Choose three themes from the Movies, Slumdog Millionaire, Toilet Ek Prem Katha and Gandhi (1982). Choose three underlying themes that consists in all three movies like the idea of suppression and more. Total three themes that exists in all three movies.
In the first paragraph, state your themes and which 3 films you will analyze. Use a thesis statement to say what your main point it.
Try to resist retelling the stories to focus on analysis.
Try to focus on your themes. Please do not write about film1, film2, and then film 3. interweave your ideas.
Try to use at least 3 footnotes
Follow writing rules: avoid pronouns, avoid contractions, avoid weird capitalization, be sure to run spell check, read aloud for grammar
50% – Paper explores 2-3 themes. Be sure to define your terms.
Paper should resist re-telling the story to focus on analysis
Paper should weave together the themes and the 3 films: do not describe the first film, describe the second film, and then the third film.
Paper should reflect a thorough understanding of the readings and the film
10% – Chicago style footnotes
first reference – complete information
subsequent references – shortened form
Please include a bibliography
no cover sheet
40% – Writing Rules.
Creative Title that indicates the direction of the paper
Every sentence is a complete sentence, with a subject and a verb.
No pronouns. No contractions. No weird capitalization. Apostrophes do not make a word plural. Ever.
Be sure to proofread for spelling and grammar. Spellcheck can only do so much
