Your essay should contain at least 2 quotes from the film (approximate) and at least four (4) paragraphs (Introduction, at least 2 body paragraphs, and a conclusion). A paragraph should be at least eight (8) sentences.
You should probably spend about 15 minutes thinking about and planning your essay. If you construct an outline/list, use the list on the next page of this prompt.
Be sure that your thesis is arguable, specific, and manageable given your time limit.
All good essays include specific, concrete details. Make sure that youre not generalizing too much!
In your analysis consider some of the following items in support of your claim: camera shots, angles, lighting, editing, soundtrack, script/dialogue, mise-en-scene, etc.
Cause/Effect: The film implies that there is a causal relationship between history and personal identity, suggesting that ones history, whether recent, distant, and/or collective, shapes ones personal identity. Write an essay that traces and analyzes the causes and effects that discovering her Chicano history has on the main character, Paula Crisostomos, personal identity. What effects does knowledge of ones history have on Paulas formation of identity? Your thesis should argue that an effect (the formation of Paulas personal identity) is based on historical causes (whether recent, distant, collective, and/or individual).
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