essay 3 outline

1st paragraph - introduction of Brett and the film.
Valrey's Ankle is an essay film about how the canadain self image, one of peaceful and clean 
people, is in stark contrast with the way that they play and watch their national sport, hockey.
2nd paragraph - summary of the film
the film opens with a speech made by Bobby Clarke a few years after the incident in the 1972 summit series, between Canada and the USSR, in which he intentionally broke the ankle of the star Russian player Valrey Kharlimov.
3rd paragraph - Brett's interpertation of hockey violence
Having grown up in rural Canada and having played hockey for over 10 years has given him an understanding of how the game is looked at by Canadains, and how it affects their lives.
"In order to sell the game in certain non-traditional hockey markets—like California, like Nashville, Tennessee, or Carolina—they underline the rough aspects to attract fans that otherwise have no relationship to a game played on ice."
4th paragraph - the canadian self image
According to Brett and most other Canadians they would say that they are a non-violent peaceful people, but there is a darker side that many people dont realize or choose not to.
5th paragraph - history of hockey violence
The violence that is in modern hockey is not something new; even since the early 1900's there have been numerous horrible attacks and even deaths on the ice.
6th paragraph - the role of violence in sports
“I am not a preacher of non-violence. But violence belongs in war, not in sports. As do most Canadians, I like tough, physical hockey and played it. As do most Canadians, I don't like the cheap illicit stuff - the knees, the checks from behind, the charging, the goon tactics when a team is down.”
7th paragraph - conclusion
Violence in hockey is a part of the game because of the speed, padding, allowance of body contact and the fact that hockey sticks could be used a weapons, but there are limitations as to what a player can and cannot do.


thesis 1: hockey is a violent sport played by a people who pride themselves on their peacefulness and civility, but insted of taking those properties onto the ice it seems as if canadains players let out a dark side of them once the game starts.

thesis 2: Todd Bertuzzi, Bobby Clarke and countless other canadians have commited extremely violent and illegal attacks on other players either to gain an advantage in a game or for payback and this is in direct contradiction of a canadian self image of peacefulness.