Objective: Offer an interpretation of a contemporary film, focusing on how certain elements such as plot, character, and dialogue create meaning.

Essay Length Requirement: 3.5 to 4 pages (double-spaced), followed by a Works Cited page.

Sources: Lees film; ‘Do the Right Thing’, is your primary source and should be acknowledged on the Works Cited page. Secondary sources are required, must substantiate the papers content and be academically credible. Sources must include electronic library holdings and/or articles from peer-reviewed, scholarly publications accessible via library databases. To be clear, including these kinds of sources is a course requirement.

Format: MLA

How Evaluated: See Essay Grading Rubric

Essay Prompt: Discuss how socioeconomic factors contribute to the tension and anger among the characters in Lees film.

*Whatever you choose to write about dont insult your reader by writing obvious statements like racial tensions are still a problem in todays world or the film accurately portrays society in America today anywhere in this paper.