Reactionary vs Progressive

This post is for FRESHMEN only.

As we discussed in class, texts come in two varieties. Well, maybe three. One kind is REACTIONARY. These texts want things to stay as they are, to maintain the 'status quo'. If a country is in war, a reactionary text wants everyone to pitch in...

...even women. (Who pretty much belong in the kitchen making food while the boys go out to fight.)

Reactionary texts are all about tradition...

PROGRESSIVE texts, on the other hand, want things to change. If there's a government policy, a progressive text would try to get it repealed...

...and to make tomorrow different from today...

Progressive texts want change...

The third type of text, I suppose, are the ones that pretend to be one but are really the other. Look at this ad for Apple. Get it? It wants you to BE DIFFERENT! To BE AN INDIVIDUAL! Pretty progressive, right? (Except that it wants to to buy more stuff and spend more money just like everyone else.)

Be radical! Be outrageous! Be an individual! (How? It's easy...Obey!)

Your task: In a thoughtful, thorough paragraph, respond to the following prompt...

Identify a book or film you have recently read or viewed,

and explain, in detail, why it is either reactionary or progressive. 

Remember, your instructor likely will not have read/seen your book/film, so be sure to summarize adequately and supply plenty of details.

Your editing conventions of the week: 

• No 1st or 2nd person. (1st: I, me, we, us, our, ours, my, mine, etc.; 2nd: you, your, yours, yourself) Write in third person only. (3rd: he, she, him, her, it. its, they, them, themselves, one, etc.)
• No contractions. ("It is" instead of "it's." "Cannot" instead of "can't." "Is not" instead of "isn't." Etc.)