Chase Wieberg Ms. Jozwiak English: 2P March 8, 2024 Working Title According to Aristotle, any tragedy has a tragic hero who possesses a tragic flaw, which ultimately causes his own downfall. Despite the tragic hero's defeat, its purpose is to validate redeeming human qualities for the audience. The concept of a tragic hero can also be applied to real-life individuals. For example, Mike Tyson, known as “Iron Mike," began his life as a common man before achieving high status. To begin, Mike Tyson's life can be compared to that of a tragic Greek hero because he achieved high status in the eyes of American society. Tyson was born June 30, 1966, in New York (Ladner 1). Tyson's life changed when he was only 2 when his father, Jimmy Kirkpatrick, abandoned Mike and his family, giving Mike's mom no choice but to move Mike to the more troubled part of New York called Brownsville, which made Tyson's schooling and walks from and to home unsafe (Ladner 1). …show more content…
This one kid that once was bullied had enough, and this led to Mike's first punch, which was thrown at the hoodlum who ripped the head off one of his birds (EXP 1). All in all, Tyson rose above his impoverished youth to become a social elite. To continue, Mike Tyson's life has been described as a Greek tragedy because he possessed the fatal flaw of hubris. Prior to his fame dropping, Mike experienced constant rejection and failure in his career, leading to feelings of discouragement and self-doubt (Smith et al., 2018). Mike struggled with financial instability and uncertainty, facing mounting debt and limited job opportunities (Johnson & Brown, 2017). The pressure to succeed and the fear of never making it in the industry took a toll on Mike's mental health, leading to anxiety and depression (Garcia & Martinez,
June 30, 1966 in Brooklyn, New York, Mike Tyson became the youngest heavyweight boxing champion in the world in 1986. Mike was twenty years old when he was given this honor. But his title was taken away in 1990. Later Tyson served three years in jail over rape charges. During a rematch in 1977 Tyson acted as an animal and bit Evander Holyfield's ear. He claimed to have done this in return of Holyfield's illegal head butts during the match. In July of 1991 Mike was accused of yet another rape. The
Now i'm not sure how many connections you can make between Neurosurgeon Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa and boxer Mike Tyson, but at a boiled down stages they are preaching the same principles. On page 60 of Becoming Dr. Q the authors write about how no matter how long you prepare, study, and plan, once it comes time to actually execute, it can all turn to shit in a matter of moments, and that you have to actually put the effort and time in to do it hands on. "Not that my plan was perfect. As any science-minded
Legendary Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, and Bernard Hopkins were ordinary people like us struggling through life with big hits to the ground and managing to get up. Champs paints a clear picture of their lives from when they went from poverty to being rich, down again and up to where they stand now. Mike someone who grew in the poorest neighborhoods with bad influences and role models. He became one of them at a young age barging into homes and stealing valuable items. Then getting into trouble
Peter 11th L.A October 9, 2017 Iron Mike Growing up in Brooklyn, New York, in a very poor and crime riddled neighborhood, it would take one special man to get out of the ghetto. His father abandoned him before he was born, his mother and older sister were forced into prostitution. At the age of 13, he had already been arrested 38 times. Michael Gerard Tyson needed some sort of break. Who knew it would come when he was in a juvenile prison. When Tyson was a little boy, he had a group of friends
The attitude of The Hangover was mostly repetitive situations so we decided to choose three scenes: Wolf pack Scene, That was Mike Tyson, and All in the cards Scenes. We as a group met once a week for a month during weekends and almost every day after class to decide what the procedure of the paper would be, and the direction we were going to take to begin our research paper. We decided that after we watched the film for at least three times, we would collect our notes taken every different time it
Rice will serve out his sentence in Hell, confined to an elevator where he is forced to fight several of the greatest fighters from history. He will spend his days taking jabs and swings from Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson, and more until he too finds black and blue, and bloody too, just like the 13,079 women who experience domestic abuse in the United States everyday (Wolf
I can remember being in 3rd grade, and also 4th grade, I had this teacher, she was a genuine teacher, and every day we would have free reading time, and were allowed to read whatever we wanted and bring a snack of choice. I saw kids reading ginormous books to narrow books, kids were reading horror books, funny books, mystery, and etc. She gave the feeling that I could read any book that I wanted to read, that I wasn’t compelled to read a chapter book, or read books everybody was reading, and
A life of fun, happiness, and freedom. For others it could mean destruction, evil, or power. Throughout this paper, you the reader, should get a better concept of cloning, it's ethics, the pro's and con's, and the concerns it has brought up. You will hear the good of what cloning can do and the bad that comes with the good. Most of the information you will read about in this paper is what might become of the future. Even though the cloning of humans can not be accomplished. When it is the
athletes there are many different factors involved. Through extensive research this paper will show contributing factors that may result in assault, abuse, or rape by athletes. Special treatment for athletes throughout their career, belief in sexual male dominance, and the role of alcohol are all important factors. Other crucial factors are the attitudes and responses of: society, juries, victims, coaches, and athletes. This paper will explore all these issues and show that changes need to be made