Planet of the Apes
Overall, working with my group was an experience that helped me understand both the book and original film in its full contexts. How I contributed? In the beginning- I shared my thoughts on how to approach the activity and was always one of the first group members who responded to the email conversations. As the conversations grew, I contributed in the discussions during meetings- on what film clips should be shown and what passages from the book should be used. I also helped construct the PowerPoint that will be shown in class- from the order of the slides to the overall presentation, main body and final last impressions that needed to be included. This was certainly a group effort and everyone played a part. Why? I personally did what needed to be done to facilitate the best communication with everyone in the group and to develop a better understanding of the book and film with my peers. Another reason is so that the class would have an enjoyable time during our presentation and also learn from what we present.
The experience as mentioned before was a good experience, even though, there were times when it was hard to get everyone together. The positive was that a few group members took the lead and made everything possible. It was a learning experience and an enjoyable one when everything came together at the end. Planet of the Apes is such an astonishing book from the topics that includes: Social Behavior to Self Identity, Racism to Sexism, Book versus Film, Science to Experimentation, and Power to Authority. All these topics are important to our own society and I think is the main reason why most readers are able to relate to the Boulle’s- Planet of the Apes.
