How Stranger Things follows Deism.

  Examine Stranger Things that expresses Deism, analyzing and evaluating the role the worldview plays in the piece. Must use at least three academic sources. Assessment: Assessed according to fulfillment of assignment description, cogency of analysis, use and quality of sources, and writing quality (grammar, syntax, clarity) as indicated in rubric on Canvas. Do the following: (A) Statement of thesis Tell me in the first few sentences what you intend to argue (no later than the end of the first paragraph). For example, "The Truman Show serves as an example of atheistic existentialism by creating a false world and having the main character make meaning for himself by choosing to leave that world." (B) Exposition of the chosen worldview After your thesis, you will need to give a brief exposition of the chosen worldview and its major tenets, using at least three sources (for suggestions see Mind Your Faith Appendix and the Worldview Bibliography posted on Canvas). These must be academic, peer-reviewed sources (not Wikipedia or other popular, non-academic websites). At least one of your sources must be sympathetic to the worldview (e.g., Sartre on Existentialism, Dawkins on Naturalism) or at least neutral (e.g. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)—not written from a specifically Christian perspective. No more than one peer reviewed online dictionary of philosophy (the Stanford Dictionary is the standard, but the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy is also peer reviewed). At least one printed book. Only one source may be used that was assigned for the class ("Mind Your Faith" by David Horner and "The Universe Next Door" by James W. Sire). (C) Short description of the chosen art and how it embodies the chosen worldview Tell me what art you have chosen and why you have chosen it. You will likely need to give a very brief explanation of the art in case readers are not familiar with it. (Keep this short; do not give me the entire plot of the film, for example.) Give only a brief summary of the work; do not fill the space of your paper telling what happened in the movie. If you use a song or poem, do not include the text in your paper. You must analyze the worldview’s role in the work. Then you will need to state clearly how this art embodies or illustrates the chosen worldview. Note: you will be graded on how well you connect the worldview and the art, not whether we agree or disagree with your claim. (This is the fun part of academic arguments; you can make a crazy argument, but if you do it well, it is still a good argument). Be sure to tie the art to your exposition of the worldview—that is, if you emphasized postmodernism as a kind of relativism in your exposition, it is best to emphasize how your art also emphasizes relativism. Questions to ask yourself to get ideas for how to do this assignment well: Is the fundamental worldview lying behind the “message” of the work? Are there characters in the story that have different worldviews, which are expressed in the characters’ lives and actions? Is there a conflict of worldviews? Does the art/film show the “consequences” of the worldview “ideas”? (D) Analysis and critique of the worldview as it is expressed in the art Finally, evaluate the worldview as it is expressed in the work. Do not write a movie or song “review” or merely give your own personal interpretation or impressions of it. Analyze it thoughtfully and carefully from a worldview perspective. Become a culture analyst. If you use sources to help you analyze the work (which is also encouraged), you must cite them appropriately. Ultimately, however, the analysis must be your ideas and insights in your own words. Be sure to include some biblical analysis of the worldview as it is expressed in the art. Not everything in your analysis must be explicitly tied to Scripture, but I need to see evidence that you are attempting to think biblically in this assignment. (For example, "The hopelessness expressed in this nihilistic film is nowhere to be found in biblical Christianity. Instead, the Christian knows that God has given us a hope from Jeremiah 29:11 and that hope is grounded in Jesus' work on the cross.") Note: (D) is the most important part of your paper and therefore should be your longest segment. It also holds the most weight in the rubric for content