Project 2- Perspective
"A particular perspective is a particular way of thinking about something, especially one that is influenced by your beliefs or experiences."
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/perspective
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/perspective
For my second project this year, I actually didn't know what to do. I didn't really have anything that interested me at that time, and because I am in Global Studies I knew that I had to pick something to learn about that is abroad, but I just didn't know what to do. It wasn't until Mrs.Goodrich started to bring in books for us to look at for this project that I got the idea to do a project on the book Crazy Rich Asians.
English and Social Studies
I again choose to combine two of my subjects for this project. I have found that combining two subjects together is a great way for me to do my projects. For English, I read and annotated the book Crazy Rich Asians, and for English and Social Studies I wrote a story that had both subject elements in it. Because this project cycle focuses on perspective I wanted to really look what it is like to live such a lavish and excessive lifestyle. For English specifically, I wanted to to a product that would show some of the struggles and down-falls of being in that environment from the perspective of a family/group of people that I created for my story. For Social Studies I took the same characters that I created and had them show their perspective on some of the social, political, and economic realities that people who are crazy rich life with.
Choosing the book Crazy Rich Asians was perfect for this project because not only is it an interesting topic, but the book itself focuses on perspective. Each chapter in the book is written from a different character's perspective, and even the footnotes in the book were from the author's perspective. I really loved the way that the book was written, and it inspired me in choosing how I was going to write my story. Additionally, the book gave me a lot of insight into the lives of the super rich in Asia. One of the main characters in the book, Rachel, was actually born in China but came to America when she was young. When she went home to visit her boyfriend Nick (he and his entire family are one of the "Crazy Rich Asians"), she was meet with a lot of hate and racism towards her. She went through a lot of challenges because of double standards, income discrimination, overall lies that were being told, and because she didn't know how to navigate the new space that she was in. The author did a wonderful job showing all these aspects form her point of view. The reader really got to understand what it was like to be in her shoes, and we got to see just how she handled the problems that she was faced with. And this was just one of the perspectives that was shown in the book.
Overall, the book really helped me to write my own story. I had a very similar layout with my story where the story would break and the point of view would switch between 3 different characters, the mother, the father, and the daughter. I also made footnotes about some Social Studies topics that I researched like how the rich control/work with the government. I also discussed other topics like racism within the Asian community, cultural assimilation, "old money vs. new money", the class structure in Singapore, why people want to become rich, and more. I discussed all of these topics however, through the perspective of a different character. Instead of traditional footnotes, I wrote the footnotes to be like one of the characters was breaking the fourth-wall and speaking directly to the reader. I didn't however fully introduce the character, so who the person is, is up to the reader but I did put some context clues into the story about who the character could be! I did try to emphasize each characters different personalities. In doing that, it made it easier to tell the story form one point of view, but then in the next section a different character can have another point of view. I found that writing it that way allowed me to get the research and information across so that the reader can get the full picture but still making sure that I used the thinking skill perspective.
To conclude, I really did enjoy this project. Writing my own story was one of my favorite parts of this project. Being able to develop some unique perspectives and writing a story where the reader can see the different perspectives, points of view, and personalities was a new experience but I really enjoyed doing it!
Choosing the book Crazy Rich Asians was perfect for this project because not only is it an interesting topic, but the book itself focuses on perspective. Each chapter in the book is written from a different character's perspective, and even the footnotes in the book were from the author's perspective. I really loved the way that the book was written, and it inspired me in choosing how I was going to write my story. Additionally, the book gave me a lot of insight into the lives of the super rich in Asia. One of the main characters in the book, Rachel, was actually born in China but came to America when she was young. When she went home to visit her boyfriend Nick (he and his entire family are one of the "Crazy Rich Asians"), she was meet with a lot of hate and racism towards her. She went through a lot of challenges because of double standards, income discrimination, overall lies that were being told, and because she didn't know how to navigate the new space that she was in. The author did a wonderful job showing all these aspects form her point of view. The reader really got to understand what it was like to be in her shoes, and we got to see just how she handled the problems that she was faced with. And this was just one of the perspectives that was shown in the book.
Overall, the book really helped me to write my own story. I had a very similar layout with my story where the story would break and the point of view would switch between 3 different characters, the mother, the father, and the daughter. I also made footnotes about some Social Studies topics that I researched like how the rich control/work with the government. I also discussed other topics like racism within the Asian community, cultural assimilation, "old money vs. new money", the class structure in Singapore, why people want to become rich, and more. I discussed all of these topics however, through the perspective of a different character. Instead of traditional footnotes, I wrote the footnotes to be like one of the characters was breaking the fourth-wall and speaking directly to the reader. I didn't however fully introduce the character, so who the person is, is up to the reader but I did put some context clues into the story about who the character could be! I did try to emphasize each characters different personalities. In doing that, it made it easier to tell the story form one point of view, but then in the next section a different character can have another point of view. I found that writing it that way allowed me to get the research and information across so that the reader can get the full picture but still making sure that I used the thinking skill perspective.
To conclude, I really did enjoy this project. Writing my own story was one of my favorite parts of this project. Being able to develop some unique perspectives and writing a story where the reader can see the different perspectives, points of view, and personalities was a new experience but I really enjoyed doing it!
Art
The art portion of my product was actually the hardest for me! I am an art student so a lot of the times my projects are actually based around art. Usually art is the first thing that I create and it is usually the first subject that I have a fully comprehensive plan for, but this time is was different. When planning out this project I originally wanted to create a painting of who I thought was the main character at that time. However, as I started to do research and as I started writing I realized that my idea needed to change. Instead I decided that I wanted to create a piece form the perspective of "money doesn't buy happiness". The painting that I ended up creating doesn't show a specific person but instead it is a painting of a person in the middle choosing between two different images. She is actually smiling and looking towards the happy and calm image. The image that the woman choose shows the perspective of how happiness comes form within. Not everybody believes that money doesn't buy happiness even though it is a very common saying. The woman that I painted choose the happier person over the person who seemed to have more. This ties into the overall theme of my story and it ties into the perspective of my character Jaycendiana. J.C doesn't like how excessive her family is because in her perspective, she sees how bitter and angry they are. She sees how they are willing to do anything to make more money. J.C would rather be happy with less, than angry and bitter with more just like the character that is in my painting.