Wednesday, October 13, 2010

My Left Foot - Writing Topics

1) "Hope deferred makes a heart sick." Christy quotes this and Dr. Eileen knows the proverb, as well. How is it that hope can be both a positive and negative emotion?

2) "To Be or Not to Be..." Hamlet's famous soliloquy about whether or not to be alive or dead is repeated by Christy over and over. What would you have said to Christy when he was suicidal? What reasons might you have given him to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune?"

3) Tell your own story about empathy/compassion - it can be about a lack of empathy or about someone who exemplifies empathy.

Remember that a movie is like a text. You must use the title and refer to specific parts of the film as evidence.

300-500 words

Rough copy due Friday.