- Watch Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class (2005) on Kanopy
- Then, write a 250-word reflection on what this documentary is saying about how we portray working-class characters in our American television shows. Highlight a few of the strategies used to help audiences differentiate between working-class characters and their wealthier counterparts.
- Watch the film A Man Called Ove through Kanopy
- Then write a 750-word close reading of the film in which you complete the following:
- find 3-4 scenes from the movie to focus on
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- the MLA format for movie in-text citations: (firstwordofmovietitle beginningtimestampofscene – endingtimestampofscene)
- example: (A Man 15:25-23:55)
- the MLA format for movie in-text citations: (firstwordofmovietitle beginningtimestampofscene – endingtimestampofscene)
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- use those scenes to analyze how Ove’s attitude changes as the movie progresses, and provide your interpretation of why you think these changes happen.
- Next, watch Parasite (2019) on Kanopy
- Finally, write a 250-word reflection that on how you see the difference between the working class characters and their upper class counterparts. How do you see their lives being shaped and/or limited by their social class status?
- Building on your previous reflections on our movie, Parasite (2019), find at least 3 scholarly journal articles that discuss social class inequalities here in the United States.
- Then write an essay that answers the following question:
Compare how the disparities seen between the working class and upper class in Parasite are different or similar to those that exist here in American society. - Remember the following
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- use MLA format and citations (I highly recommend using the MLA template provided in our modules)
- 12pt. Times New Roman font, double-spaced and 1-inch margins
- essay should be at least 7-10 pages long
- for your Works Cited page, which should come after the 7-10 pages of your essay, Google “Purdue OWL MLA movie” to find how to cite a movie.
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