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Discuss their demographics (age, gender, socio-economic status, location), the characteristics of their offending behaviour and the history of their offending behaviour

Movie Case Study Essay

Provide a profile of the protagonist.

Discuss their demographics (age, gender, socio-economic status, location), the characteristics of their offending behaviour and the history of their offending behaviour

Outline your chosen theory.

Explain the central principles of the theory (what does it try to explain?) and briefly examine the literature of the theory (refer to the articles in your annotated bibliography)

Outline critiques of the theory

Apply your theory to the protagonist.

Examine and discuss how your selected theory explains the behaviour of the protagonist

Provide examples to support your argument

Highlight any deficiencies of the theory – what can it not explain?

Describe the main protagonist in And the Earth Did Not Devour Him. What characteristics does he exhibit? What are his actions in the story? How does the protagonist change from the beginning of the novel to the end?

Describe the main protagonist in And the Earth Did Not Devour Him. What characteristics does he exhibit? What are his actions in the story? How does the protagonist change from the beginning of the novel to the end? Overall focus on the character, the narrating voice, it’s peculiarities, characteristics, and importance.

Is Winston the novel’s hero, by Orwell’s definition? Is he a hero that readers can admire and emulate? Explain your position by tracing Winston’s actions throughout the novel and considering the results of those actions.

1984

Respond to the following in the form of a short essay. Your essay should consist of at least five paragraphs.

George Orwell once offered this definition of Heroism: ordinary people doing whatever they can to change social systems that do not respect human decency, even with the knowledge that they can’t possibly succeed.

In Winston Smith, the protagonist of 1984, Orwell creates an ordinary person, an “everyman” who stands for all the oppressed citizens of Oceania. Yet, as the novel closes, Winston cries as his love for Big Brother overwhelms him. Is Winston the novel’s hero, by Orwell’s definition? Is he a hero that readers can admire and emulate? Explain your position by tracing Winston’s actions throughout the novel and considering the results of those actions.

What does the character's physical description tell us? What do their thoughts (if we have access to them) reveal about their nature?

What does the character's physical description tell us? What do their thoughts (if we have access to them) reveal about their nature? If the character is the protagonist of the story, what conflict do they face? Does the character change over the course of the story and if so, how and why?