Group Proposal

GROUP MEMBERS: Sandra, Rachel, and Jacky

For our proposal we wanted to go with what seemed most popular in all the individual proposals, because we felt that what mattered was that everyone would enjoy at least some books and or movies on the list.

Below is our proposal:

Most Popular

                                   Slavery/Racism                                                                   Mixed Themes    

                       Out of Africa (the Movie)                                                             In Cold Blood

                       The Autobiography of Malcolm X                                                 A Million Little Pieces

                       Up From Slavery                                                                          My Year Lost and found in the Loony Bin

I think that not only are these great picks but but they are a mixture of genres and not all are books. This would make it easier on the class 1) because it would be cheaper 2) we can focus on every one with more or less the same attention.

However, for me, there is one thing that detracts me from this proposal, and that is, that they don't seem to connect too well with one another (with the exception of the slavery, racism theme). Personally I feel that one overarching theme would work best if we have different mediums, and if we create a kind of debate with the texts. For instance, in my research, I found that there was a big book entitled Not Out of Africa, which I thought would go well with the movie mentioned above.