Find at least three different monsters of your own to prove or disprove Cohen’s theses through the lens of culture and race.

Monster Culture Research Paper

-This research paper has to Find at least three different monsters of your own to prove or disprove Cohen’s theses through the lens of culture and race. (You may also focus on three different interpretations of the same monster.

-Example: Zombies from Night of the Living Dead 1968, Zombieland 2009, and Warm Bodies 2013).

Length

• 9 pages

Prompt: Your goal is to argue whether or not Cohen’s theses are valid – that this argument is or is not an effective way of analyzing society’s understanding of race and culture through the monsters it engenders.

Your thesis can either use first person POV language, ie. I agree/I disagree with Cohen… or you can use third person POV language, ie. Cohen is successful/Cohen is unsuccessful…

Successful essays will do this by:

• Including an introduction that draws in the reader, briefly introduces Cohen and the topic of your essay, and has a clear thesis that states your argument and signals a plan for the essay.
• Creating a literature review that establishes and explains Cohen’s theories in a body paragraph. Summarize his main argument, claims, and evidence. Discuss his ideas as if you were explaining them to someone who was unfamiliar with the text. Your lit review will also include rhetorical analysis on intended audience, tone, and purpose. In your literature review, remember you must cover Thesis 1 and 4. Remember to add to the literature review the parts of Cohen you have written down on the “Breaking Down Cohen” Worksheet.
• Finding at least three different monsters of your own to prove or disprove Cohen’s theses through the lens of culture and race. (You may also focus on three different interpretations of the same monster. Example: Zombies from Night of the Living Dead 1968, Zombieland 2009, and Warm Bodies 2013). You could use movie monsters, TV monsters, literary monsters, mythical or fairy tale monsters, and/or real, historical monsters. The choice is yours. This section of the paper will be where you include your outside sources to strengthen your analysis.
  • Consider any of the movies or texts we have watch or read so far for your monsters.
  • Also, many of you are reading a text that contains characters that can be seen as “monsters,” think about using those for your monster choices.
• Including at least three outside sources to strengthen your argument. The three sources must be in addition to Cohen’s chapter – find a mix of peer reviewed and popular sources that support your analysis of the monsters and society. Don’t just rely on your interpretations and opinions – find others who agree with you! Your outside sources should be connected to your monsters in that they support your understanding of the monsters you have chosen.
  • Look for these outsides sources through Cuyamaca’s Library
  • If you need help finding outside sources that fit these requirements, please contact me.
  • Feel free to also use any of the readings, podcasts, and TED Talks I have already assigned or posted for this paper as well.
• Including vivid and specific details when describing the monsters you have chosen, and tie your examples to Cohen’s theses.
• Synthesizing by combing information from different sources to inform and support a greater understanding of your argument.
• Finishing with a conclusion that restates your thesis, reviews your body paragraphs, and a final though, prediction, piece of advice, something you learned or realized or the answer to a question you posed earlier.

Suggested Formats for Your Essay

By Monster Format

Paragraph 1: Introduction

Paragraph 2: Literature Review

Paragraph 3: Monster 1

Paragraph 4: Monster 2

Paragraph 5: Monster 3

Paragraph 6: Conclusion

• You may have one or more paragraph per monster.
• This format is a better choice if you are using different or more than one of the theses per monster.
• This format is also a better choice if you are choosing three different types of the same monster.

(The attacehment have many essay samples.)

subject: English

My professors added this information.

Include at least four sources. (This does not include Cohen’s “Monster Culture.”)

• Remember these four sources can include any of the videos or readings we have covered in this unit, but I am expected that you do participate in some outside research to find sources that fit your monsters.

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