The 'writer's choice' award goes to my timed essay, which was done during the intermission unit of our course. For this assignment we were given 1 hour to respond to a prompt that asked us to analyize the struggle of our progtagonist in the movie we selected. We were specifically dealing with the issues of 'who am I?' and 'where do I belong?', which was a continued theme from our unit on identity. I partly chose this piece because I really enjoyed writing an essay in a timed setting. I felt more freedom in writing a shorter piece and I received a better grade on it than on any of my three main essays. I also felt more prepared to write this piece than the others, as I had been able to view the movie several times and explore it analytically with classmates before approaching the writing. This essay was made meaningful to me because I had strong thoughts and feelings about the topic. As a mother, it was easy to sympathize with the pain and struggles of the families involved in the movie, which made analyzing the topic much more natural, which is evidenced in my writing as seen in the following excerpt, “The lack of dignity and control of their persons shown toward the children who had been torn from their homes and families was evident throughout the film.” I hope you feel a small bit of the plight of the aborigine half-castes when reading it.
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