INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Your essay must offer an argument/thesis statement in relation to the topic. Even if the question directs you to discuss a topic, you must develop a thesis (an argument, an approach) in relation to the topic escape, the question and support it with relevant examples from both primary texts, (Revolutionary Road film) & (Things: A Story of the Sixties novel) as well as ideas from your selected secondary sources. Remember to reference all sources. 2. In this essay you must engage with a minimum of two secondary sources. Secondary sources can include critical and theoretical material such as one of I PROVIDED WHICH IS (essay Doing Time by Rita Felski) as well as another scholarly books, book chapters, and journal articles that you source from your end via the Library. THE QUESTION: So what do a couple of people like you have to run away from? (John, Revolutionary Road). We can put you inside someone elses body for fifteen minutes (Craig, Being John Malkovich). Discuss the theme of escape and/or escapism as it relates to representations of everyday life in two of the following texts: Revolutionary Road (film); Things: A Story of the Sixties; Being John Malkovich (novel). What you need for this question: 1. Must compare two texts, the Revolutionary Road film (from your end) and novel Things: A Story of the Sixties; Being John Malkovich (provided). 2. Define some aspects of the everyday life and how is enormity of the characters are trying to escape from. 3. Good referencing for a film scene LOOK at the sound, colours, etc. Quotations from characters too. For a film should be like this (Revolutionary Road, 1:02).
