Description
PLEASE WRITE IN FULL SENTENCES JUST AS IF YOU WERE WRITING A FINAL DRAFT OF AN ESSAY.
Required Texts Needed to Write This Outline:
1. Read Laurie Santos and Tamar Gendler’s article “Knowing is Half the Battle” (click link to open reading).
2. Plato’s Allegory of the Cave from The Republic (Links to an external site.) (click link to open reading).
3. Rise of Superman (Amazon link to ebook or hard copy). (Links to an external site.)
- Preface: “The Why of Flow”
- Introduction: “Before the Flow”
- Chapter 1 “The Way of Flow” on skateboarder Danny Way jumping the Great Wall of China
- Chapter 2 “The Wave of Flow” on big wave surfer Laird Hamilton
- Chapter 3 “The Where of Flow” on free solo rock climber Dean Potter
- Chapter 6 “Outer Flow” on extreme solo kayaker Doug Ammons in the Stikine
- ( Use only these chapters for this essay )
Essay Two Outline Chart
Important: You are required to structure your essay using the outline below. The final draft of your essay should be developed from this outline using full paragraphs like any traditional essay.
Introduction
Add a hook to catch your reader’s interest and introduce your topic. |
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Describe the setting and plot of Plato’s Allegory of the Cave from The Republic. For this assignment, we will refer to the prisoner who leaves the cave as “the philosopher.” |
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A transition sentence that credits Kotler’s book (by his full author name and title) and introduces the perspective of extreme sports athletes. |
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Your Thesis: Pick 2 Platonic arguments (from the Allegory of the Cave in The Republic) from the following list. Do you think Kotler’s extreme sport athletes would support and / or reject your two chosen Plato claims? List of Plato’s ideas for your thesis (Do not quote. Put in your own words):
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Possible 3 thesis types:
Your Thesis:
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Body Paragraph One:
Topic Sentence: Restate the first Platonic idea from the thesis and whether you think the experiences of extreme sport athletes in flow states support or reject it | |
Provide one Allegory of the Cave quotation in MLA format. Reduce to 4 lines (if longer) using ellipses. Less than 4 lines: Plato writes, “XX.” | |
Explain what the quotation is saying in detail in your own words. Aim for 4-5 or more sentences. |
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Pick a specific athlete from Rise of Superman and provide an example from that person’s experiences in the form of a quotation. (Use MLA format. Reduce to 4 lines if longer using ellipses.) Less than 4 lines: Kotler writes, “XX” (35). | |
Explain what the quotation is saying in detail in your own words. Aim for 4-5 or more sentences. |
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Argument: How does the athlete example support or reject Plato’s idea stated in your topic sentence? |
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Add a concluding sentence reminding the reader of how your examples support your topic sentence claim. Should look similar to topic sentence but be more detailed. |
Body Paragraph Two
Topic Sentence: Restate the second Platonic idea from the thesis and whether you think the experiences of extreme sport athletes in flow states support or reject it | |
Provide one Allegory of the Cave quotation in MLA format. Reduce to 4 lines if longer using ellipses. Less than 4 lines: Plato writes, “XX.” | |
Explain what the quotation is saying in detail in your own words. Aim for 4-5 or more sentences. |
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Pick a different athlete from Rise of Superman and provide an example from that new person’s experiences in the form of a quotation. Use MLA format. Less than 4 lines: Kotler writes, “XX” (35). | |
Explain what the quotation is saying in detail in your own words. Aim for 4-5 or more sentences. |
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Argument: How does the athlete example support or reject Plato’s idea stated in your topic sentence? |
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Add a concluding sentence reminding the reader of how your examples support your topic sentence claim. Should look similar to topic sentence but be more detailed. |
Conclusion
Restate your thesis using new wording (no cutting and pasting from thesis itself) | |
Your last reflections on this topic. |
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Explanation & Answer
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Platonic Ideas Outline
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In his work Allegory of the Cave, the Greek philosopher writes to compare life as being
chained up in a cave and being forced to watch shadows flitting across a stone wall.
Thesis Statement: Kotler’s extreme sport athletes would support Plato’s idea on trailblazers
and reject the notion in ignoring one’s senses and only trust the intellect when making
essential decisions.
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One of the ideas of Plato (7) is that “We cannot trust our senses to give us reliable truths
about the world because information we get from our senses will always deceive us.
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The other idea that Plato has is that the society is in need of trailblazers.
Conclusion
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Plato was a philosopher in a world different and new methods of thinking were not
welcomed. The works of Plato should hold a long-time impact on his followers.
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Platonic Ideas
In his work Allegory of the Cave, the Greek philosopher writes to compare life as being
chained up in a cave and being forced to watch shadows flitting across a stone wall. Plato
believes tha...