Essay: Two films in this course depict the literal or symbolic breakdown of a world

Essay:
Two films in this course depict the literal or symbolic breakdown of a world in
two different ways. Compare Jordan Peele’s Us and Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite in
terms of how film depicts the ending of worlds. Why do these two worlds end and
how do they end?

This essay is a comparative one, meaning that you are working to show how we learn something through the process of aligning two works. It is also a research essay, meaning you need to find two peer-reviewed scholarly articles. These critical studies are the ones you will already have summarized and cited for your annotated bibliography assignment. When you read and engage with scholarly sources for your essay, you are entering into a discussion about a particular work or topic. Use the articles as well as the primary texts as evidence to support and strengthen your own argument for this paper. Choose one of the following essay topics.