Welcome to my research project page! This page will reflect my research project. It's my pleasure to be a part of a unique ENG100 class with a great professor and classmates. Coming to this class, my writing was not as clear as what it is now. I did not know the techniques associated with writing clean Research Project, Narrative project, to mention but few. This class has broaden my knowledge of writing process, and with that, I can now write to make meaning.
We (Zahedu Islam, Francis Bracewell and Florence Ebun Jossy) watched two documentaries "Miss Representation" by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, Kimberlee Acquaro, on how women have been represented by the mwdia and "The Mask You Live In" by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, a documentary on issues boys face as a result of their masculinity. Our research project is focused mainly on "The Mask You Live In." The film surveyed wide array of the troubles faced by boys and men as they try to navigate the realm of masculinity. A common theme was the command “be a man” and the cultural baggage that comes with living up to that idea. For research project we were given some questions based on the film to select one from and to answer. We were also given the opportunity to collaborate with group or do an individual research work. Zahedul Islam And Francis Bracewell agreed to collaborate with me in my research project on the topic: Masculinity Impact on American Boys for a Positive Society, and the questions we as a group chose is, "how can American parents redefine masculinity for their sons?" We selected MLA Style to do our project. In writing my paper, references were made to some of my past posts such as Who Am I: Media Perspective, Miss representation of Women (#10 & #11), a write up on Miss Representation and The Mask You Live In. Another post that assisted in my writing is titled: Running From My Shadow, a paper on The Mask You Live In. Lastly, a paper on my personal experience in Composition class 100 My Discourse Community. It was such an extraordinary experience working as co-authors.
Ranging from the fact that we all came from different parts of the world and have cultural differences, we combined our ideas, respected each other's views and found a common ground on points that we disagreed on and it work perfectly for us. Thanking our professor who was always available to assist and redirect us and to our fellow classmates, we appreciate you for the support you all gave us. We enjoyed the unity of our class; hope we stay connected as we leave this class as we should not forget to keep making meaning as writers from the ENG100 discourse community.