Research Paper_Draft 1_Revised_Penny Lin

Research Paper_Draft 1_Revised

Research Paper_Draft1_Penny Lin

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Outline

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Literature Review

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Bibliography Part 2_Annotated Bibliography

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Bibliography Part 1

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Research Plan

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10 Synonyms for Search Terms

Disruption of loneliness/emptiness/depression/isolation

1.      cure loneliness

2.      cure of loneliness

3.      ease loneliness

4.      alleviate loneliness

5.      relieve loneliness

6.      release loneliness

7.      soothe loneliness

8.      curing loneliness

9.      relief of loneliness

10.  lighten loneliness

11.  films about loneliness

12.  feel lonely in different culture

13.  comfort loneliness

14.  allay loneliness

15.  loneliness among adults

16.  spiritual/ mental loneliness

17.  loneliness in films/ literature

Research Statement

Research Question:

The purpose of this literature analysis is to describe the accidental and purposeful disruption of loneliness displayed in the film Lost in Translation.

Central Question:

What does it mean of loneliness being disrupted accidentally and purposefully?

Sub Questions:

1.      What happen to Charlotte and Bob that make them feel lonely?

2.      How does the loneliness being disrupted purposefully and accidentally?

3.      What changes happen when loneliness is disrupted purposefully and accidentally?

4.      What are the meanings of the accidental and purposeful disruptions of loneliness?

Three moments in “Lost in Translation”

X="Lost in Translation"

Y=Moments when Charlotte feels lonely

1.      It is four o’clock in the morning, Charlotte sits on the windowsill and keeps awake while her husband John sleeps like a log. Then Charlotte lies beside John and whispers to John, asking whether he is awake. John embraces Charlotte but falls into sleep very quickly. For a short moment, Charlotte feels good but she still cannot fall asleep. Then Charlotte sits up in the bed and the night scene outside the window sets off Charlotte’s sleeplessness and loneliness.

2.      In order to fit in the unfamiliar country, Charlotte takes the subway to the shrine, hoping to find comfort there. In the shrine, some monks are chanting but Charlotte does not find anything that makes her comfortable. However, she feels even more upset. Coming back to the hotel, Charlotte calls her mother. She tells her mom that she goes to the shrine but she feels nothing, and she also tries ikebana but nothing makes her feel at home. Then she cries to say that she does not know who she married. The call is disrupt because Charlotte’s mom gets another call. When her mother comes back to talk, Charlotte does not want to talk and she says she will call later. After hanging up the phone, Charlotte sobs, curling up in the chair in front of the window.

3.      Charlotte and John walk in the hall and suddenly John meets a friend. She is a movie star and comes to Japan to promote for her action movie. The girl is very excited to meet John. When John and the girl are talking, Charlotte stands by John and looks up and down the active girl in front of her. The girl asks John and Charlotte to go out for a drink and call her alias—Evelyn Waugh. After the girl leaves, Charlotte smiles slightly and says that Evelyn Waugh is a man’s name. John seems to be unhappy to Charlotte and says that girl is nice because not everybody goes to Yale. Smile in Charlotte’s face freezes and she thinks John is defends the girl. Then both of them walk away unhappily. 

Short Analysis_Final Draft

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Research Topics from CFP

3 CFP:

1.      “Monsters of Film, Fiction, and Fable: the culture link between human and inhuman (Edited Collection)”

1)        The collection will examine the cultural connections of the monstrous, especially focusing on the monsters of modernism and postmodernism.

2)        Suggested monsters to be discussed:

- Ghosts
- Leviathons/ behemoths—anything from Mothra to Dragons
- Science Fiction related monsters such as artificial intelligence and cyborgs

2.      “Special Session: Temporality and Childhood”

1)        The panel explores the various temporalities at play within the binary realms of childhood and adulthood with the aim of rethinking its teleology of ‘growing up’ from temporal perspective.

2)        No suggested topics.

3.      “Homeliness, Domesticity and Security in American Culture (Conference)”

1)        The conference will focus on the construction and the place of “ordinary” viewed from the perspective of various “home”-inspired discourages, from housing to domestic policy, through family values, ethics of modesty, simplicity of living, unpretentiousness, individual and domestic security, American communities, localities and neighborhoods.

2)        Suggested topics:

-the homely and the natural

-at home and abroad

-hospitality: neighbors, visitors, and strangers

5 Texts & 3 Elements for each text:

1.      X: Harry Potter Series

Y: Dementor, Cerberus, Basilisko

2.      X: Monsters, Inc.

Y: Mike (Michael Wazowski), Sulley, why children like the monster

3.      X: Dragonslayer

Y: the meaning of the monster; why they kill the monster; what culture it reflect

4.      X: Wild

Y: shelter in nature, family, growth

5.      X: Boyhood

Y: childhood, adulthood, meaning of family

Short Analysis Paper_Draft 1

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Short Analysis of “Dearth”--Question 1 & 3

Element: Nasturtium

Four moments:

1. “Her mouth went dry, and she ignored them furiously for the rest of the day, jabbing the dirt with a spade as she bordered the house with nasturtium seeds.”

The woman got seven potatoes one day she wake up, but she did not like potatoes. She had tried several times to throw the potatoes, but the potatoes came back every time. This time, she baked the seven potatoes and placed them in the middle of the road. After the seven potatoes were ran over by cars,the woman slept very hard and woke up a few hours later than usual. While she was having a breakfast of milk and bread, she found the seven potatoes came back again.The woman was furious and did not want to see these potatoes, so she jabbed the dirt with a spade and bordered the house with nasturtium seeds. 

2. “The nasturtiums were watered.” 

When the summer went away, the woman was in her kitchen. Through the window, she saw her neighbor kissed with the latest suitor in the middle of the dirt road. There were many red roses brought by the neighbor’s suitor, but the woman in the kitchen did not like to see so many flowers when the sky was overcast. Her floor was very clean, and she mailed electricity bill and bought enough milk and butter, but her husband was not there. After a while, it began to rain and the nasturtium seeds were watered by the rain. 

3. “..., she buried them deep beneath the hibernating nasturtium seeds.” 

The woman ate one of the seven potatoes and then had a bad stomachache. She cried very hard when she realized she had ate the potato. Within a month, two other potatoes were expelled from the pot because there was not enough room for six potatoes in the pot. Then the woman buried the two potatoes beneath the hibernating nasturtium seeds because she did not want to put them in the cold outside. 

4. “Already, like clockwork, the very first buds of green were pushing up from the soil, a ring of nasturtium and dead potato babies to border her house.”

It was in March. The woman dug out the four potatoes which were buried by her a few days ago. The neighbor was nearby when the woman was digging. As four potatoes all came out, the neighbor told the woman that she thought the potatoes were ill and they need a doctor, but the woman did not think so. Instead, the woman smiled to her neighbor without any pity or envy for the first time in these years, and then she dressed her four potato children in clothing which she sewed by herself. When the woman looked at the potatoes walking out the door under the sun, she noticed the nasturtiums had the first green bud. 

Response to “The Forest”

This story happens between Krzysztof and Bianca. Krzysztof is an old famous scientist who come to attend a party where many famous people and scientists assembled. Bianca is a young girl who dropped out from graduate school, and she has an excellent sister Rose who has great self-approbation. The story talks about how Krzysztof and Bianca get to know each other and share their stories and inner thought, and finally they reaches a silent agreement on what they really want in their life. 

From the perspective of research, this fiction written by Barrett explores the relationship between external inference and inner desire. In other words, the research question Barrett asks is: should our inner desire be bound by external restriction? The data that Barrett collects are from personal experience and historical events. The way that she collect data are recalling memory and learning from the last generation. For instance, 

“The argument she and Rose had had, when they were working together on one of the papers that grew out of Rose’s thesis--how bitter had that been. At its root had been one small Kinetics experiment that Rose interpreted one way, she herself another.” 

Barrett interpreted it as 

“Everyone digging their own small corner of the field, so that in the end the field would flower--I didn’t know it got so vicious. So competitive.”

It means that everyone should follow their inner desire and do what they really want to do. But the reality is cruel that everyone are chasing after reputation, wealth and priority, and it makes some people doubt about their choice. 

In addition, there are many key terms which play important roles in this fiction, such as “bison”, “war”, “scientist” and “forest Bialowieza.” “Bison” symbolizes people’s inner desire. “War” represents external interference to people’s inner desire. “Scientists” represents people who chase after fame and wealth. Key term “forest Bialowieza” serves as a bridge which connects Krzysztof and Bianca, and it also represents a place where people release their inner desire. There are so many things in real life bound people's desire. For Krzysztof, the restriction is his age. Because of his old age, peopledo not want to talk with him even though he is a great scientist. Also, Krzysztof has mentioned more than once about “the excitement of youth” in the fiction. For Bianca, the restriction is her sister Rose who gives much pressure to her because of her self-approbation. However, after all, the biggest restriction is the competitive society--people’s chasing for reputation, wealth and priority. 

Citation

Barrett, Andrea. The Forest. N.p.: W. W. Norton, 2003.Kean Library Online. Web. 19 Mar. 2015.

Response to “Designing Gamification in the Right Way”

This paper is about how to design gamification in the right way. The author Kim discusses the question from four different aspects: a clear goal, target group and user types, other variables, and learning content. Finally, Kim raises up a question about the harmfulness of gamification on the aspects of tangible rewards and intrinsic motivation. 

By reading this paper, I have got a general idea that gamification is using game in non-gaming context to help people learning knowledge as well as solving problems. The process of designing a good gamification is much more complex and difficult than I have imagined. Besides the four aspects Kim explains in the paper, there are more details need to be considered carefully in designing the gamification like personal preference and cultural differences. 

As a research paper, this paper involves many terminology which is hard to understand. It is good for the author to use specific examples to help readers tounderstand these terminology. However, there are still some terms I find difficult to understand, such as “engagement-contingent,” “completion-contingent” and “performance-contingent.” It reminds me to be careful to use complex terms in my paper. Nonetheless, the structure of the paper is very clear.The use of subtitles helps readers to figure out the main idea easily. 

As for the content, what I find most interesting is the question that Kim raises up in the last part of the paper: “Can gamification be harmful?” For example, one of the most popular critiques about gamification is that eternal rewards undermine intrinsic motivation. I agree that we need to consider about the negative effects of gamification, but despite all these factors, the most important thing is that gamification itself need to be fun enough to attract users, because the number of users is the most important standard to evaluate the success of the gamification. And of course, users don’t care about the intention of the gamification. The only thing they care about is whether the gamification is fun.  

Marge: An Unrealistic TV Housewife

The article written by Jessamyn Neuhaus discusses that Marge Simpson’s character reveals the unreality of the TV housewife. Marge’s character mildly critiques the role of the traditional domestic housewife, but ultimately, this character is affirmed to play an indispensable role in the Simpson family. 

At the beginning, Neuhaus discusses the Simpson family as the opposite to a well-ordered family. Traditionally, father represents powerful and knowledgeable and is the center of the family. Meanwhile, mother is gentle and beautiful and takes the responsibilities of taking care of the family. However, in the Simpson family, the role of father and mother is opposite. Father Homer is boorish, greedy, lazy and clumsy, while mother Marge is brave and more intelligent than Homer. In addition, the Simpson family is filled with arguments, conflicts, and even physical violence. Under this circumstances, Marge Simpson appears as a roleto hold the Simpson family together. 

When it comes to Marge, Neuhaus discusses Marge’s role as a housewife satirizes the traditional domestic housewife. Marge’s huge blue beehive hair reminds us the fact that Marge is just a cartoon character. Her inhuman hair can hide family’s Christmas savings, the cat, and Maggie’s pacifier; her hair is even hacked off by the blade of helicopter and grows back by the beginning of thenext scene. Second, Marge’s gravelly voice is far away from an ideal domestic housewife. Her voice is not like the musical tones of Harriet Nelson, a typical good wife. Her voice indicates that she is the person who is always in defense ofher family and the whole society. For instance, Marge begins an effective campaign against cartoon violence; she fights for the health of the whole town; she also frees the brainwashed townspeople. Third, Marge is easily get frustrated,angry or exhausted, which frequently challenges the image of a typicaldomestic housewife. But after all, Marge’s outlandish blue hair, her gravelly voice and her unstable emotion always remind us that this character does not really exit and her body is just the satire. 

However, Marge’s character is more than a satire. She also plays the role as a core person who holds the family together. Although Marge is easy to become frustrated, angry or exhausted, her satisfaction with her marriage is always restored. For example, whenever Marge has an argument with Homer, it always ends:Homer expresses his love and devotion, and Marge rushes into his arm with a loving look. To some extent, Marge’ s love and care to the family largely weightout the satire. For example, when Marge argues with her daughter Lisa that Homer is an ideal man. Lisa does not believe Marge, but Marge insists that she changes Homer into a new person. The satire, women must fool themselves into feeling fortune in their mates, fails when Marge insists. In short, without Marge, there is no Simpson family. 

To sum up, Marge’s character is not only the satire of the traditional domestic housewife, but also the center of the Simpson family. Marge’s huge bluebeehive and her gravelly voice indicates this character does not really exist in our physical life. Meanwhile, Marge’s character as the core of a family does notexist, either. Despite this, Marge’s character as an unconventional housewife brings people lots of fun, and this character demonstrates a woman’s place in the home. 

Response to The Simpsons “She Used to be My Girl”

Summary： In Springfield, many journalists assembled to report Mayor Quimby’s sex scandal.A successful journalist Chloe Talbot was recognized by Marge as her high school friend. Later, Marge happened to meet Chloe in the street and she invited Chloe to her house for dinner. Marge’s daughter, Lisa, admired Chloe’s successful life, while Marge felt jealous and upset. Because when they were in high school, they both had the opportunity to get further study on journalism, but Marge choseto stay with her lover at last. Came back to real life, Lisa was invited to U.N. Women's Conference by Chloe, but Marge did not agree. In order to attend the conference with Chloe, Lisa sneaked out her room at night and hid in Chloe's trunk. The next morning, Marge found Lisa was lost and she immediately set out tofind her. On halfway, however, Chloe was asked to report an erupting volcano. When Marge found Lisa, Lisa was trapped by lava with Chloe. At the last moment, Marge saved Lisa, and Chloe was also saved by her ex-boyfriend,Barney. Finally, Marge realized her present life was the life she truly wanted. 

Symbols:

1. Captain Crunch: A small secret between mother and daughter which maintains the intimate relationship between them.

2. Pity sex: a kind of disrespect to the one they have sex with

3. Media Circus: The scale of the media is much larger than the event itself, which means that people pay too much attention to the thing that is not important while they ignore the real important thing. 

4. Marge: People who pay much attention to their family. They may not be very successful but they have a happy and stable family.

5. Chloe: People who have great ambition on career and they are successful. They desire to be loved but their career draw them back every time. 

6. Springfield: Springfield is a place where average people live because successful people go out to fight for their career, so it represents unsuccessful.  

            

Interpretation:

The symbols suggest the meaning of the episode as a whole that average people have their own value the same as successful people. On the one hand, there are many people like Marge who live a common life. They are playing an important roleas holding a family together, but sometimes they doubt about their own value. On the other hand, there are also some people like Chloe who are very successful butwithout a stable family or something else. Their life may be regarded as incomplete, but they know what their value is. Average people have their own value the same as successful people, and what is important is to envisage their own value.