The authors of this passage sought to catch the reader’s interest in the early life of Tiger Woods through numerous techniques and stylistic devices. The title of a passage “How to Tame a Tiger” caught my interest and attention very quickly. By choosing this topic, as the reader I began to question what this passage might be about. At the beginning of the passage, the author asked a rhetorical question about the achievements of Tiger Woods, he then concluded the sentence by answering his question. He also listed Tiger Woods achievements; he used an adjective such as “shattered” to exclaim how Tiger surpassed his goal. Tiger was young and dedicated, the author showed this by the tone he wrote in – he was prideful. The author motivated me as a reader to be optimal. The author is seen to use facts by stating that Tiger was the first person to achieved awards for the different categories in golf. The author gained my interest as a reader by allowing me to learn different awards a golfer could receive. The passage showed how Tiger maintained his momentum; he would often try and outdo his …show more content…
The author compared Tiger as a hero to past heroes. He stated how past heroes have disappointed us, but Tiger never disappointed us to this point. The author continued to seek the reader’s interest by the restatement of the title of the passage. He did this by asking, “How do you raise a Tiger?”. By asking this question, the author grew a short time of suspense where I could pause and wonder how would a parent raise a child who already had a goal set in his mind. Through the use of personal experience, the author sought to gain my attention. He gave experiences he had with his first set of children and how he wanted it to be different with Tiger. The authors were able to gain my interest by enabling me to have my own perception of the difficulties Earl Woods went
Andy faced multiple challenges in tears of a tiger but the most obvious one is the lost of his best friend Rob. He struggled with telling people how he was feeling about the accident and only opened up to very little people. I think that tears of a tiger is a great title for this book because I think it shows what Andy is like. The title is “Tears of a Tiger.”
Hunting is a game where you can have fun killing a certain type of animal, but could be very dangerous at the same time. In “The Most Dangerous Game” Rainsford is a character that is a very good hunter. So one day him and his buddy's went out on a yacht and went out on the sea to go to the caribbean to look for this island to hunt Jaguars. But while on a yacht he feel of the boat and fell into the sea. Moving on he was on this Island and met this General.
Introduction This essay is writing to show how Coach – Athlete (Golfer) relationship have an impact on coaching process and to entire lifestyle of both coach and golfer as also to identify potential conflicts and how to maintain them when it happens. It is vital the Golf Professionals to know how to manage and keep interpersonal relationship in high level, how to deal with conflicts and entire coach-athlete interactions. This paper consider and discuss the key facets of ‘3Cs + 1C’ model created by Sophia Jowett and the impact on the effective coach-athlete relationship as a core for an effective coaching, which is leading to success, both Athlete and a Coach (Fig.1)(PGA,2017).
Though all the qualities that man gives to the tiger is not true about it, it is however the way the mind of man shapes the tiger to exist in the mind. How the tiger is understood does not change what the tiger is in real existence just in cognitional existence. This is not saying that humans cannot come to know who or what another being is, rather, depending on the complexity of a thing, it takes interaction and contemplation to know another being. So the Detroit Tigers baseball team does reflect characteristics of a pack of tigers while at the same time still being human. It is from here that it becomes related on a singular level.
Many of you in this room know me. Many of you have cheered for me, or worked for me, or supported me,and now, every one of you has a good reason to be critical of me.” ( source) Tiger Woods had been caught cheating on his wife and had to give a speech. In that speech he had to use denial, bolstering, differentiation, and transcendence to seem sincere and apologetic. Woods has since recovered from this scandal and is back into deals with sponsors and brands that he had lost during this time period.
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother Critique Amy Chua, a professor at Yale Law School, has created an article called Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother that intensively describes differences in the usage of parenting methods in Chinese and Westerners culture. The author has personally raised her children in a highly strict manner so her children succeed in life and academics. Chua often refers to the term “Chinese mother” that describes her parenting style apart from Western parents. The main purpose of this article is to show the two parenting techniques and how they affect the child 's success.
On February 19, 2010 Tiger woods, a well-known golfer, took to the stand in front of a small group of family members, cameras, and media personalities. The subject of the press conference was to apologize for the cheating spree that he went on while married to Elin Nordegren. Woods took to the stand bearing multiple pieces of paper which he read directly from. During the speech he carried no pity for himself but at the same time asked the media to respect his privacy and allow him to make the changes needed in his life. From that moment on, the criticism, mockery, and foolish jokes began to surround Woods and his family.
Tiger himself was becoming a celebrity almost immediately and drawing people to the sport. He became everyone’s favorite player very quickly. When he played his style of golf was exciting and unlike any other pro. He was unlike any other player on the tour. After his first few tours, he was starting to draw every golf fan towards him.
As a child and an adult Tiger Woods had a close relationship with his father, who significantly influenced him as a person and golfer. “As a young boy, Woods learned to play golf. His father, Earl, served as his teacher and mentor” (Tiger). Tiger’s father shaped him as a person and an athlete, he was his greatest influence and inspiration. Without his father’s guidance all throughout his life Tiger would not be the person he is today.
“The Most Dangerous Game,” a short story by Richard Connell, dives into the discussion over whether animals have feelings, and if it is fine for them to be hunted for a human’s own entertainment. The main protagonist, Sanger Rainsford, an American author and hunter, and the antagonist, General Zaroff, a hunter as-well, have similar views in the concept of dominance and killing animals for their own pleasure. Throughout the events of the story, both characters, ironically, switch between being the ‘hunter’ and ‘huntee’ through the development of the story, and it explores the different strategies, thoughts, and feelings they experience in their situations. The theme of “The Most Dangerous Game” concentrates on the human tendency for superiority and power under any circumstance, no matter how inhumane. The theme is demonstrated through the beliefs and actions of the characters, along with the conception of the game.
That cute baby tiger of yours will grow up. Your tiger cub will grow up to be big and dangerous. The quote
“You need to improve your mental side of golf” He recommends a book called Golf is not a Game of Perfect. In fact, my mentor, Matt, said it dropped roughly 10 stokes off of his game and has read it several times. I figured that reading the book would only help because my golf game couldn’t possibly get
The human heart is something labyrinthine and will be always studied of. It is very arduous to be able to correctly judge someone’s thoughts. In the story of ‘The Lady or The Tiger’, the readers are left with a question; “Which came out of the opened door - the lady, or the tiger?”. It may seem simple and straightforward at first, but the more one thinks about it, the more sophisticated it becomes.
With that aspects being compared the reader can already estimate the future conditions that there will be a positive outcome of Pi’s tragic journey just like there was with Christ. Pi could not let his fear for the tiger stand in his way of being alive. If he would have allowed that, that would have caused him to get scared, lose his concentration and becoming vulnerable to the tiger. Deep down he knew there was a living God that will help and guide
However on the other hand if we take into account that the tiger was a hidden side of himself that his mind subconsciously created, he knew that a tiger would make a believable replacement for the savage side of himself that he refused to think could