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Coming into this border crossing activity, I was really excited to meet new people, and was expecting to be really impressed by the essays of my chinese classmates. To be so advanced in a language that one could write a detailed essay is incredibly impressive. Once I was able to connect with the stu...

Here is my revised essay! I attempted to include more contextual detail as well as add some commentary of cinematic techniques. Gu Changwei’s And The Spring Comes and Mike Newell’s Mona Lisa Smile are set in dramatically different times and settings, yet both films connect to the universal human con...

Sven Xue, The changes you made with your new revised essay are apparent and make your meaning much more clear! One thing I really admire in your writing is the way you sum up the main idea of your essay, and connect it to broader life ideas. An example: "Although we couldn’t change the world, w...

Hi Xue Siwen! Thank you for your response on my post. I am really looking forward to seeing how you polish your essay. I think it is fantastic to begin with! If you are interested in reviewing the draft together further feel free to send it to my email at nus241@psu.edu. Looking forward to talking w...

Hello He Weiqi! Thank you for your response on my post, I enjoyed hearing your reasoning about your statements and hearing your meaning of "a storyline that shocks the heart of the bumpy life" makes the meaning a lot clearer. I am really interested in seeing how you combine and compare the...

Dear Sven Xue, I really appreciated your analysis on the characters of Wang Cailing and Katherine Watson. It definitely gives me something new to think about when viewing the nuance of their characters. For my next draft I plan on incorporating more elements of the film's formal techniques such as c...

Hello He Weiqi&Song Xinran! Thank you so much for your review of my essay. I really appreciated your suggestion to incorporate more background and historical context from the two films. I believe making this change will help build understanding of the differences between the two films, so that t...

Hello Xue Siwen! This was a very well organized essay that made some important comparisons. You described the two films, and then explored details of the film such as lighting, color and the meaning of the titles. You cited specific examples to support your statements, which made for a very strong p...

Hello He Weiqi! The descriptive language you used in your essay portrayed a clear understanding of the themes of each of the movies. Your ending thesis; "In the society, inequality exists inevitably. If we don’t love ourselves, then who will love us? We are all products of ourselves, not the pr...

Natalie Shoch It is amazing the similarities that are possible between two stories that at first appear astronomically different. Gu Changwei’s And The Spring Comes and Mike Newell’s Mona Lisa Smile are set in dramatically different times and settings, yet both films connect to the universal human c...