4/1/2015
Not Fitting in Group
Maryann, Thomas, Ashley, Irina
Argument building
- The argument that seems to be intertwined across all of our papers is the issue of social acceptance. Individually, we explored this topic through different themes in the given text, Frankenstein and The Bluest Eye. Our themes, are connected to our main group topic– “not fitting in.”
- Maryann, Ashley, and Thomas, perceived the problem of social acceptance through physicality, where people were segregated by permanent physical traits. On the other hand, Irina argued that the appearance of the unaccepted has created the unnatural, labeled by society itself.
- Our main ideas correlate with each other, creating a cohesive project.
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Research
4) In The Bluest Eye we will conduct research about the post-civil war and civil rights movements, as well as the first ideas of feminism and equality between beauty standards.
For Frankenstein we might research the sociology of people’s interactions, in retrospect of our contemporary times in the F1 papers and the time the book was written.
5) Questions of equality, beauty standards and acceptance through appearance
6) Yes, because more content to our papers will give a richer and deeper result.
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Moving Forward (as a group)
7) Ashley and Irina will connect ideas of brotherhood and dependence, between Irina’s F1 paper and the soviet hippies movement and Ashley’s close-reading, based on The Outsiders.
Thomas will reflect more on The Bluest Eye, correlating more idea on beauty standards in the novel. He will reflect his ideas on the doll being took apart. Irina will do her close reading on bad pregnancies and motherhood in Frankenstein to create a connection between the dolls and Claudia and how those themes portray future adolescence. Maryann will also do a close-reading on the Outsiders, but is still working on her topic.
8) Ok, cool… =)
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Moving Forward (as individual)
IRINA: 9) the abundance of ideas and discussions really help connect different themes of our project, which creates an interesting versatile result.
10) I should revise my overall connection within the groups topic of appearance and make a bigger emphasis on the hipsters being outsiders due to their looks.
MARYANN: 9) Grouping together has helped us make a clear end goal for our project to revolve around, allowing us to focus better and clearing what to research.
10) I will be focusing more on the the impact of society and how important social acceptance can be for an individual.
THOMAS: It really opened my eyes to new ideas and perspectives on the themes expressed in the novels.
10) Moving forward, I am going to focus more on the physical features and differences between the characters in the novels and the impact that has on them.
ASHLEY: 9) Working with my group has helped me develop a deeper understanding of the idea that beauty goes beyond what you look like, but change into what you can do to change what you initially are.
10) I need to work on moving my ideas farther along with how I can look at the purpose of beauty in different ways besides what is normally perceived as beautiful, and look deeper into the extents that people go to achieve beauty.
