Throughout this unit, we have been presented with various views on what constitutes a good society (or a good leader). Using the insights gained from reading Thucydides, Machiavelli, the Founding Fathers, and Martin Luther King Jr., you will compose a 2-4 page essay that evaluates a cinematic society or leader, arguing for that society/leader as either “good” or “bad. Questions to consider: what vision of a good society or leader does this film depict? Does the society itself live up to that vision? If it fails, why? How is leadership presented?
-For this assignment, you may choose any film of any genre. You may choose individual episodes of TV shows, but do not write about a whole season or whole series of television; you just can’t do justice to a topic that big in a short paper. In other words: writing about Episode 16 of Parks and Recreation is fine; writing about the entire series is not.
-Articulate your preferred method of pre-writing in response to the essay prompt.
-Submit a provisional thesis statement.
Thucydides”the funeral” pg 164
Machiavelli, The prince pg 202
America’s Founding Document pg 211
Martin Luther King Jr, “letter from Birmingham jail” pg 272
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