A Tentative Outline: The Dalai Lama
A Tentative Outline for AA100A TMA
I. Introduction:
A. What is “reputation”?
B. How is it made?
C. Why could there be different reputations for the same person?
D. What are the Dalai Lama’s different/conflicting reputations?
II. Body Paragraph 1:
A. The Dalai Lama’s reputation in Tibet
B. Who is the Dalai Lama?
1. The Tibetans’ spiritual leader
2. The Tibetans’ political leader
3. A living Buddha
III. Body Paragraph 2:
A. The Dalai Lama’s reputation in the West
1. How do the people in the West view the Dalai Lama?
2. What are the reasons that the Dalai Lama is having this reputation in the West?
IIII. Body Paragraph 3:
A. The Dalai Lama’s reputation in China
1. How does the Chinese government view the Dalai Lama?
2. What are the reasons that …show more content…
make the Chinese regime regard the Dalai Lama as such?
V. Body Paragraph 4:
A. What are the important factors that have shaped the Dalai Lama’s different reputations?
1. His charismatic personality and character
2. The religious factors: Tibetan Buddhism
3. The political factors: the Tibetan-Chinese conflicts
VI. Body Paragraph 5:
A. Reflect on how “flattening complexities” account for the emergence of competing reputations.
1. What is a “stereotype”?
2.
What is meant by “Tibet’s complexities and competing histories have been flattened into a stereotype”?
3. What are the two stereotyped views towards Tibet?
a. The romantic/idealized Tibet
b. The real Tibet
VII. Conclusion:
A. Restate the conflicting reputations of the Dalai Lama and outline the reasons why he has such different reputations.
Your essay is an analytical research paper about the different reputations of the Dalai Lama and the reasons why there are such conflicting views about him! You are required to discuss and elaborate on the concept of reputation and the factors that help shape someone’s reputations. You need to support all your ideas with details from your sources! Each paragraph is supposed to discuss a main idea, and you must support that main idea with properly documented references to your sources! Moreover, the paper should include a list of sources (print and electronic) at the end (“Works Cited” page) in addition to in-text citations as per the requirements of the LMS or Harvard Referencing Styles. Proper referencing is a serious academic requirement and skill and will be rewarded accordingly. Make sure that you include the official TMA cover. Do not include the question or marking grid in your soft
document.
I. Introduction:
A. What is “reputation”?
B. How is it made?
C. Why could there be different reputations for the same person?
D. What are the Dalai Lama’s different/conflicting reputations?
II. Body Paragraph 1:
A. The Dalai Lama’s reputation in Tibet
B. Who is the Dalai Lama?
1. The Tibetans’ spiritual leader
2. The Tibetans’ political leader
3. A living Buddha
III. Body Paragraph 2:
A. The Dalai Lama’s reputation in the West
1. How do the people in the West view the Dalai Lama?
2. What are the reasons that the Dalai Lama is having this reputation in the West?
IIII. Body Paragraph 3:
A. The Dalai Lama’s reputation in China
1. How does the Chinese government view the Dalai Lama?
2. What are the reasons that …show more content…
make the Chinese regime regard the Dalai Lama as such?
V. Body Paragraph 4:
A. What are the important factors that have shaped the Dalai Lama’s different reputations?
1. His charismatic personality and character
2. The religious factors: Tibetan Buddhism
3. The political factors: the Tibetan-Chinese conflicts
VI. Body Paragraph 5:
A. Reflect on how “flattening complexities” account for the emergence of competing reputations.
1. What is a “stereotype”?
2.
What is meant by “Tibet’s complexities and competing histories have been flattened into a stereotype”?
3. What are the two stereotyped views towards Tibet?
a. The romantic/idealized Tibet
b. The real Tibet
VII. Conclusion:
A. Restate the conflicting reputations of the Dalai Lama and outline the reasons why he has such different reputations.
Your essay is an analytical research paper about the different reputations of the Dalai Lama and the reasons why there are such conflicting views about him! You are required to discuss and elaborate on the concept of reputation and the factors that help shape someone’s reputations. You need to support all your ideas with details from your sources! Each paragraph is supposed to discuss a main idea, and you must support that main idea with properly documented references to your sources! Moreover, the paper should include a list of sources (print and electronic) at the end (“Works Cited” page) in addition to in-text citations as per the requirements of the LMS or Harvard Referencing Styles. Proper referencing is a serious academic requirement and skill and will be rewarded accordingly. Make sure that you include the official TMA cover. Do not include the question or marking grid in your soft
document.