GENERAL OUTCOME 3 - Lord of the Rings: Return of the King

Reflection

In addition to meeting General Outcome 2, The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King Research Project also met the criteria for General Outcome 3. In the past I have struggled to gain enough information to write about in my critical responses. I have trouble developing my thoughts and I believe that it due to a limited amount of information to respond to. For my research essay, I tried to gain as much focused information on the purpose and presentation form (3.1.1) during the viewing of the special effects. I hoped it would allow me to identify the information needed (3.1.2) for me to successfully choose a theme to write about. After having a good idea and proof to write about my chosen theme of negativity that dwells from prolonged exposure to evil, I went through my notes and selected and organized (3.2.1) the information that was most relevant to the topic. To gain further knowledge about how effective director Peter Jackson was in portraying this theme, I used the Internet to find reliable sources to support my position. During this research, I had to evaluate sources and assess the information (3.2.2) given to make sure it was creditable as well as pertinent to the theme of rot and corruption. After collecting all of this information I attempted to generalize it (3.2.3) and present it in my essay in a way in which it was most effective at representing the theme that I found to be most important in the Trilogy. I found this essay much easier to write with a wide range of data to write from. Personally, it seemed as though it was more reliable than some of my essays in the past because I felt I had substantial information to back up my thoughts. I will use this in the future to assure that I always have a generous amount of information before I begin a response that I can access and hopefully improve my writing. Although I did not think I would like this project at all, it was not my least favorite of the year. I’m not sure if it was because I was writing about something I actually liked or found interesting, or if it was the concrete way of setting it up that made it easier to write, however I felt that I did a good job on this assignment and generally attained the outcomes that were expected of me.