Greetings.
I do hate to interrupt you as you work furiously on your marriage essay...:-)
but here are a few things you need to know for Monday.
First, remember to bring a blue or green book to class and please make an extra effort to be on time. Students will want to get started right away and it is often annoying to have students arrive late after everyone has begun.
As we briefly discussed after viewing the film, Arranged, it is a film that suggests many significant topics for discussion.
Home, of course, is just one of them.
Other main ideas/scenarios to consider in preparation for the in class writing:
1. After viewing the film, weigh some of the pros and cons of having a marriage arranged. Make an argument which supports or rejects this tradition as perhaps a possible solution to lowering America's divorce rate. Be specific.
2. Each of the main characters--Rochel and Nasira-- experience a rite of passage. In other words, both women appear to have gained a lot of insight and maturity by going through the arranged marriage "process." Select one of the women and discuss her rite of passage...who she was prior, during and after the "arranging" and what did she seem to gain as a result of her experience?
3. What do you think was the screenwriter's purpose for including the following characters in the film: the school principal and the young boy that Rochel tutors? Be specific. What do they contribute to the film and its many topics?
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