Violence Group
Raj’s argument was that Jin Wang murdered his self image. Lashawn said Jin Wang lost his self so much that he literally became a new person. Nicole thought that the creature is violent because he is neglected by his creator/ father. According to Jeffrey, the creature is depicted through his physical appearance rather than his personality (leads to direct & indirect violence). Yhan agreed, adding that abandonment led to the creature’s violent outbursts. They aren’t conflicting because each one of them can tie into some form of neglect that resulted in violence. For example, Jin Wang lives with his parents but, they are hardly ever mentioned. It is almost as if they aren’t in his life. Perhaps if they had a stronger presence in his life, he would not despise his heritage so much. The creature turns violent after being isolated from society and abandoned by his creator. No, there weren’t any new ideas. Instead we just built on the ideas that we already had and made them more complex.
We plan on using information from teen suicides and/or teen massacres. Studies on how people treat “beautiful” people versus those considered plain. These are some of the questions and themes we are thinking about: Violence happens in all forms, you can be violent towards yourself, verbal violence. The previously mentioned are just a short list of examples of violence that people can and do face. Physical violence and mental violence may also be addressed. No we don’t feel that there are any that we need help understanding but we do need to expand on certain ideas.
7) Tentatively discuss and decide what part of the project each of the group member might contribute. You should consider the strength and relevancy of the work as well as the author’s individual desire to work more on that particular assignment.
- group-authored introduction
- one F1 (Nicole)
- one F2, (Lashawn)
- three close readings papers (raj, Jeffrey, Yhan)
- At least 2 primary texts,
- Individual (1-2 page) reflections
- Annotated bibliography,
Moving forward (as an individual)
Yhan: Working with my group helped me look at my theme and see how it can be shown in different ways such as by forms. I can focus better on my theme and what in particular I will research. I need to work on focusing on specific research that will help me find a better connection to my theme.
Jeffrey: Some of my group members built an argument around the idea of the corruption of self-image in the character, while some moved forward to finding the reasoning behind the characters outbursts of violence. I realized that adding my argument of indirect violence towards the character of my essay adds diversity to the paper and will help the paper sound less redundant. I am going to use the relevant evidence in my paper for indirect violence to link it to ideas of the corruption of self-image and outbursts of violence. After reviewing your feedback and my group’s work, I would have to edit some of the explanations I used in order to tie it back to a universal argument that my group may be able to relate to. I plan to take advantage of the close reading paper to gear it towards the central argument that my group and I have put together.
Lashawn: I was glad to see that my group had a small level of like mindedness when we were writing our papers. We didn’t plan it that way but our papers related to at least one other person in the group’s paper. Talking with my group helped me to see that with a bit more detail and a sharper focus, my essay could be a lot more engaging and help our project out as an F2 paper. I think that the combination of feedback from Professor Curseen and talking with my group made me decide to either change the scene that I am going to use as the turning point or change my argument as to why the scene is significant with the history of the outside piece.
