Shattered-Faith

Topic：ShatteredFaithSchoolofInformationManagementPresentation12Thearticle'sthoughtandanalysisThearticle'swritingstyleTwoPoints：TheFirstPoint：thoughtandanalysis1.Thearticle'sgeneralideaThisarticledescribestheMortenson'ssuccessfulandadmirablelifeduetohisbestsellerThreeCupsofTea.ButthankstotheallegationofJonKrakauer,people’sheroicimageandfaithinhearthadbeenshattered.Andittellsthefinalevolutionofthisallegation.2.Thearticle'sstructurePart1(P1~3)：ThewriterdescribesthememoryofthefirstmeetingofMortenson,hisbestsellerThreeCupsofTeaandhisadmirablecareer.Part2(P4~5)：ItpointsouttheallegationofMortenson’spartofthestoryandpeople’sfeelingsabouthearingofthisnegativenews.Part4(P9~11)：Intheend,ItexplainswhyMortenson’sarticlecanblossomwithoutcheckforyears,thefinalevolutionaboutthisallegationandtheauthor’sownviewonthismatter.Part3(P6~8)：IttellsustheAmerican’slongingforheroes,people’simpessionsaboutheroesininnerheartaswellastherelationshipbetweenourdeepneedforheroesandthesheersizeofourcountryorthemythofthefrontier.3.SummaryaboutthearticleInaword,thewriterrecallsMortenson’ssuccessabouthisbestsellerThreeCupsofTeawhichhelpedhimgotthehonorofphilanthropistandnationalhero.Butaftertheallegation,theheroicimageandfaithinpeople’shearthadbeenshattered.ThoughAmerican’slongingforheroisstrong,themostimportantthingitindicatesisthatpeopleshouldadmitandacceptthedefectsofherobecausenobodycanbeperfectwithoutanymistakes.TheSecondPoint：writingstyle1.NarrativeForexample：TheauthordescribeshowMortensontoldhisstory;mortenson'ssuccessandgreatness;theallegationbyJonKrakauer;American'sviewofheroism;developmentofMortenson'sshatteredfaithandsoon.2.SymbolismSymbolsusedinthestory：ThreeCupsofTea;Themythofthemaninthewhitehat;MotherTeresa,MartinLutherKingJr.,Gandhi;Hischarityandmanyofitsschools;Explorers,sportsicons,MedalofFreedomwinnersandsoon.3.SuspenseForexample：Theauthordescribesthesituationaboutmortenson''tellinghisstory'';Intheend,theauthorexpresshisownviewbutithasn'tpointoutwhathereallywanttobelieve.Thanks！