Assignment Question
Choose one of the following topics for your paper: 1) Adapting short fiction into film: Compare/contrast the short story “The Greatest Gift” with the film adaptation of the story. Consider addressing one or more of the following questions in your paper: Do the central ideas/themes of the short story remain central ideas/themes in the film? What literary elements does the storywriter employ to create the central theme, and do these elements of fiction carry over into the mise en scène of the film? If so, how? If not, what takes their place?
2) In the film, It’s a Wonderful Life, a number of conflicts drive the plot. One conflict is the individual versus society, i.e. George Bailey’s dreams and desires versus the needs and demands of his family and community. A second conflict the film develops might be expressed in terms of the average man versus powerful entities (in our time, we often call this conflict “Main Street v. Wall Street”). Choose one of these conflicts and explore how the film develops and resolves the conflict through the course of the film to create its theme. What do you see as the central idea or theme of the film?
Requirements: Length and format: *The paper must be a minimum of three complete pages, typed and double-spaced, to a maximum of five complete pages. *Use a 10- or 12-point, professional-looking font. Using a larger font will result in a paper which does not meet the length requirements for this assignment. Failure to meet the minimum length requirement will result in loss of a letter grade for this assignment. *Use 1-inch margins on all sides of the paper. On the first page of your paper, include the title of your paper, your name, and the class’s identifying information. *Attach a Works Cited that conforms to MLA guidelines to the end of you paper. *Use at least three secondary sources (whether you quote them directly or paraphrase). WEBSITES ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE SOURCES FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT. Use scholarly articles that you locate in ACC library’s database.
