English 300: Advanced Composition Comparison and Contrast Prewriting ENG300: Advanced Composition Open Office Hours occurs several times. Please register for the date and time that works best for you: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/rt/5628365219371211777. This is not a required webinar for the Advanced Composition course. It is also not a presentation. English instructor Rianna Karalunas will be available from 3:00-4:00 p.m. EST to answer questions about your Advanced Composition writing course. If you're enrolled in Advanced Composition and have questions about an assignment, please join us during our open office hours. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. Pass Return Thesis, Ideas, and Content -The thesis makes a focused claim that can be sustained in a longer essay. -The outline/organizer provides a close reading of book and film using comparison and contrast patterns of development. -The main points analyze the significance of the changes between book and film. Organization -Ideas are logically arranged and help move paper forward. -Each proposed main point is focused on one aspect of the topic and helps support the thesis statement. Style and Voice -Maintains a consistent point of view on topic -Proposed evidence will engage readers interest in the topic. Bibliography -Properly formatted using MLA guidelines. -Provided six potential outside sources for research. Conventions -The outline/organizer has been spell-checked and proofread to check for errors in word choice and typos. -The paper is reasonably free of errors that interfere with a reader s ability to understand the content. Format -The prewrite is developed as an outline or graphic organizer. - It includes all required information in a properly formatted header.
Exam Number: 500505 Grade: Return Date: 6/10/17 Instructor: TM IMPORTANT NOTICE Along the right-hand side of your evaluated exam, you should see marginal or "bubble" comments from your instructor. You should also see a series of highlighted numbers in the evaluation chart identifying the rating you earned on each trait. If you don't see this feedback, click on the "View" tab and "Print Layout" or click on "Review" and the option "Final Showing Markup." If you still cannot see the feedback, please contact the school for the complete evaluation. Compare and Contrast: Movie- To Kill a Mockingbird. Introduction: Commented [MTL1]: Hi Annette, Good job with your formatting. The movie To Kill a Mockingbird is the 1962 adaptation of the eponymous 1960 bestselling, Pulitzer Award winning novel by Harper Lee. The film was directed by Robert Mulligan, and the screenplay was written by Horton Foote. The novel deals mainly with racial separation in the South, and it is set in a trial against an innocent black man named Tom Robinson. Harper Lee demonstrated the complexity of racial division and how it is capable to break a community. The film version of the movie featured Gregory Peck as a main character, Atticus Finch. In 1995 the film to kill a Mockingbird was listed in the national film registry of the United States. It is considered, both in book and movie form, one of the greatest American tales of all time. Outline: To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird MOVIE BOOK Setting is the same in both Setting is the same Central problem: Trial of Tom Robinson and racial Same Commented [MTL2]: You are missing a thesis statement for your essay. You need to argue a unique, specific, debatable, and objective significance or effect caused by the differences between your chosen book and movie. DO NOT simply show that differences exist between your chosen book and movie. A thesis and essay must make a unique, interesting, and debatable point. Review: Chapter 6: Developing and Supporting a Thesis, with special attention to Writing an Effective Thesis Statement on pp. 122-123) Commented [MTL3]: Your outline appears to be more of a brainstorm about the similarities and differences between the book and film. For this assignment you will need to focus on contrasting (the differences). Use a graphic organizer for contrasting either Point By Point Organization (p. 373) or Subject By Subject Organization (p. 374)
relations in Maycomb Characters: No Aunt Alexandra; More focus on Jem (because he is male) Calpurnia is nowhere near powerful as she is in the book. In fact, her character is totally diminished in the movie The girl who played Scout is annoying Point of view is slightly more toward Jem s coming of age and the key events in the book happened to Jem: finding the things Boo hid on the tree stump, etc. Ms. Stephanie is Dill s aunt (!?) and Misses Maudie and Rachel are blended into one character. Ms. Dubose is only briefly mentioned in the movie Tom Robinson has a father and kids Incest is not mentioned The awesome scene where Mayella gets offended by being called ma am is omitted No time for the full final argument of Atticus Classroom incidents are omitted so we never get to learn about Miss Caroline, or the issues with the Ewell child is never witnessed Narrative is omniscient except for one scene Aunt Alexandra is so necessary to this novel because she demonstrates that racism can still occur in families that also produce men like Atticus. Calpurnia is a beacon of respect, dignity and one of the most powerful agents in the book. It is a shame the movie didn t give her more weight. Scout comes across like a mature, well-natured kid. Nothing like that in the movie Point of view is almost entirely Scouts Ms. Dubose s story of drug addiction is a very powerful one. No impact of it in the movie Tom s family is only briefly mentioned, nowhere does it mention a father Incest is hinted during the trial Mayella feeling offended by being called ma am by Atticus, which is actually a sign of respect. Atticus powerful closing argument is complete Miss Caroline is a symbol of prejudice and condescension. She is necessary to the story but is omitted in the movie Narrative comes from Scout entirely No scene of Calpurnia taking the kids to church Tree hole gets filled up in front of Jem and Scout by Mr. Nathan When Jem loses his pants he goes and gets them right away and Mr. Radley comes out with a gun They do not see him do it in the book When Jem loses his pants he waits until night time to get them because he is so embarrassed. Commented [MTL4]: Now that you have brainstormed all of these differences (and focus on just the differences) you need to determine an effect that these differences create and this will lead you to a claim for your thesis.
Conclusion: The book version of To Kill a Mockingbird, due to its nature and use of literary devices, is more explicit and extensive in the knowledge of what each character feels and why. The movie does a good attempt at getting to the gist of the story, which is exposing the horrible relationship between blacks and whites in the South. The main character is marvelously well represented by Commented [MTL5]: What do you mean by this? Commented [MTL6]: If you use this to develop into a thesis statement, then list the literary devices you will analyze. Commented [MTL7]: This is actually closest to a thesis statement. Gregory Peck. In fact, if you think of Atticus without seeing the movie you would get the image of someone extremely similar physically: a white, middle-aged, conservative man with a stern and yet kind stare, a poised demeanor, and a bit older looking than his age due to a busy life in the justice system. I personally did not like the movie. I did not like any other characterization and, to me, the movie fell mega short compared to the novel. It is worth mentioning that, to be Commented [MTL8]: Do not insert yourself into your analysis. However, you can use your ideas here to help develop a claim for your thesis. Harper Lee s first novel ever, To Kill a Mockingbird must have been a work from the soul. Everyone can agree that you can materialize each scene from the book in your mind because of how wonderfully Harper Lee illustrated each stamp in the novel; all of this was done without excessive use of language, and without complex vocabulary. The transparency in the use of
language made her characters believable and special. The movie added nothing whatsoever to the characterization and narrative used by Lee. Commented [MTL9]: I like this idea. You could use this as a seed for your thesis. Bibliography Lee, H. (1960). To kill a mockingbird. Philadelphia: Lippincott. Mulligan, R. (Director). (1962). To Kill a Mockingbird [Motion picture]. USA: Universal. Tavernier-Courbin, J. (2014) "Humor and Humanity in To Kill a Mockingbird" in On Harper Lee: Essays and Reflections Alice Petry (ed.), University of Tennessee Press Zipp, Y. (2014). Scout, Atticus & Boo, The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved on June 2, 2017.