Progress Notes

I have begun to gather resources from the library, and a couple from the Academic Search Complete database. Speaking of the database, it's definitely something with which I have a love-hate relationship; I love having so much information at my fingertips, but the damn site is the most non-user-friendly thing I've had to deal with in a while.

I've gotten two physical books from the library. One is titled "Disability in Film and Literature" by Nicole Markotic, and the other is a psychology book titled "Physical Disability and Human Behavior" by James W. McDaniel. I'm unsure if the latter will be too technical, but we will see! I've already bookmarked a couple of sections.

Besides that, I watched the first Iron Man movie the other day to get a little background on the characters. If I have the time (which I never do,) I might watch the third movie as well, but I hear it's not as good as the others.


That's all for now, since I have to get back to reading a chapter for organic chemistry.

My critical model

I am feeling like I have a better hold on what my critical model is. I had to read over the packet a couple times, but I finally got it after discussing it with my mom and reading it out loud. I usually learn best from discussion, so I'm glad to have people to listen.

I think what I was getting caught up in before was getting the medical and social model confused. Once I learned the social model was less about the actual disability itself and more about how people react to one, I started making progress.

I'm also thinking that I will have to research more on shame theory, since it is intertwined in the scenes I will be choosing from Iron Man 2. Specifically with Tony Stark, either shame/withdraw, or shame/avoidance.

Iron Man 2

I've decided to choose Iron Man 2 for my movie, and I will use a disabilities study approach. I decided a few days ago, and I think my main idea will work well. I want to explore if Tony's own ego comes as more of a detriment than his actual acquired disability. It can be argued that his ego and his confidence is what brought him so far in life, but I think it is in spite of it that he does succeed. Even his confidence isn't really confidence; it is insecurity.

In that case, I could summarize a little better by saying Tony's insecurity is more harmful to him than his actual medical condition.

I'll flesh this out better once I complete my draft, hopefully tonight.

Maybe instead of drag racing, you could try getting medical help, Tony.

Until then, cheers.