Hello Freshmen... Your assignment for the weekend is to write a 250-word (one page) response paper on O Brother, Where Art Thou. Please type and format according to MLA. You may choose from the two topics below:
(1) Respond to the lyrics of one song from the film. Using your lyric sheet (or the internet), connect the lyrics of one song to the movie's characters/setting/events. In other words, explain how the lyrics are relevant to the film.
(2) Choose one of the historically relevant elements of the movie and look up an article on Wikipedia. Print out the article; then, summarize it and connect it to the movie's characters/setting/events. Be careful not to plagiarize the article, which should be stapled to your reponse.
Ideas discussed in class include The Great Depression, con artist, chain gang, Populism (George Wallace, Huey P. Long, W. Lee O'Daniel), Ku Klux Klan (William Joseph Simmons), and George "Babyface" Nelson.
(1) Respond to the lyrics of one song from the film. Using your lyric sheet (or the internet), connect the lyrics of one song to the movie's characters/setting/events. In other words, explain how the lyrics are relevant to the film.
(2) Choose one of the historically relevant elements of the movie and look up an article on Wikipedia. Print out the article; then, summarize it and connect it to the movie's characters/setting/events. Be careful not to plagiarize the article, which should be stapled to your reponse.
Ideas discussed in class include The Great Depression, con artist, chain gang, Populism (George Wallace, Huey P. Long, W. Lee O'Daniel), Ku Klux Klan (William Joseph Simmons), and George "Babyface" Nelson.