Write an evaluative essay comparing two media. You’ll use the short story “The bear came over the mountain” (Munro, 2013) and the film Away from Her (Egoyan et al., 2006). You will begin working on this assignment (reading, viewing, drafting) in Unit four, but submit the initial draft of the paper in Unit Five.
You will evaluate two main components:
Does the film accurately depict the short story? Do the film and the short story accurately portray Alzheimer’s? Provide evidence from both the film and the story. For this essay, the short story is the source material. You are going to evaluate how well the film stands up to the short , story. First, you must establish the criteria. What makes the short story successful? You want to think about this very , carefully as you read and make notes. Notice elements of plot, structure, character, and point of view. You’ll write about these in the first section of your paper.
