Overview
YOU HAVE A CHOICE TO WRITE ON ONE QUESTION OR TWO QUESTIONS!!
IF YOU SELECT ONE QUESTION-- Total 5 double-spaced pages, 12 p font—If you have 6 pages that will be fine!IF YOU SELECT TWO QUESTIONS, Two and a half pages per response--If you have three pages per response, it will be fine! Two separate responses to be submitted TOGETHER as only ONE file upload**You are required to bring in relevant quotes from the readings attached to the films
FINAL ESSAY DUE WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 16th, BY 11pm ON CANVAS Points will be deducted for late papers.1.Analyzing the film, Bride and Prejudice Christine Geraghty states that, “The barrier between the couple is not so much class as national Identity; …Lalita defends India, as well as her family, in the face of what she sees as the ignorance and scorn displayed by the American Darcy” (Geraghty 163-164). Discuss Lalita’s relationship with Darcy as a white, American man in India of the 2000s.
2.Analyzing the film Lagaan (Land Tax), Chandrima Chakraborty states, “Elizabeth, Captain Russell's sister, occupies a social category that is inescapably racialised as well as gendered.” (Chakraborty, 1883).
Discuss Elizabeth’s relationship with Bhuvan, her role as cricket coach, as a white woman in colonial India of the 1800s. How do her actions challenge rigid racial and gender boundaries?
3.Discussing the film My Name is Khan, Kathleen Erndl comments that Rizwan Khan’s journey to meet the President, “is a pilgrimage, a sacred journey to attain justice/redemption not only for himself and his family, but also for Muslims, Indians, and humanity as a whole.” (Erndl, 7). The motif of “repair anything” runs through Rizwan’s journey as he repairs things, and people’s lives. Through these kind acts, Rizwan attains justice by repairing the image of the Muslim and Islam, which is vilified as violent and threatening. With specific examples discuss how Rizwan’s pilgrimage brings a new perspective on Muslims in the U.S.
GUIDELINES:
-No Titles required -just indicate Question number
- Proofread your essay for spellings – avoid all careless mistakes
-If you bring in Lecture notes, cite with correct dates.
-Spell the filmmaker’s last name and names of characters correctly.
-Do not retell the story i.e. the plot of the film.
-In your opening paragraph, present an argument, a thesis in which you state what you will explore or analyze in your essay and then provide examples, evidence from the film and brief quotes from the articles in the Course Reader to back up your argument.
-The overall development of your argument, content and organization of the essay are very important.
-When you quote relevant BRIEF sentences from the articles attached to the films, use page numbers in parenthesis.
FULL citations are required on the LAST page of the essay and you can literally COPY AND PASTE THEM.
-Your References/Citations can be in smaller font if necessary, not necessarily on a NEW page.