Your presentation overall was very compelling, and I enjoyed learning about the actual “I Am Legend”—since before I’ve always known of it as the horror, apocalyptic movie that people warned me not to watch. It was interesting to compare the two and how they ended so differently. Now I’m interested in reading the book and watching the book. I also enjoyed the dark humor in your tweet; in effect it actually made the gory details of the book lighter. You explained the general plotline well without giving too many spoilers.
Anyway, in reading your research paper, your argument is very well-thought out. You did well to incorporate how Matheson’s literary devices supplied to the meaning of the themes in the work. This was apparent in the second and third body paragraphs, but I would have liked to see this elaborated more in the first body paragraph. I liked how you found a connection to racism through Neville’s conflicts with the vampires, and it’s quite symbolic how the “old ideals” he embodied died out when he does, much like how society tried to push towards new ideas of equality during the Civil Rights Movement. All in all, a wonderful job!
Your presentation overall was very compelling, and I enjoyed learning about the actual “I Am Legend”—since before I’ve always known of it as the horror, apocalyptic movie that people warned me not to watch. It was interesting to compare the two and how they ended so differently. Now I’m interested in reading the book and watching the book. I also enjoyed the dark humor in your tweet; in effect it actually made the gory details of the book lighter. You explained the general plotline well without giving too many spoilers.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, in reading your research paper, your argument is very well-thought out. You did well to incorporate how Matheson’s literary devices supplied to the meaning of the themes in the work. This was apparent in the second and third body paragraphs, but I would have liked to see this elaborated more in the first body paragraph. I liked how you found a connection to racism through Neville’s conflicts with the vampires, and it’s quite symbolic how the “old ideals” he embodied died out when he does, much like how society tried to push towards new ideas of equality during the Civil Rights Movement. All in all, a wonderful job!