Prompt: Write an essay that studies desire in the movie and the novel. What do these two texts show or reveal about human desire? Remember that the object of desire can take many forms, from something to eat, someone to love or make love with, status, recognition, security, purpose, or meaning. Your thesis should assert a problem posed by some facet of human desire, and the body of your essay should explain how that problem is depicted by the novel and by the movie.
Length: 5-8 pages. (At least five full pages.)
Focus: As in any essay, you need a focusing idea. Crazy Rich Asians and How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia each has multiple characters and scenes, so you need to compare them by relating desire to a specific goal or object, cause or effect. Or you can narrow your focus further by comparing two kinds of characters or even simply two individual characters. One option is to focus on the you of the novel and compare it to a corresponding you for the movie. Another is to examine a kind of desire and explain its effects or consequences. Finally, you can at least start your inquiry into desire by thinking of the three main sources of meaning that philosophers have said are of basic human concern: what is good, what is beautiful, and what is true? In other words, we desire to know or experience the good, the beautiful, and the true. How are these three basic objects of desire explored in the novel and the movie?
Closing Synthesis: Dont simply summarize your main points. The last couple of paragraphs give you the place to highlight your main points and clarify the insights and lessons of the comparison youve written about the novel and the movie. Of course, this is where you deliver on the promise of your essays thesis. You dont have to agree with what the movie and novel say about desire, but your essay does need to explain clearly what your thesis has discovered.
Required Secondary Texts: For a passing essay, you must quote once (and cite) from two of the following articles. For an ‘A’ essay, you must quote once from all three articles and at least twice from one of them, using all three sources in your essay. Their purpose is to give you concepts and meaningful ways to frame your comparisons and make insights about characters. These articles are posted in their entirety on CanVas.
> Our Hierarchy of Needs True freedom is a luxury of the mind. Find out why, by Neel Burton, MD.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/hide-and-seek/201205/our-hierarchy-needs (Links to an external site.)
>> The Four Stages of Desire: From Everything to One Thing, by Galen Guengerich, PhD.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-search-meaning/201510/the-four-stages-desire-everything-one-thing (Links to an external site.)
>>> The Problem of Desire, by Neel Burton, PhD.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/hide-and-seek/201411/the-problem-desire
Works Cited: Your MLA style works cited page should list the movie, the novel, and two of the three secondary source articles.
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