"Eye of the Beholder" Critical Response (DUE Sun 8/30 @ 11:59PM)
Please write a 300-word critical response to the Twilight Zone episode "Eye of the Beholder." Your response should follow the 5 main points of critical reading/responding/discussion that we discussed on W 8/26. As a refresher, those 5 main points are:
OBSERVATION(S): Describe 2-3 details/themes from the text that really stand out to you. What here really strikes you as strange, fascinating, upsetting, interesting, etc, and why?
ASSOCIATION(S): Describe any associations that the text brings up for you. Do the details/themes you observed remind you of other texts or conversations that you've encountered, and Why?
QUESTION(S): Describe 2-3 questions that the text brings up for you. Again, these can be narrative questions (ex: in "Monsters are Due.." why does only one person go for help?) or questions about larger themes in the text (ex: in "Monsters are Due.." why are the neighbors so quick accuse one another and then believe each new accusation?). Pro-Tip: if you do not have any questions about the text, look even closer-- is everything as it seems? Or perhaps, is it a red flag that the text is not making you ask questions?
ANSWER(S): Describe answers for the critical questions that you've pitched. Answer your own inquiry. This is hypothesis-- you're pitching a possible resolution to a complication that you've noticed.
EVIDENCE(S): When answering your own critical questions, ground your answers in details from the text-- the more specific, the better. Be precise with direct quotes or wording, with specific imagery or lighting. Draw this evidence together to back up why you think what you think.
-Again, there are no "wrong" answers here, so long as you're backing up your points with evidence.
-Your response is welcome to go over 300 words-- as in, go for it. Write about as many of the thoughts that occur to you as you can. Follow your ideas all the way through.
-Reminder: this 5-point critical reading/response/discussion strategy is a core structure for our class this semester, but! I encourage you to take this critical strategy over to your coursework in your other classes. Let it serve as a guiding outline to help you really dig into those critical readings, writings, and discussions.
-This homework is worth up to 10 points of quantitative credit.