Instructions: Write a 5-paragraph essay of approximately 500-750 words (no more than 750, no fewer than 500) fully answering the posed question. This assignment must include paraphrases/summaries from the films to support your ideas. Be specific and use in-text citations and a works cited page completed according to MLA guidelines. No outside research is required, but if you use it, you must cite it. The scholarly articles are 'outside research.'
Option one: Choose two to three works. Describe how the writer/filmmaker comments on social issues in his or her work.
Option two: Choose two to three works. Describe the role of women in these stories. How are they depicted? What kinds of power do they have? How are they similar and different?
Works to chose from:
"Medicine" by Lu Xun
"Madman's Diary" by Lu Xun
"Town of Cats" by Haruki Murakami
"The Sacrificial Egg" by Chinua Achebe.
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy