- Research a famous whistleblower not mentioned in this lesson.
- Summarize briefly who this person was and why this person was a whistleblower.
- Compare and contrast this person to the whistleblower from Enemy of the People, Dr. Stockmann.
William Mark Felt was formerly part of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). He admitted to being the whistleblower of the Watergate scandal in which former President Robert Nixon was involved. Felt's revelation led to President Nixon's resignation in 1974. Felt was convicted with a felony of violating the civil rights of people involved in the Watergate scandal. He was sentenced to ten years in prison with a $5,000 fine. A year later President Ronald Reagan issued a pardon for William Felt.
William Felt is like Dr. Stockmann in Enemy of the People because he spoke the truth for a good cause. William Felt came out and spoke about what the former President was doing. He uncovered the truth behind the break in at the Watergate building where five men tried stealing tapes of President Nixon's phone conversations. Dr. Stockmann tried uncovering the truth about the polluted springs but was thought of differently by everyone else in the town. He thought he was doing something good but to others it was thought that he was destroying the town. William Felt was never thought as an enemy. This is the difference between the two of them.
I think you researched a great whistleblower and one of the most famous of that time. I enjoyed reading about him and Catherine and I contemplated whether or not we should include him in our presentation. Also you did a fantastic job on analyzing Dr. Stockmann with William Felt. Great job.
ReplyDeleteSurprisingly I was actually going to do the same whistle blower. Yet, at the time, the last person I found seemed to be the most enjoyable to write. The writing result that came from your choice is much better than anything I could have conjured up. The one mistake that I did find though was within your comparison of William Mark Felt and Dr. Sotckmann. Other than this slight error, you did an excellent job. Keep up the great work!
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ReplyDeleteAwesome job on the comparisons between Felt and Dr. Stockmann. Felt was one of the people which we considered using for our lesson. I feel like you could have given more explanation into his biography and more detail about his role in Watergate. Also, make sure you don't forget the wordle if you need one! Overall great job though!
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ReplyDeleteI chose to use the Watergate scandal as well for this post. It is the largest scandal to go down in predintial history with Nixon taking advantage of his rights. Yet, there were many whistleblowers in this case, including President Nixon. Love the great research you did and great information. Did any character in "Enemy of the People" seem to resemble President Nixon's actions?