Assignment 4 is due by May 31. Do not send it in before the term starts; those early submissions will be deleted.
Remember that Assignment 4 is to be sent in after Assignments 1, 2, and 3 are sent in.
Send your homework to [email protected] using the following subject line: The Hobbit - Lesson 4 - your HOL name. For example, if I were to send in this assignment, the subject line would be, "The Hobbit - Lesson 4 - Prof. Tarma Amelia Black".
Do not send attachments; any email with attachments will be deleted.
Within the body of every assignment, at the top of the page, write your full HOL name and House.
Each lesson will have an assignment page where there will be a variety of opportunities for you to earn points. You may choose which you do; you can earn a maximum of 60 points per assignment.
Editor's note: Tarma stopped naming assignment options, so I took it upon myself to come up with suitable titles. I had some fun.
You say you want an evolution
10 points for at least 100 words
Of the species shown in the first two movies, some of which are mentioned in the lessons (hobbits, wargs, wizards, elves, goblins, dwarves, men, dragons), which of them are good, and which are bad? Choose four species and say whether they are good, bad, or a mix of good and bad. (You may also use other species that are in the movies, such as horses or rabbits, for this question.)
OR
Choose those same four species and explain why this is a question which is unanswerable in terms of good and bad. There are no wrong answers, just a matter of viewpoint.
Falling for Letters
15 points total: 10 points for solving it, 5 points for who said it
Solve this Fallen Letters puzzle.
Impressions
20 points for at least 300 words
Time for Desolation of Smaug impressions. (You can read my An Unexpected Journey impressions here, if you need a refresher.) Don't worry about sentence construction. Please do keep the swear words (if any) to HOL standards (you may fill in with @#@# or something if you need to).
- Have you seen the second movie? If so, write up your impressions as you watched it the first time or a subsequent rewatch. If you have read the book, please also include what differences, if any, you noticed as you watched between book and movie. If you have not read the book, write your impressions of the movie, and include what you think of the changes as you have learned of them in this lesson.
- If you have not seen the second movie but have read the book, please write your impressions of the movie based upon the synopsis given in the lesson.
- If you have neither read the book nor seen the movie, then write your impressions of both as based on the lesson. (I sort of doubt that this will have many takers!)
Tauriel
10 points for at least 100 words
Who is Tauriel? Tell me about her and whether or not she belongs in the story.
Thranduil
10 points for at least 100 words
In the movie Thranduil is shown quite differently from the book. Why do you think that Jackson reworked his character to be less compassionate and distinctly more cruel?
Extended Edition
10 points for at least 100 words
What do you want to say about the movie versus the book, or the movie alone, that hasn't been mentioned in either the lesson or the assignment? (There is so much to say, and I had to deliberately par the all the lessons down by more than half. (Editor's note: You could have gone further.) (Tarma's note in reply to the editor's note: You just wait until you see the homeworks if I show them to you, some people will have maybe 1,000 words for ONE answer.) (As-yet-unknown class member's response to Tarma's note in reply to the editor's note: Challenge accepted!)) This is your opportunity!