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Step Four. Host a soiree to watch and discuss the film. And discuss the following questions afterward:
1. Did you like the film? Why or why not?
2. “Fairness” is a noun describing the quality of making judgments that are free from bias or discrimination. We expect that judges, umpires and referees, and teachers should all strive to practice fairness. While watching the film, when did you think that Jess and Jules were being treated with fairness and when were they subjects of unfairness?
3. The writer and director of the film, Gurinder Chadha related the idea of “bending” a ball to the way women strive to achieve their goals in male-dominated professions. “We can see the goal, but we too, like David Beckham, need to approach it in such a way where
we twist and turn and bend our way into it. My film is about bending the rules to get what you want instead of breaking the rules.” How do Jess and Jules bend the rules?
(http://mentalfloss.com/article/76972/18-winning-facts-about- bend-it-beckham)
4. What characters change during the film?
5. Twenty years from now, what do you think Jess and Jules will be doing?
6. What do you think you will be doing twenty years from now?
Soiree: Frankenstein
Just over 200 years ago Mary
Shelley wrote the novel
Frankenstein. Since then, the book
has never been out of print and
many films and books have been
made about Dr. Frankenstein and
his monster. You have access to a
modern movie of Frankenstein, the
original novel, easier versions of
the novel, and a graphic novel. The graphic novel is on the Bending Bamboo website and the books and film can be found in the Bending Bamboo library.
The story is one of the first examples of science fiction. It is a Gothic novel but is about a topic that is alive today: artificial intelligence. The story exams issues of ethics, beauty and relationships.
After you have read one of the books or watched the film, discuss or write about some or all of these questions:
1. As you read the novel or watched the film, did you have sympathy for the monster?
2. Did you have sympathy for Dr. Frankenstein?
3. What did the monster look like? What did Dr.
Frankenstein look like? Is appearance of the characters important? Does Beauty and Hideousness play a role in the story? What does appearance have to do with identity?
4. Do you think that Dr. Frankenstein was a good scientist? Why or why not?
5. Do you think Dr. Frankenstein was a responsible scientist? Why or why not?
6. Who is responsible for the monster’s murders, Dr. Frankenstein or the monster? What are the consequences?
7. Do you think Dr. Frankenstein is like a parent to the monster? Do you think that parents are responsible for their children’s actions?
8. Could Dr. Frankenstein have helped his monster be accepted by other people? Why or why not?
9. Does it surprise you that a woman wrote this story? Why or why not?
10. Why is this assignment in a chapter about identity?
Resources to find out more:
https://ed.ted.com/lessons/everything-you-need-to-know-to- read-mary-shelley-s-frankenstein-iseult-gillespie also on youtube: https://youtu.be/PDgu25Dsv34
The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/15/learning/lesson-plans/ teaching-frankenstein-with-the-new-york-times.html
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