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Prof. M. Leath

WRC 1013.01s

6 August 2014

In Class Essay

My Birthday

I was born on December 21, 1993. Not every person feels proud of his birthday because it’s not necessary that something really special happens on each day, but I am proud of being born on that day because that day was very special in many regards. Many important things happened on 21 December which are not only important for me, my family, my town but for the whole world, and this is the only thing which always makes me feel proud of it. There are three important things that happened on that auspicious day. The First thing is related an article which published on that day. Second thing was related to the comic that published in the newspaper and last thing was the advertisement which related to the technology. All the things discussed above carry their own importance in their own way.

My birth date is special because on 21 December 1993, many great things happened. One of the most important things for the world and the America was the Football World cup 1994 which was played in US and broke the average daily attendance record with approximately 69,000 which is still intact. It was the first World Cup final which ended on penalty shoots.

On December 21, 1993, Washington Post published an article about the importance of World Cup on Washington D.C. The financial analysts were of the view that the World Cup will generate up to 340 million dollars for the US. The United States was first time going to host twenty-four teams final round from June 17 to July 17. Matches were played in nine cities. Large numbers of fans visited US to attend the matches and tourism also benefited due to their stays and off-match recreations. Expensive broadcasting rights were also a boost for the industry. Apart from the financial benefits, US got much of the intrinsic satisfaction and what is intangible like goodwill, fame, and recognition. Many cultural and social events were held in and surroundings of Washington which helped promoting US culture and hospitality. Beside World Cup matches, opening night gala, Miss Saigon’s performance, many balls were arranged for the amusement of fans and players. It feel proud that the World came to see real entertaining and fun-loving America which has great love for the soccer. (Berkowtiz).

It is certainly one thing to be proud of that the World’s best World Cup and even best World Cup final played in United States. This world cup will always be remembered for many reasons like few great players, twists and colourful South American and African fans. Twenty-four teams were split in six group with four teams in each group. After the World Cup, Colombian defender Andres Escobar was murdered as punishment for having scored an own goal which ends Colombia’s progress in the first round. Final match was played between Brazil and Italy in Los Angeles at Rose Bowl Stadium. Crowd of approximately 94,000 enjoyed the match in the stadium. Brazil beat Italy 3-2 after a thrilling game. One of the stars of World Cup Roberto Baggio from Italy missed the last penalty shot to make Brazil champions. No one could have believed that Roberto Baggio who was known as ‘the divine pony-tail’ would miss that shot. This is thought to be one of the most memorable and strange World cups and also the US was not really involved in football on a big scale before, but this tournament showed the world what was missing. These were only some of the important reasons why this World cup is the best ever and source of being proud of it ever. (Berkowtiz)

Secondly, the comic which was published on December 21, in The Washington Post. The title of that comic was “BLONDIE.” In this comic, there seems to be a post man who is distributing the Christmas cards in the home of each person. His name was Mr. Beasley. Once, he was at the home of a lady. He was there to give Christmas cards. The postman was too busy distributing the cards that he didn’t realized that something is sitting on his sleeve. The lady told him. Actually the fact is that he had to distribute all of the cards before Christmas, that’s why he didn’t realize. After he left their home the lady hoped that he might work his job properly. Her husband told her that his job is getting tougher as the Christmas is arriving. Actually, the point I want to tell through this comic is that the Christmas was near. And everybody seemed busy but quite happy because Christmas was the symbol of happiness for every rich and poor. I’m proud of my birthday just because Christmas was very near. (Young, Drake)

The third and the very last thing is that advertisement which was published in New York Times on December 21. This was all about technology which was firstly very expensive, but on my birthday, it was discounted and was easily affordable for each middle-class person. In fact, it was published on 21 December but due to the holidays of the Christmas Computer mega store which was offering the discount would remain closed. These discounted prices would be effective for the public from 27th December. Computer mega store was offering high technology computers, laptops, cellular phones, printers, scanners, at very cheap rates. The technology was always needed badly by the people of every era. Actually it was and it was considered as a basic necessity of the people of every age especially young ones. It was very good news for every one because now everyone can easy had them. The company was also providing Edu-tainment software on cheap rates. Usually people thought that if the company is providing a thing on cheap rates it must have a certain defect but here the company is providing the one year to three year warranty along with them. (“Computer World.”)

In the nutshell, my birthday is very special to me because three main events happened on my birthday. First, the FIFA World cup of 1994. Secondly, my birthday fall near Christmas which makes it even more special. Lastly, the huge discount on an expensive technology, on my birthday, for middle-class people. Also, on this day, I get to spend more time with my family and friends. We play lot of interesting games on my birthday. For me, it is the best day of the year.

Works Cited

Berkowtiz, Steve. “World Cup Impact $94 Millions, More: D.C. Should Benefit from Goodwill.” www.Washingtonpost.com. The Washington Post, 21 Dec. 1993. Web. 31 Jul. 2014.

Young, Dean and Stan Drake. “Blondie.” Cartoon. The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 1. Dec 21 1993. ProQuest. Web. 6 Aug. 2014.

“Computer World.” New York Times (1923-Current file): 1. Dec 21 1993. ProQuest. Web. 6 Aug. 2014.