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Muilti?level?analysis?of?the?film?The?Social?Network
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Muilti?level?analysis?of?the?film?The?Social?Network
Description
Several?films?have?been?assigned?for?viewing?and?study.?Although?some?fiction?is?included?in?the?last?unit,?the
focus?is?primarily?on?three?visual?texts?and?the?technological?advances?that?they?reflect?(as?well?as?the
technology?that?enabled?the?creation?of?the?films).?In?this?essay,?you?will?have?the?opportunity?to?delve?into?one
of?the?films?and?conduct?an?examination?of?the?film?s?content?and?the?technology?that?facilitated?the?film?s
creation?and?delivery?to?the?audience.?
Follow?These?Instructions
This?essay?will?provide?an?opportunity?for?you?to?analyze?a?visual?text?on?multiple?levels.
Conduct?a?multi?level?analysis?of?the?The?Social?Network,?addressing?these?three?aspects?of?the?movie:?literary,
dramatic,?and?cinematic.
Review?the?PowerPoint?on?film?to?refresh?yourself?on?the?three?ways?of?analyzing?film.?Make?sure?you?have?a
clear?understanding?of?each?before?proceeding?with?your?research?and?writing.?Do?know?that?you?should?not
attempt?to?address?all?the?questions?posed?in?the?PowerPoint?in?the?three?areas.?Choose?the?ones?that?are
significant?to?the?film?you?have?chosen.
Requirements
Organize?your?essay?into?the?three?components?named?above.?This?will?enable?you?to?clearly?address?each?of?the
factors?and?to?draw?conclusions?about?each.?
Length?of?essay:?Minimum?of?1000?words?(not?including?works?cited).
You?must?use?textual?evidence??analysis?of?scenes,?dialogue??to?support?your?points.?
Sources:?You?may?use?secondary?sources?(articles,?etc.)?to?support?your?ideas.?Try?to?limit?secondary?sources?to
four?(4)?since?you?are?writing?a?fairly?short?essay.?Be?sure?to?cite?within?the?paper?any?source?you?use,?whether
paraphrased,?quoted,?or?summarized.
Follow?MLA?rules?for?your?paper?(formatting?of?the?essay,?works?cited?at?the?end,?etc.).?OWL?at?Purdue?has
helpful?information?on?MLA?formatting,?as?do?a?number?of?other?educational?sites?online.
She specialized in exaggerated tales of terror and misery. In re-telling ?The New Year?s Sacrifice,?
she focused on the scene where Xiang Lin?s wife buys a threshold at the temple to avoid having
her two husbands cleave
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her in half in the nether regions. In ?Wang Kui and Mu Guiying? it was the episode wher Mu
Guiying reclaims her spirit, and in ?The Butterfly Lovers? it was the final scene, where the graves
split open. The episode from ?Third Sister Yang on a Bed of Nails? was particularly horrific. The
children, their faces turned ashen from fright, would crowd around to listen and to tremble, and
to beg her over and over: One more, tell us one more.
Sometimes Granny would tell stories from her home in the country. They too were horror
stories, but another kind of horror, the rural kind. Filtered through Granny?s rural view of the
world, they incorporated bewitching elements, and were not always simple and straightforward,
which is why they sounded a bit like stage plays, full of color. One told of a beautiful bride in a
phoenix headdress and embroidered cape, riding to her new home in a sedan chair; when she
raises her head and looks behind her with a grimace, a demon?s face appears. And with that she
brings ill fortune into a farmer?s home. There was also the story of the little demon incarnate. All
the offspring of a certain couple died in infancy, never later than their first birthday, to the
desperate consternation of their parents. Then one day a soothsayer advised them to cut the toes
off the next child to be born so he could not walk to the door. They decided to take his advice.
With the scissors poised to cut off his toes, the latest infant abruptly opened his eyes?they were
the eyes of a grown-up! This was the story?s terrifying climax. Then there was the story of the
dying man who spotted generals sent by King Yama of Hell, carrying chains to lead him away.
Granny made the rattling of the chains and the clanking of the weapons horrifying yet impressive,
investing her tale with the vibrancy of a martial arts contest.
Those stories were all linked to Granny?s own past. Widowed at a young age, mother of two
sons who died one after other, she accepted her lot as a woman fated to suffer, someone with a
tough karma, destined to be self-reliant. After years of domestic work she had accumulated some
savings, but not enough for loans or handouts to a host of kin. Loans were no more than handouts
that sounded a little nicer; the money never found its way back. How many people she carried on
her back! Her daughter told her that her future husband wanted to attend high school, at her
expense; her nephew was studying acting with a county drama troupe, room and board supplied
for the first three years, and she had to help pay for his clothes; her younger sister?s husband was
stricken with cholera and had an operation?again, her money. Now her grandson was talking
about getting married, at her expense, of course.
When she?d decided to adopt a grandson, the old Shanghai women had tried to talk her out of
it. Now she was his meal ticket, but would the day come when he?d take care of her? He was just
one more person with his eyes on her savings. The family she worked for had also urged her not
to do it, saying she was better off holding on to her own money. They?d even taken her to a bank
to open a savings account; then when people came for a handout, she could tell them it was in the
bank and had to stay there until the account matured. But she went
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ahead with the adoption anyway. The so-called grandson was in really the son of her late
husband?s older brother. Her own daughter was to be married this year, and when that happened,
the family house would be claimed by her brother-in-law. But with a grandson, even though the
place would belong to her family, it?d also be her house. When she was too old to work, she?d
return to the countryside and move in, as reason dictated. To plan for that day, she cleverly
arranged for her daughter to marry a nephew in her, her elder brother would have to take her in.
Even after working in Shanghai for three decades and acquiring a Shanghai resident?s card, she
had no choice but to plan a return to the countryside, and that was why she was willing to lend
money, even give it away; the grateful recipients would never abandon her. For a while, rumors
of an affair between her future son-in-law and a classmate reached her ears from the countryside,
so she asked someone to write a letter to ask him if it was true. He wrote back: ?If you drink from
the well, don?t forget the well digger.? She knew this came from the mouth of her son-in-law, but
it struck a chord in her heart anyway. Wasn?t she herself a well-digger?
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Muilti?level?analysis?of?the?film?The?Social?Network
Description
Several?films?have?been?assigned?for?viewing?and?study.?Although?some?fiction?is?included?in?the?last?unit,?the
focus?is?primarily?on?three?visual?texts?and?the?technological?advances?that?they?reflect?(as?well?as?the
technology?that?enabled?the?creation?of?the?films).?In?this?essay,?you?will?have?the?opportunity?to?delve?into?one
of?the?films?and?conduct?an?examination?of?the?film?s?content?and?the?technology?that?facilitated?the?film?s
creation?and?delivery?to?the?audience.?
Follow?These?Instructions
This?essay?will?provide?an?opportunity?for?you?to?analyze?a?visual?text?on?multiple?levels.
Conduct?a?multi?level?analysis?of?the?The?Social?Network,?addressing?these?three?aspects?of?the?movie:?literary,
dramatic,?and?cinematic.
Review?the?PowerPoint?on?film?to?refresh?yourself?on?the?three?ways?of?analyzing?film.?Make?sure?you?have?a
clear?understanding?of?each?before?proceeding?with?your?research?and?writing.?Do?know?that?you?should?not
attempt?to?address?all?the?questions?posed?in?the?PowerPoint?in?the?three?areas.?Choose?the?ones?that?are
significant?to?the?film?you?have?chosen.
Requirements
Organize?your?essay?into?the?three?components?named?above.?This?will?enable?you?to?clearly?address?each?of?the
factors?and?to?draw?conclusions?about?each.?
Length?of?essay:?Minimum?of?1000?words?(not?including?works?cited).
You?must?use?textual?evidence??analysis?of?scenes,?dialogue??to?support?your?points.?
Sources:?You?may?use?secondary?sources?(articles,?etc.)?to?support?your?ideas.?Try?to?limit?secondary?sources?to
four?(4)?since?you?are?writing?a?fairly?short?essay.?Be?sure?to?cite?within?the?paper?any?source?you?use,?whether
paraphrased,?quoted,?or?summarized.
Follow?MLA?rules?for?your?paper?(formatting?of?the?essay,?works?cited?at?the?end,?etc.).?OWL?at?Purdue?has
helpful?information?on?MLA?formatting,?as?do?a?number?of?other?educational?sites?online.
She specialized in exaggerated tales of terror and misery. In re-telling ?The New Year?s Sacrifice,?
she focused on the scene where Xiang Lin?s wife buys a threshold at the temple to avoid having
her two husbands cleave
468
her in half in the nether regions. In ?Wang Kui and Mu Guiying? it was the episode wher Mu
Guiying reclaims her spirit, and in ?The Butterfly Lovers? it was the final scene, where the graves
split open. The episode from ?Third Sister Yang on a Bed of Nails? was particularly horrific. The
children, their faces turned ashen from fright, would crowd around to listen and to tremble, and
to beg her over and over: One more, tell us one more.
Sometimes Granny would tell stories from her home in the country. They too were horror
stories, but another kind of horror, the rural kind. Filtered through Granny?s rural view of the
world, they incorporated bewitching elements, and were not always simple and straightforward,
which is why they sounded a bit like stage plays, full of color. One told of a beautiful bride in a
phoenix headdress and embroidered cape, riding to her new home in a sedan chair; when she
raises her head and looks behind her with a grimace, a demon?s face appears. And with that she
brings ill fortune into a farmer?s home. There was also the story of the little demon incarnate. All
the offspring of a certain couple died in infancy, never later than their first birthday, to the
desperate consternation of their parents. Then one day a soothsayer advised them to cut the toes
off the next child to be born so he could not walk to the door. They decided to take his advice.
With the scissors poised to cut off his toes, the latest infant abruptly opened his eyes?they were
the eyes of a grown-up! This was the story?s terrifying climax. Then there was the story of the
dying man who spotted generals sent by King Yama of Hell, carrying chains to lead him away.
Granny made the rattling of the chains and the clanking of the weapons horrifying yet impressive,
investing her tale with the vibrancy of a martial arts contest.
Those stories were all linked to Granny?s own past. Widowed at a young age, mother of two
sons who died one after other, she accepted her lot as a woman fated to suffer, someone with a
tough karma, destined to be self-reliant. After years of domestic work she had accumulated some
savings, but not enough for loans or handouts to a host of kin. Loans were no more than handouts
that sounded a little nicer; the money never found its way back. How many people she carried on
her back! Her daughter told her that her future husband wanted to attend high school, at her
expense; her nephew was studying acting with a county drama troupe, room and board supplied
for the first three years, and she had to help pay for his clothes; her younger sister?s husband was
stricken with cholera and had an operation?again, her money. Now her grandson was talking
about getting married, at her expense, of course.
When she?d decided to adopt a grandson, the old Shanghai women had tried to talk her out of
it. Now she was his meal ticket, but would the day come when he?d take care of her? He was just
one more person with his eyes on her savings. The family she worked for had also urged her not
to do it, saying she was better off holding on to her own money. They?d even taken her to a bank
to open a savings account; then when people came for a handout, she could tell them it was in the
bank and had to stay there until the account matured. But she went
469
ahead with the adoption anyway. The so-called grandson was in really the son of her late
husband?s older brother. Her own daughter was to be married this year, and when that happened,
the family house would be claimed by her brother-in-law. But with a grandson, even though the
place would belong to her family, it?d also be her house. When she was too old to work, she?d
return to the countryside and move in, as reason dictated. To plan for that day, she cleverly
arranged for her daughter to marry a nephew in her, her elder brother would have to take her in.
Even after working in Shanghai for three decades and acquiring a Shanghai resident?s card, she
had no choice but to plan a return to the countryside, and that was why she was willing to lend
money, even give it away; the grateful recipients would never abandon her. For a while, rumors
of an affair between her future son-in-law and a classmate reached her ears from the countryside,
so she asked someone to write a letter to ask him if it was true. He wrote back: ?If you drink from
the well, don?t forget the well digger.? She knew this came from the mouth of her son-in-law, but
it struck a chord in her heart anyway. Wasn?t she herself a well-digger?