'The King of Pop' - Tragic Hero? by Daniela Garcia Duque-Estrada https://padlet.com/dgarciad/tnpo7ekej6va By: Daniela Garcia, American Literature 11 Period E en-us 2017-09-12 04:57:11 UTC 2026-01-07 04:11:57 UTC hello@padlet.com MJ's Life dgarciad https://padlet.com/dgarciad/tnpo7ekej6va/wish/186642212 2017-09-12 05:05:30 UTC https://padlet.com/dgarciad/tnpo7ekej6va/wish/186642212 What makes Jackson a tragic hero? dgarciad https://padlet.com/dgarciad/tnpo7ekej6va/wish/186642380 Full of talent and reaches success at an early-age, but fails to make good decisions because of childhood trauma and own thoughts no one could really comprehend.]]> 2017-09-12 05:07:11 UTC https://padlet.com/dgarciad/tnpo7ekej6va/wish/186642380 Flaws dgarciad https://padlet.com/dgarciad/tnpo7ekej6va/wish/186643775 Childhood trauma
Early fame 
Obsession with looks
Excessive spending
Substance abuse
Disturbed patterns of eating and sleeping
Relationships]]> 2017-09-12 05:21:23 UTC https://padlet.com/dgarciad/tnpo7ekej6va/wish/186643775 The Mysterious King of Pop dgarciad https://padlet.com/dgarciad/tnpo7ekej6va/wish/186644197 Dr. Marcia Sirota analyses Michael's life and all of the odd things that poses many questions.]]> 2017-09-12 05:25:18 UTC https://padlet.com/dgarciad/tnpo7ekej6va/wish/186644197 Controversial reasons behind death... dgarciad https://padlet.com/dgarciad/tnpo7ekej6va/wish/186645266 2017-09-12 05:34:03 UTC https://padlet.com/dgarciad/tnpo7ekej6va/wish/186645266 Tragedy dgarciad https://padlet.com/dgarciad/tnpo7ekej6va/wish/186645751 "Tragedy is a drama or literary work in which a main character is a noble, admirable character who falls from a position of some prominence to disaster or even death... Tragedy, therefore is that genre of dramatic literature where in the major character undergoes turbulent situations in life due to one’s own folly or due to some external or internal forces."]]> 2017-09-12 05:38:22 UTC https://padlet.com/dgarciad/tnpo7ekej6va/wish/186645751 WHY is the this application of TRAGIC ELEMENTS so widely used in news headlines today? dgarciad https://padlet.com/dgarciad/tnpo7ekej6va/wish/186646043 What does this suggest about contemporary media and culture?]]> 2017-09-12 05:40:26 UTC https://padlet.com/dgarciad/tnpo7ekej6va/wish/186646043 Quotes dgarciad https://padlet.com/dgarciad/tnpo7ekej6va/wish/186646301 "I'm never pleased with anything, I'm a perfectionist, it's part of who I am."

"If you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can be dealt with."]]> 2017-09-12 05:42:39 UTC https://padlet.com/dgarciad/tnpo7ekej6va/wish/186646301 Introduction dgarciad https://padlet.com/dgarciad/tnpo7ekej6va/wish/186646568 This modern tragic hero showed immense potential since his childhood, yet failed to live a healthy regular life outside the stage, resulting in his own death. Michael Jackson reached success at an early age, but when he was 50, Jackson's friends, family, and fans experienced a catastrophe. With the news of his passing, investigation about his life as to resolve the cause, and with this, many questions, emerged. Uncertainties about what was this star's hamartia was argued between a childhood trauma (because of abuse), identity issues, and his own personality. As this man was anything but heinous, he did have struggles with the record company, and even though the homicide conspiracy is an option, the majority of people agree that Michael Jackson's death was his own fault. Destroying his features with plastic surgeries and, probably, skin bleaching, as well as excessively spending and abusing of medication substances, Jackson was anything but stable. His unhealthy eating and sleeping patterns, and his toxic relationships were part of the conflagration that ended in his downfall. The shocking news made it to media in no time, as the conflicts regarding MJ's death would be appalling to devastated, loving fans all over the world.]]> 2017-09-12 05:45:57 UTC https://padlet.com/dgarciad/tnpo7ekej6va/wish/186646568 Vocabulary dgarciad https://padlet.com/dgarciad/tnpo7ekej6va/wish/186649107 -Tragic Hero: A literary character who makes an error of judgment or has a fatal flaw that, combined with fate and external forces, brings on a tragedy.
-Catastrophe: A disaster.
-Hamartia: tragic flaw which causes a character's downfall.
-Heinous: very wicked, offensive, hateful.
-Toxic: poisonous.
-Conflagration: A large destructive fire.]]> 2017-09-12 06:07:25 UTC https://padlet.com/dgarciad/tnpo7ekej6va/wish/186649107 Topic Sentences dgarciad https://padlet.com/dgarciad/tnpo7ekej6va/wish/186651178 1) "Michael Joseph Jackson was a best-selling American singer, songwriter and dancer. As a child, Jackson became the lead singer of his family's popular Motown group, the Jackson 5."

2) "He went on to a solo career of astonishing worldwide success, delivering No. 1 hits from the albums Off the Wall, Thriller and Bad."

3) "When stardom was combined with significant abuse, MJ’s life was like a magnificent mansion, perched on a fragile foundation. Inevitably, it all had to come crashing down.

4) "We may never know why Michael Jackson did all the wonderful, horrible and inexplicable things he did, and here lies the greatest tragedy. Obviously, many loved him, but few could truly know him or reach him, and no-one, ultimately, not even himself, was able to save him."

5) "Ironically, his great wealth, fame and power were his downfall. He was able to pursue all of his dysfunctional attempts at avoiding or soothing his pain, and never had to face the consequences of his mistakes until inevitably, everything caught up with him at once."]]> 2017-09-12 06:21:08 UTC https://padlet.com/dgarciad/tnpo7ekej6va/wish/186651178 Memorial - We Are The World dgarciad https://padlet.com/dgarciad/tnpo7ekej6va/wish/186654120 2017-09-12 06:36:58 UTC https://padlet.com/dgarciad/tnpo7ekej6va/wish/186654120 'If It Bleeds, It Leads' dgarciad https://padlet.com/dgarciad/tnpo7ekej6va/wish/186655201 1) "A basic fact in the news media is that, if a story involves a brutal death or injury of some kind (or the likelihood of it), it is likely to get higher ratings."

2) "Newsworthiness is determined by several factors, and death/destruction fulfills many of them a lot better than news about society working its wonders another day. Also, because getting information on them is easy (through the police or government agencies via press releases)..."

3) "Some have suggested that coverage like this, focusing on negative stories of war, death, and destruction rather than the positive things that are happening in society, is responsible for making people cynical about the world around them."
]]> 2017-09-12 06:42:42 UTC https://padlet.com/dgarciad/tnpo7ekej6va/wish/186655201 dgarciad https://padlet.com/dgarciad/tnpo7ekej6va/wish/186657940 2017-09-12 06:53:39 UTC https://padlet.com/dgarciad/tnpo7ekej6va/wish/186657940 dgarciad https://padlet.com/dgarciad/tnpo7ekej6va/wish/186658266 2017-09-12 06:55:14 UTC https://padlet.com/dgarciad/tnpo7ekej6va/wish/186658266