Write a single-spaced one page reflection essay involving, reflecting on and making meaning of your experiences, thoughts, and beliefs related to your topic under the of definition of gender violence. The topic for gender violence might be Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Female Genital Mutilation, women in Bangladesh having acid thrown in their faces etc. It also requires critical thinking that is actively engaged with questioning information from the films under Multimedia Week 9 (I provided the youtube video link)
NOTE: The Reflection Essay is based on a Documentary, ” The Invisible War”.
To WRITER Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hx4PoBuwDVo
TO WRITER Note:
I attached an assigned reading as well to this request.
Essentially you are analyzing gender violence through a number of different types using evidence from your assigned readings and two of the films available under Multimedia Week 9. It involves writing about how women live in a world of violence that control their lives and their struggle to be visible, heard and included rather than dismissed.
[Note, viewing the films before starting your essay will help you understand the different kinds of gender violence presented as the focus of the two films.]
FOLLOW THE STEPS BELOW OR WRITE IT ACCORDING TO HOW YOU HAVE LEARNED TO WRITE A REFLECTION ESSAY IN PREVIOUS COURSES.
Critical reflection acts as the bridge or link between academic concepts and real world experiences demonstrated by your film. As you write your film analysis essay on gender violence, complete the following steps to create an outline for your essay:
Cite the title of the movies
Avoid summarizing plot of either film rather present a two minute summary of the plots.
Provide background information and formulate the thesis in the introductory paragraph.
Indicate the main ideas presented in the film that most relates to your gender violence.
Each of these main ideas should be framed into a topic sentence.
Support your analysis of the two films through the use of specific details and assigned readings and viewings of videos under
Use direct quotations of key words and phrases. You may occasionally paraphrase the words of an author but please cite the source.
Report the main ideas objectively but share your own reactions and responses where appropriate.
For example:
How do men make use of gender violence?
For instance, gender violence of women has long been used to control, overprotect and take their freedom. How does the responses to gender violence function in your films?
How does it contribute to the devaluation of women? In your films, is this the last word or do your films illustrate how women can empower themselves after gender violence?
Did anything that happen in the two films remind you of something that has occurred in your own life or that you have seen occur to others? How can you use your experiences to analyze the differences between the two films?
Is the problem to be solved in the films that can be seen in the struggle of the women against the gender violence familiar to you in any way? How do women experience double violence when confronted by gender violence?
If so, describe how that experience works in the lives of women and men?
The personal qualities that require women to solve their problem are often a part of the “lessons women need to learn when victimized by violence of men”.
What are these lessons and where have you seen them occur in your own gendered experience of gender violence, sexual assault and/or sexual harassment, by the behavior of someone you know or the characters in either of the two films?
Does the conclusion of the stories in the two films suggest a solution to the victimization of women, trans and gender fluid individuals by men? What values or principles inform the actions of the main characters in the two films; do they take away the power or empower women to resolve the violence they face?
What are the most dramatic issues relevant to our time that have been presented in these two films? Describe the presentation of gender in violence to the times in which we now live.
MOVE YOUR THINKING FROM DESCRIPTION TO ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION
Explore how the academic concepts you are learning in your readings relate to your understanding of films like The Hunting Ground, The Invisible War, or any of the films listed under gender violence (Week 9) Identify how what you have learned from your assigned readings and the film(s) can be used both in the real world and the experiences of those who represent real people who have been victimized. Explore how your understanding of patriarchy influences the solutions available to the characters in the two films.
MOVE FROM PORTRAIT THINKING TO LANDSCAPE THINKING
How do you frame gender violence and how influences what you see and the solutions you seek.
Portrait frames explore issues by focusing primarily on people or events in gender violence. Portrait frames lead people to focus on who is personally responsible for gender violence. This is why it is difficult to complete a film analysis about gender violence.
Landscape frames, on the other hand, take a broader view to examining gender violence: peoples lives and events are examined in relation to the policies, institutions, and larger social, political, economic, and historical forces that surround victims (and survivors). Landscape frames lead to an understanding of the shared responsibility of individuals and society for gender violence. This is the basis under which action can be discussed under the larger social issue of men’s culpability for gender violence.
STEPS IN THE PROCESS
Preparation
Preparation is the first key to writing a film analysis essay. After choosing a specific topic directly related to gender violence essay, research sources to support your essay and you meet all requirements of the assignment. Organize your ideas into an outline of your essay. Make notes of all the key points you will talk about, and arrange them in a logical order. This will help you stay focused when you write your essay.
Introduction
The introduction of your reflection essay should include: writing about your preconceptions of the subject, as well as a brief summary of your initial responses to the topic. For example, if your reflection essay is on a particular social problem, discuss what drew you to that particular problems, your feelings about the problem youve chosen and/or your first impression of the social problem you have chosen to reflect on. With the final sentence of the introduction, sum up your ideas and feelings in a thesis statement that outlines the key points you will discuss in the body paragraphs of your reflection essay.
Body
The body of your reflection essay elaborates on your reactions to your topic. Refer to your outline and introduction paragraph so that your body paragraphs are arranged logically. Each paragraph should flow into the next by building on the ideas you present. Include supporting evidence, for instance, use direct quotes from assigned readings and/or paraphrase ideas you gleaned from your readings and viewings. Be sure to footnote all the sources you include in your essay.
Conclusion
The conclusion of your essay ties together all of the key points discussed in your body paragraphs. Include a short summary of your concluding feelings on the topic, based on the points and evidence presented in the body of your essay. Briefly discuss the implications of the key points you made. Finish with a concise idea that summarizes the comparison between two films that deal with gender violence. This may be clearer once you have read the instructions and followed the previous steps. It will be difficult to write only one single-spaced answering the questions. Pick and choose what questions might work for your approach to the assignment.
SOURCES:
The sources can be used from the ” The Invisible War” documentary (Quotes) and you may also use some from the attached file ( For Christian Women, persecution looks like rape)
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