For those of you in the 9:00 class, I want to call your attention to something the 10:30 class asked me. Everyone seems ok with the quotation techniques we discussed today, but they were asking about a related topic, which is citation. Given that the first two essays will mainly involve citation to: a) The Wire, b) the assigned articles, and c) your classmates, the following kind of in-text citation is adequate without a formal bibliography at the end. I am using MLA style, which is most common in the humanities disciplines.
All of these are fine. Make sure you cite the episode, but the scene or timecode is optional. Perhaps it might suit some particular point you're making to indicate the placement of one scene before another, but it's up to you if you want to include that information.
Nick tells Ziggy to "shut up" and stop being such "an idiot" (The Wire 2.3).
Nick tells Ziggy to "shut up" and stop being such "an idiot" (Wire 2.3).
Nick tells Ziggy to "shut up" and stop being such "an idiot" (2.3).
Nick tells Ziggy to "shut up" and stop being such "an idiot" (2.3, scene 5). <--- for those with the DVDs
Nick tells Ziggy to "shut up" and stop being such "an idiot" (2.3, 12:45).
All of these are fine too:
Brooks tells McMillan to "shut up" and stop being such "an idiot" (Brooks 68).
Brooks tells McMillan to "shut up" and stop being such "an idiot" (68).
Brooks tells McMillan to "shut up" and stop being such "an idiot" (Potter and Marshall 68).
Brooks tells McMillan to "shut up" and stop being such "an idiot" (Urban Decay and American Television 68).
And all of these:
According to Samantha, Aaron is a jerk and confuses his students' names (class Feb. 7). Megan and Melissa corroborate this statement.
According to Samantha, Aaron is a jerk and confuses his students' names (class 2/7). Megan and Melissa corroborate this statement.
According to Samantha, Aaron is a jerk and confuses his students' names (Feb. 7). Megan and Melissa corroborate this statement.
According to Samantha, Aaron is a jerk and confuses his students' names (2/7 class session). Megan and Melissa corroborate this statement.
Reminders:
-I will be available in Enterprise 314 from 12:30-6:00 today and 12:30-4:00 on Tuesday, if you want to talk to me for whatever reason or borrow my hard drive.
-Watch The Wire episodes 2.5-2.6. Scene Analysis worksheets 16-17 heads up.
-Read Harvey article. Article Analysis worksheets 6-10 heads up.
-Please make sure you are signed up for one homework prior to February 27 and one after February 27. There still seem to be empty spots on the spreadsheet. The Harvey article for Wednesday might be suitable for a late-adding student because it doesn't require you to be up to spead with the Wire episodes.
1. Harvey says the motivation of an individual’s perfect world is based on the ideals of safety, privacy and nature; particularly for one’s family.
ReplyDelete2. I say that this is true because my mother moved us out of a neighborhood due to its lack of safety.
3. The Wire shows Nick’s girlfriend wanting a place of their own to raise their family rather than living close to the docks in a less sophisticated.
4. I say the importance of a concrete place of their own that they control is very important in raising a family and fulfills their ideal of a suburban utopia by them moving to a place of geographical freedom and space.
Rachel Klein & Emily Brown
Well done. I think some of #1 is more what we said than what Harvey said, but that's a lesser issue. The one thing I'd change is that instead of "individual's perfect world" you should specify that this is his analysis of the suburban utopia in particular. There are many other possible utopias, so let's not think this goes for everyone in quite this way.
ReplyDelete#2 is good because you certainly do have the option here of appealing to personal experience. Not everyone will take this route, so it will be interesting to see the remaining responses.
#3 is fine on its own; you are pointing out that Nick's girlfriend is motivated by some version of a suburban fantasy. But in an essay you might want to add some kind of logical bridge, like, "This real life example is echoed by the experience of one of the fiction characters in the Wire..." We'll work on this on Monday.
#4 is where things get really interesting because we're asked to consider what part of the fantasy is universal and what part of it is specifically suburban. Certainly Nick wanting to support his family so that they can live under their own roof is pretty broadly identifiable, as is her hesitation to fully commit to that relationship until they are financially solvent. The trickier thing is what kind of living space they are seeking, where it is located, etc. What the difference is between owning and renting. I'd even point out that in many places/cultures the desire to have physical separation from extended family is not so highly valued.