“You have to understand, most of these people are not ready to be unplugged.

And many of them are so inured, so hopelessly dependent on

the system, that they will fight to protect it.”

Paper 2: Cultural Analysis and Science Fiction or Your Novel

Length

Minimum: 4 full
pages (not including
a works cited page, if
necessary)   
 
Format

12 pt. Times New

Roman font, double-
spaced with one-inch
margins 

Assignment Possibilities
Directions: Choose one of the following:

A. How are two or more the unit’s readings contributing (through resistance or agreement
or something else entirely) to existing cultural formations and practices?

A1. How is one or more the unit’s readings along with at least two other science
fiction texts (novels, films, tv shows, video games, etc.) contributing (through
resistance or agreement or something else entirely) to existing cultural
formations and practices?
B. How are two or more the unit’s readings contributing (through resistance or agreement
or something else entirely) to an existing cultural fear of the future (plague, robot
uprising, environmental collapse, etc.)?
B1. How is one or more the unit’s readings along with at least two other science
fiction texts (novels, films, tv shows, video games, etc.) contributing (through
resistance or agreement or something else entirely) to an existing cultural fear of
the future?
C. Choose a specific theme from the novel that you read and analyze it, focusing on how
that theme is represented.

D. Find an outside document related to your novel. Use this document to elucidate some
element/aspect of the novel.
 “You have to understand, most of these people are not ready to be unplugged. And many of them are so inured, so hopelessly dependent on
the system, that they will fight to protect it.”

E. Find a critical review of the novel that you read. Explain if you agree or disagree with the
review and why.

Evidence and Research

For this assignment, you may need to support your argument and analysis with evidence
from outside sources. If you are gathering outside research for this paper, be sure that it
comes from credible sources. If you have any questions about the appropriateness of
your research, please ask me.

A Successful Paper Will

 Embracing the
complexities of the
texts, make a
clear, yet
sophisticated,
argument
emerging from
detailed textual
and cultural
analysis

 Provide sufficient,
effective, and developed textual support to support the analysis

 Recognizing the complexity of the representation of the thematic concern, properly

qualify and effectively contextualize the argumentative claims, analysis, and
conclusions

 Organize and build the argument in a clear and effective way to guide the reader
through the argument