Blog #19
1) One thing I’m proud of is that I was able to make this into an article instead of a research paper. I didn’t think I was going to be able to do so because I was having trouble find character(s) for the article. Luckily I was able to, though I had to change my topic from Childhood to Adulthood, but that wasn’t a problem. I’m also proud that my article might open some eyes to people who pay for medication and they will agree that the cost is way too high for the sick and the poor.
2) I learned that the more information you put into your outline, the easier it is to start writing the paper. Also learning about the writing tip: What is your Engine? Was helped me understand that putting questions or “invisible” question can help the story out. “The engine drives you through the questions.” And the writing tip: Write to an ending was helpful because I was having trouble ending the article and the list of endings gave me an idea on how to end it.
3) I would tried to add more characters, maybe look for people who has been having trouble paying for the medication since one of my main conflict is the medication being too high price. Or look for another person who has been sicker after taking MS medication instead of just having the 46 year old woman who had only a few months to live after taking one of the medications for MS.
4) It hasn’t that much affected me since I’m quite use to the publishing. But it has changed me still. I’ve always wanted to make sure that the final paper I turned in is my best work, even if I have to go through many drafts just to get to my final paper. Because I want people who might buy the book read what I wrote instead of finding one mistake and spends their time just skimming through my paper, looking for more mistakes instead of reading. And I also don’t want other papers to look bad because mine is. That is why I make sure that I get as many critiques I need just to make my final paper the best I’ve done.
2) I learned that the more information you put into your outline, the easier it is to start writing the paper. Also learning about the writing tip: What is your Engine? Was helped me understand that putting questions or “invisible” question can help the story out. “The engine drives you through the questions.” And the writing tip: Write to an ending was helpful because I was having trouble ending the article and the list of endings gave me an idea on how to end it.
3) I would tried to add more characters, maybe look for people who has been having trouble paying for the medication since one of my main conflict is the medication being too high price. Or look for another person who has been sicker after taking MS medication instead of just having the 46 year old woman who had only a few months to live after taking one of the medications for MS.
4) It hasn’t that much affected me since I’m quite use to the publishing. But it has changed me still. I’ve always wanted to make sure that the final paper I turned in is my best work, even if I have to go through many drafts just to get to my final paper. Because I want people who might buy the book read what I wrote instead of finding one mistake and spends their time just skimming through my paper, looking for more mistakes instead of reading. And I also don’t want other papers to look bad because mine is. That is why I make sure that I get as many critiques I need just to make my final paper the best I’ve done.
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