Below you will find copies two handouts that were distributed in class today:
1. out of class essay #3 assignment
2. list of character descriptors
English 20, Summer 2014, Instructor:
C. Fraga
Out of Class Essay Assignment #3 (200 points)
Assigned: Tuesday, June 24th
Optional Rough Draft Due: Tuesday,
July 1 (please send via email in a Word document, no later than 10 pm)
Due: Thursday, July 3
Requirements:
• MLA format
• If you utilize any outside sources
(not required) you must follow MLA format for in- text citations, Works Cited
page, etc.)
At the very least, you must have a
Works Cited page that lists Season 1 of Breaking
Bad.
• Attach your Viewer’s Journal (all 7
entries) to the back of the final draft when submitting. Reminder: if a
Viewer’s Journal is not submitted, 20 points will be deducted from your earned
score, and you cannot make up those points during a revision.
Before we began viewing the first
season of Breaking Bad, I assigned a
Viewer’s Journal. You were to record your observations and any other notes you
wished in order to eventually select a character to focus on more carefully
than others. However, as we have discussed, your first few journal entries, or perhaps
more than a few, might just be summary plots and notes regarding several different characters.
This Viewer’s Journal will now be a
valuable source as you write your last out of class essay for this course.
Assignment:
Write an in-depth character analysis
of one of the six main characters in the first season of Breaking Bad.
Your essay must include the following:
• Assertion(s) about your character
• Evidence from the episodes that
support your assertions (how did you come to the conclusion(s) you did
regarding this character?)
Your supportive evidence might include but is not limited to:
• what others observe/say (or don’t
observe/say) about the character—either directly or in private
• the actions of the character in
particular situations
• the reactions/responses of the
character in particular situations
• what drives this character
• what terrifies this character
• what pleases this character
• what does this character long for
• what does this character need
Your thesis must be assertive…it is
YOUR opinion as a viewer of these episodes.
· Whether or not you LIKE or DISLIKE this character is not an
issue in this essay.
· Whether you LIKE or DISLIKE the series is also not an issue in
this essay.
Proving to the
reader that this character has the attributes (good, bad, layered, shallow)
that you assert he or she has is your goal.
Keep in mind that your reading audience HAS viewed each of the
seven episodes so avoid writing extensive summaries of each episode.
Your thesis might read something like
this:
Once Walter learns of his terminal
cancer and begins cooking meth, he appears very unstable and irresponsible;
however, his behavior ultimately represents a very determined, loving, highly
intelligent and moral father and husband.
or…
Marie is a very insecure and lonely
woman who is unhappy and uncomfortable living in the shadows of her
power-driven DEA husband and her happily married and very bright sister,
Skylar.
Note: if you have viewed other seasons of Breaking Bad, you may use supportive
evidence from those seasons, but you must make it very clear the information is
from a different season.
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English -----Suggested Vocabulary for Discussing
Character
adaptable daring industrious sensitive
aggressive deceitful insensitive serious
aimless dependent intelligent shallow
alert determined intolerant shrewd
ambitious dishonest jealous sincere
antagonistic disloyal kind sly
boastful disobedient lazy spiritual
bragging energetic loyal sportsmanlike
brave enthusiastic mean stubborn
capable envious mercenary studious
careful extravagant modest sympathetic
careless faultfinding observant sullen
cheerful fearless original tactful
clever frank patient temperate
commanding generous persistent thorough
conceited greedy petty thoughtless
confident helpful practical thrifty
conscientious honest presumptuous tolerant
considerate hopeful proud truthful
cooperative imaginative punctual unfriendly
courageous impatient purposeful ungracious
courteous impulsive reckless unjust
cowardly independent reliable unselfish
credulous indifferent rude vain
cruel indomitable sensible wicked
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