Why do people climb Mt.Everest
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1. I upload all the instruction and you can take a look. My professor is very strictly with the MLA format for this research paper. Please read the instruction very carefully, it has a lot of requirements.
2. You will need Four at least sources for this research paper. (Must Including “Into thin Air”) The sources must from books, articles from magazines or jouranals, government documents, interview, etc. WEBSITE SOURCE NOT ALLOWED IN THIS PAPER.
3.Please help me create a attractive title.
4. The thesis statement should be very clear about why people choose to climb Mt.Everest.
Research Paper
ESSAY #3 TOPIC:
From Into Thin Air, select a topic and supporting details from below or one of your choosing that can be covered within the parameters of the assignment. In a 5-7-page paper, you will research a topic and do the following: 1) demonstrate the ability to develop a position. 2) demonstrate your ability to apply critical thinking skills. 3) demonstrate how correctly and honestly you can incorporate outside sources into your original, well-thought-out, and thoroughly analyzed topic that interests you. If you choose your own topic and I approve it, bear in mind that since you will be writing between only 1500 – 1700 words, so you shouldn’t try to cover more territory than you can handle in this paper. If you try to write on too large a subject, your essay will be too general. Remember that it is better to write more about less. Essays should focus on the selected topic and contain a clear beginning (an introduction, with a thesis statement), a middle (the body paragraphs), and end (conclusion), and use appropriate topic sentences and transitions to guide the reader. Be sure to include evidence, examples, or other support for your assertions; the more support you include, the stronger and more convincing your essay will be. You may include your own ideas or examples, but you must include evidence from the text you are discussing, correctly documented according to MLA format. Remember that you are not summarizing the essay, but responding to it in a critical manner, and do not copy directly from the textbook unless quoting.
Annotated Bibliography Due: 3/8 Rough draft due: 3/10 Final draft due: 3/17
Approximate length: 5-7 typewritten pages
Possible Topics:
1. Why do people climb Mt. Everest?
Krakauer informs us early in his book that, “The slopes of Everest are littered with corpses.” Most people would argue that the idea of spending $65,000 for a precarious attempt at climbing Mt. Everest that may result in failure or even death seems not just foolish, but downright crazy. Yet, as Krakauer writes, “Once Everest was determined to be the highest summit on earth, it was only a matter of time before people decided that Everest needed to be climbed” and the number of climbers who seek the trophy of Everest continues to increase every year, resulting in a steady stream of traffic. What is behind the great lure of Everest? What kind of person feels compelled to take this risk and why? What role does the risk and need for adventure play in human psychology? How does this desire vary across different cultures?
2. Gender and Into Thin Air
How does being a man or a woman affect the experience of the climbers in this book? Mountaineering is a sport with a predominantly masculine history. The excessive muscle training of Scott Fischer and the machismo of the Sherpa culture directly play a role in the deaths of Fischer and Ngawang. Researching masculinity and mountain climbing might help lead to a deeper psychological understanding of why these men acted the way they did. On the other hand, you may wish to study the “tomboyish” qualities of Sandy Pittman and “diminutive” defiance of Yasuko Namba that set them apart from the docile domesticity associated with stereotypes of women.
3. Ethics on Everest
There are many moral/ethical dilemmas that arise in climbing Mount Everest. Who gets to climb Everest and how it should be climbed remains an issue of great debate. This topic might include researching and taking a position on whether or not bottled oxygen should be required for climbers/guides on Everest, whether or not climbers should be required to have a certain amount of prior climbing/high altitude experience before being allowed to climb Everest, whether or not expeditions should or should not be required to halt their climbs to aid endangered climbers, etc.
4. Sherpa culture and how it has been changed by mountaineering
In the last 90 years, since the British embarked on their first expedition to Everest, the Sherpa culture has transformed dramatically. Once, a rugged, unindustrialized devout group of Buddhists who believed climbing Everest was blasphemy, today’s sherpas are modernized, climbing professionals whose help is indispensable to climbing expeditions. How has mountaineering changed this culture and what are the implications of these changes? Does this culture stand to gain more or lose more by profiting from Everest?
FORMAT FOR RESEARCH PAPER
1. Double-spaced. Don’t skip extra spaces between paragraphs. Rather, identify each paragraph by indenting five spaces. Don’t justify right margin.
2. Essays must be 5-7 pages excluding the title, headings, title pages, or Works Cited page, free of errors in mechanics, grammar, usage, and spelling, and follow the appropriate format: typed, 12-point Times New Roman font, double-spaced, and stapled when submitted with Peer Reviews and Rubric.
3. Include a title page that includes title of paper, your name, name of class, my name and date.
4. Each page after the first should have your name and page number in upper right corner. Ex:
Jones 2
5. Essays must integrate at least three sources, correctly cited according to MLA format (sources must be reliable: scholarly criticism or analysis, not summaries, reviews, or “analysis” from sites such as Wikipedia, 123HelpMe, or Gradesaver.com; instead, use the Foothill library or the available databases such as EBSCOHost or ProQuest to locate appropriate sources).
Document your sources according to MLA style using in-text (parenthetical) citations. Refer to your course notes, and learn more about the MLA style from the campus library, Internet sources or by searching www.mla.org
6. Do not use footnotes instead of a Works Cited page.
CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION:
• Correct length (5-7 pages)
• Use specific, accurate, reliable information gathered from at least three academic sources including books, journals, periodicals or essays.
• Exhibit a clear, easy-to-follow organization
• Clearly address an intelligent, well informed audience
• Does the paper stay on topic?
• Serious grammar and mechanical errors?
Rubric For Essay #3
1. Does the paper fully address the prompt/criteria, meet the minimum length requirements and stay on topic?
________ of 25
2. Is paper organized logically with a clear pattern of development?
________ of 25
3. Does the research support the argument of the paper?
________ of 15
4. Is the analysis specific and focused (rather than broad)?
________ of 15
5. Is the expression clear?
________ of 25
6. Does the paper address the correct audience and are the style and tone appropriate?
________ of 15
7. Does the paper use at least THREE ACADEMIC sources for scientific support and are these sources cited properly parenthetically and in a Works Cited page?
________ of 20
8. Are the mechanics of the paper correct?
________ of 10 Total: ___________ of 150
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