Homework 9

 

 

 

 

BE SURE TO FOLLOW THE FILE-NAMING CONVENTIONS FOR THIS COURSE (5% penalty if you do not).

All files should be saved on your computer as: your last name, followed by an underscore ("_"), followed by the first two letters of your first name, followed by an underscore ("_"), followed by the assignment number. So if a student named Saddam Hussein were to submit assignment number 9, the file name would be:

hussein_sa_9.doc

 

 

Don't stop until you see "end of assignment"

SHORT ESSAY QUESTION


Hillary Robbie writes “In an HBO special entitled The Wire: Odyssey Wendell Pierce, who plays Bunk Moreland on The Wire commented that all of his male friends, upon first seeing Omar Little exclaimed: I want to be just like Omar… until they found out he was a homosexual.”
Consider the depiction of openly gay characters on The Wire and openly gay characters on other television shows or movies you've watched. How do these characters compare? In what ways are the characters on this show different or similar to others depicted in film. Do these characters feel real, and in what ways do they seem to be stereotypes or caricatures? Are the characters on The Wire breaking new ground or reinforcing the long-standing views? This assignment has two options.

For the first option, write a position paper responding to the questions posed above following the claim/evidence/warrant format. For the second option, identify a stereotype or caricature about gay characters and re-write a scene (a narrative synopsis or summary) to make it "realistic" for The Wire.

 

For the second option please also include one or two paragraphs (at most) in which you explain the decisions that you made to make the scene more realistic, giving details both on the changes that you made and why you made them.

Your assignment should be between 575 and 800 words.

If you choose the first option, be sure to organize your essay around a concise thesis that captures the entirety of your argument. UNDERLINE YOUR THESIS STATEMENT (points off if you do not). Your thesis should appear with the first two paragraphs of your essay.

Again, be sure to use evidence from The Wire and this week's readings. Likewise, be to structure your presentation of the evidence around the familiar claim/evidence/warrant format. Be sure to keep your direct quotations to 10 or fewer words. See here on how to reduce quotations.

WE WILL GRADE YOUR ESSAYS ACCORDING TO A RUBRIC, SO LOOKING AT THE RUBRIC BEFORE WRITING YOUR PAPER WILL HELP YOU WRITE A BETTER PAPER AND GET A BETER GRADE. SEE RUBRIC HERE. (ms-word file delivered to your desktop).


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