3-5 pages, double spaced, typed, MLA formatting
DUE: Wednesday April 7th, 2010 AT THE START OF CLASS
A Very Important Thing that your paper MUST include:
AFTER YOUR CONCLUSION PARAGRAPH YOU MUST PUT YOUR THESIS STATEMENT AT THE VERY END OF YOUR ESSAY, LABELED AND PRINTED AS A SEPARATE PARAGRAPH.
1. Describe a moment of “silence” from each of the Jarmusch films we have seen. What is said/conveyed/understood in that moment of no spoken language? Which scene does it best according to you. Define your criteria and then explain why. (BTW: That answer is your thesis statement!) For 3pts extra credit: Describe each of the scenes you selected in four separate poems.
2. Just as Blake's life slowly drains away from his injury, he also experiences the gradual loss of meaning of his social identity. Even from the start of the film his life has already begun to deteriorate. Explain and analyze this journey of disintegration.
3. Your own topic that has been approved by me in advance of the due date. This approval occurs (or is denied) when you present a written thesis statement to me.
