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premidterm assignment) Model Student Pre-midterm answers 2017 (Index) Essay 2: Propose topic for research and reading essay on personal / professional topic of your choice |
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Anari Oliver
The Importance of Women in Apocalyptic Writing
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my research portion of this assignment, I plan to get a little more personal and
touch basis on the “importance of women” in apocalyptic writings. I think the
best way to approach this topic would be to observe many different apocalyptic
stories, and compare the roles of women in each reading. “How did a woman’s role
impact or effect the apocalypse in this particular novel or movie?” This will be
one of the main questions that I will try to answer because I believe that it
will open the floor for more discussion as the essay progresses. Many stories
dealing with an apocalypse and evolution usually focus on the role of the men in
a male dominated society. The book of Genesis in the bible kind of pointed this
out since Adam was the first man, and without him and his ribs, a woman couldn’t
have been created. The disobedience of a woman is what many people remember from
the particular book, which is somewhat demonizing. Often times we see women
being put on the backburner, sexualized, and subjected to violence in this genre
of literature.
As far as the reading pieces are concerned, I will definitely use the
Genesis, the first book of the bible. Parable of the Sower is another book that
I will reference to especially since it is my favorite reading assignment so
far. Other pieces I may use are The Hunger Games trilogy, The Year of the Flood
by Margaret Atwood perhaps, and maybe The Gate to Women’s Country by Sheri S.
Tepper. Some of the selections are subject to change once further research is
conducted, but I think those I mentioned are good starting points. I’m going to
try my best to pinpoint a few subtopics that will reinforce or “backup” my first
idea, which is the “importance of women” in apocalyptic writings to avoid
vagueness. I may even use Revelation or Stone Lives as examples, but only
further research will determine that decision.
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