Janis Joplin

A detailed Summary of Janis Joplin

Janis Lyn Joplin was a courageous person who stood up for what she believed in. She may not have always made the right choices, but she never seemed to care too much about getting in trouble. Despite her crazy ways, she worked hard to build her career as a singer.

Janis was born on January 19, 1943 at 9:30 am. She was born in Port Arthur, Texas. Her parents were Seth Joplin and Dorothy East Joplin. Janis¹s parents gave birth to another daughter six years later, in 1949. Her name was Laura. Four years after Laura, in 1955, their last child, Michael, was born. Their family home was located in Port Arthur, Texas. When Janis got older she moved away many times, yet she still kept in touch with her family. At first they weren¹t very supportive of her decisions, but soon they let her go.

When Janis Joplin was younger she was described by her mother as having ³a full face, small, twinkling blue eyes, and a broad forehead showing her intellect.² She also had ³fine, silky blonde hair that had a soft curl in it.² Her mother liked to dress Janis and Laura in matching dresses that she would make herself. They usually dressed like that when company came. When Janis was starting high school she ³wore lots of makeup, strai

Janis Joplin was not a very good student in school. In elementary school she received comments such as ³making acceptable progress² , ³commendable² and ³needs improvement.² In Junior high she was becoming more of a problem. Teachers constantly said that Janis talked too much and didn¹t get all her work done on time. In 9th grade she received a journalism award. In high school she wrote and illustrated ŒThe Driftwood¹ which was the school newspaper. In the beginning of high school she started to turn things around. She was a very good student, but still had bad behavior. She decided she wanted to be a painter, Janis was very talented in art. Her mother made her do something the summer between her junior and senior year. She enrolled for summer courses at Port Arthur Business College. She only lasted one month. When Janis was 17 she went with her friends to college. They all enrolled at Lamar State College of Technology. She had planned to major in art. Janis left after the fall semester because she felt it ³didn¹t suit her artistic needs.² She enrolled in Port Arthur College to study typing, keypad, etc. She did it so she would have the minimum required to get a job. She had been able to get a job as a keypunch operator at a telephone company in LA. She had moved from Port Arthur to LA to Venice, and then she moved back home. She enrolled at Lamar again and lived at home. She had later learned about the Austin art scene and transferred to the University of Texas. After a while she moved back to Port Arthur again and took classes in math, industrial science, physical science, United States history, and sociology of marriage. She had begun to take things seriously.

Janis Joplin was not a very athletic person. The only reference to a sport in this book is that she graduated from the Arthur Murray dance class in 9th grade. It does not say how long she danced for.

Janis Joplin had many goals growing up. Most of which had to do with art. She was lucky enough to reach some of her goals. For a very long time she wanted to be an artist. Janis displayed her projects anywhere possible and got many awards and much recognition for them. Not until she was in college did she realize that her real passion was music. She made it. Janis became an extremely successful singer.

Janis Joplin has been a very social person most of her life. When she was very young, growing up in Port Arthur, she played with the local group of kids. She maintained a proper social standing in junior high, too. She had joined a few clubs, including the Junior Reading Circle for Culture, the Glee Club, and a journalism club called Tri Hi Y. Her best friend throughout junior high and high school was Karleen Bennett. She had met many friends when she joined the Little Theater program. They didn¹t believe in doing anything good. She remained friends with them until she w

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