Interests
I don't have any specific ideas yet, but I am really interested in music and also film, so I think I will probably end up using a film. I am also interested in the environment and how we effect it.
My Interests
I'm really interested in mental health stigma and the ways mental health is trivialized and minimized by pop culture. I specifically want to talk about the OCD subset of anxiety. I'm thinking of using Turtles All the Way Down by John Green and comparing it to the TV show "Monk," but I'd love to have other options because these are basically just the only things I've found that even mention OCD.
During the summer I work at a marine biology camp and we talk a lot about how we affect the environment so I think that is super cool
ReplyDeleteYou could look into some dystopian books that have themes relating to the environment and mankind's effect on it. Maybe Parable of the Sower again?
ReplyDeleteSam's idea is really good! You could maybe relate Parable of the Sower to a film that discusses environmental issues. One that comes to mind is "An Inconvenient Truth."
ReplyDeleteI love how you're interested in incorporating music and film, but I'm having a hard time coming up with how you might focus those on environmentalism. There's a really weird (but good) movie that came out recently called "First Reformed" starring Ethan Hawke as a minister who falls for this woman and tries to help her husband who is essentially part of an ecoterrorist group. There are interesting statements about faith and environmentalism in it. You might want to check it out.
ReplyDeleteIf you can think of another topic/theme, I might be able to suggest other films or music that could work. Just remember that you'll need to be able to find secondary criticism on your primary texts.