Tuesday, August 6th--6:30 pm

Greetings,

a few things:

1. Reminder: anonymous immigration homework assignment due TOMORROW, Wednesday, August 7th. Typed and double spaced. No length requirement. NO NAME ON ASSIGNMENT, PLEASE. Type at the top of your paper:
MUSINGS ON IMMIGRATION
Then go on to record what comes to mind when you think about the word "immigration." As discussed in class, the format is open. You can write in prose, bulleted points, numbered points, or?
When you arrive to class, please sign your name on the paper I will provide when you submit your Musings.

2. Earlier in the semester, I posted the assignment for Essay 3 on the blog. So it should obviously be no surprise to you. I will NOT be handing out a hard copy of the assignment tomorrow. However, I will post it below, again, for your convenience. :)


3. If you did not revise Essay 1 and you wish to revise Essay 2, the revision is due by Tuesday next week.

English 20, Summer 2013, Instructor: C. Fraga

Out of Class Essay Assignment #3 (200 points)

Assigned: Wednesday, August 7

Optional Rough Draft Due: no later than Tuesday, August 13

Due: Thursday, August 15

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 back of essay when submitting.

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 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 truly 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.