These guides are meant to help you stay focused on whatever you are reading / listening / watching. They can also help guide you to think more deeply about the text you are immersed in. Remember that active reading document you should have read during week 2? This can help you with that process; in fact, I might specifically mention a stage in that process throughout a guide. You should do this as you listen, not afterward. So, yes, that means it will take you longer to do it -- remember the first rule of close reading and analysis: slow down!

When you are finished with this, you need to submit it in BBL for a daily grade-- it will count as your quiz for this text. You can either download this document and type in your answers OR print it out and write on it as much as you want. Then, using the free adobe scan app you can take pictures of your finished work-- this will turn it into a PDF that you can submit to BBL. If you need help with this, just let me know.

Happy writing!

--ab

1. Does the movie run chronologically or in a different way? Why do you think it does this?

2. What do you think of the fact that a movie about a heroine begins with the first line of, “I used to want to save the world.”

3. What does Diana receive and study in the beginning while sitting at her desk? What do you notice about it? (Study it a bit with her. Give me some details.)

4. Why do you think Hippolyta doesn’t want Diana to train and become a warrior like the other women on Themyscira?

5. How and why was Diana born? Does this differ from traditional Greek mythology? What is Ares’ role in all this? How does this compare to other religions, if at all?

6. Talk me through your thoughts on the fight scene on the beach with the men (DETAILS HERE, GUYS.)

7. Who’s this Steve Trevor guy? Why is he important? Why do you think someone as cool and independent as Diana is drawn to him? (FYI, this is as much as we will talk about their relationship, so get it all out right here.)

8. Okay, now not only are we dealing with mythology, but we are also dealing with actual historical events: how does WWI tie into this story?? What do you know about WWI? If you don’t know anything, do some quick searching so you’re not clueless at least.

9. Is Dr. Poison real? (Obvi, you will need to do some searching here. Tell me what you learn.)

10. Steve takes Diana to a war meeting -- does this meeting teach us anything?? about gender?? Explain in detail.

11. What do you think about the team that eventually comes together around Diana? What are they like, and how do they balance each other out? Do you have a favorite? Who do you think MY favorite is?? (You might have to come back to this later and add to it.)

12. Do you think that Diana and Wonder Woman are two different characters? Explain in as much detail as you can.

13. Do you think that the WW outfit was oversexualized? Explain in detail.

14. Is Ares who you thought it would be? Why do you think it was this guy? Explain in detail.

15. Was there a different way it could have ended, logically (not emotionally)?

16. So, now what is the significance of this photograph?

17. What was your favorite scene or part of the film and why?

18. Clearly, Diana/WW can teach us about female independence and strength. I will NEVER deny that. However, I don’t think a gender argument is the only thing we can take from this film or these characters. So, tell me an original argument that you feel this film reveals that doesn’t involve cheesy/cliche lines we have all heard before.

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