Saturday, November 10th, 12:45 pm

Greeting, below you will find the prompts for the take home exam on Frozen River. It was distributed in class on Friday. It is due on Wednesday. Please be sure to read all the directions first before writing your response. 

Name_____________________________________________________English 1A, Section__________

Fall 2012—Prof. Fraga---In Class Essay #2 (100 points)--FROZEN RIVER

PLEASE READ THESE DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY.

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·      SELECT ONE OF THE THREE PROMPTS BELOW AND WRITE A WELL-FOCUSED, WELL-SUPPORTED ESSAY RESPONSE IN A BLUE OR GREEN BOOK.

·      PLEASE SKIP EVERY OTHER LINE (if you forget, no worries!)

·      PLEASE INDICATE WHAT PROMPT YOU ARE RESPONDING TO AT THE START OF YOUR ESSAY.

·      TAKE NO LONGER THAN 50 MINUTES TO PLAN AND WRITE YOUR ESSAY

·      new request! PLEASE WRITE IN PEN, NOT PENCIL! THANKS!:)

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PROMPT ONE: Do you consider the film, Frozen River, an authentic film? In other words, do you believe Lila and Ray’s lives are portrayed by the writer/director in a genuine and realistic manner? Support your response with specific examples from the film.

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PROMPT TWO: Frozen River appears to be a film that is littered with symbolism. Some of the elements that could be considered symbolic of a particular theme or idea are:

·      the frozen St. Lawrence river

·      the double wide trailer

·      the landscape

·      the infant in the duffle bag

·      the blowtorch

·      Ray’s collection of bubble bath that she never uses

Select three symbols from this list (or come up with your own) and write an essay in which you discuss and analyze the use of these symbols (and their success and failure) in the film. ***********************************************************************************

PROMPT THREE: Complete this sentence by filling in the missing sections. Then use the sentence as the first sentence in your essay. You will then support this assertion specifically.

The film, Frozen River, is less about________________________________________________

and more about________________________________________________________________________.

Extra Credit: (optional)

1.     Troy Jr. is asked by one of the tribal policemen to apologize to a Mohawk woman. What is Troy apologizing for? (2points)

2.     Where does Ray work? (1 point)

3.     Troy Jr. tells his mom he just cannot have another dinner consisting of ______________________and ____________________. (fill in the blanks.) (2 points)