X-Men: A Social History: 2nd Short Writing

Our 2nd Short Writing assignment requires you to choose from one of the following prompts:

Option X. Use your assigned reading and discussion topic from Feb. 17th's group work and write a summary of your group discussion. State your own personal opinion(s) relative to that meeting. State your team members' opinions. Write about the group consensus. For example: if you were in the Logan movie group you would write your own paper, summarizing the group work, delivering it to the instructor; other group members would write their own paper.
Option Y. From the complete list of group prompts and our in-class group discussions, you may write about any discussion topic that you choose, even if it was not one you worked on in a group.
Option Z. Compare and contrast how one X-Men character has been depicted in:
1. one or more comic books, graphic novels;
2. and once you do that, you may also compare and contrast how they've been depicted in cartoons, anime, and/or movies.
3. select one hero from: Storm, Bishop, Kitty Pryde (Shadowcat), Dazzler (who was an X-Men and has fought with the X-Men and was originally based on legendary Jamaican-American model, singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress Grace Jones), or Phoenix Jean Grey or young Jean Grey, Dani Moonstar, or Magik. Colossus or Wolfsbane are also acceptable.
4. Focus on the artwork, and how the hero has been depicted, with comparison and contrast of aesthetics: line art, coloring, inking, stylization.

1-page minimum, 2-page maximum.

reflect on a comic book or graphic novel, issues relating to the stories and/or characters
analyze the social issues, relative to your chosen prompt, X or Y, or artwork in Z
teach the reader about the message and story; teach the reader about the art, and the styles or style, as you see it, working or not working
inform the reader about the comic book or graphic novel, and help them decide if it's a good choice to read it or not a good choice; if you agree or disagree
for Prompt X or Y, you must reference the assigned reading in your paper, to help position your ideas, using at least one direct quote
for Prompt Z, you must include at least one visual aid in your paper, used for your analysis; comic book page, movie scene or still scenes, artwork, etc.

Dropbox Paper is required for this submission
1-page minimum, 2-page maximum, approx. 350-800 words total
bibliography required for X, Y, Z
title/subject: Lastname, Firstname - X-Men Short Paper 02
submit before Feb. 26 for up to +5 added to this paper
when sharing via Dropbox Paper, share to the instructor's Winthrop.edu email
to ensure your Paper arrives without errors, only use your Winthrop.edu email when in Dropbox, and when sharing from Dropbox Paper

Worth 45 points:

15 points: craft of writing, spelling, grammar
20 points: addressing the required content, educating the reader about the issues (Option X or Y, social issues, social justices; Option Z, art, aesthetics, character design), communicating clearly and appropriately about the art and story, citing visual examples
5 points: appropriateness of content, how personal and thought provoking ideas get shared with readers
5 points: presentation, professionalism, following directions in Dropbox Paper