Option #2: Analyze “Manic Pixie Dream Girl Says” by Olivia Gatwood (pgs. 34-36).

Option #2: Analyze “Manic Pixie Dream Girl Says” by Olivia Gatwood (pgs. 34-36). Begin by referring to the definition of the term “Manic Pixie Dream Girl” from class (go back to the instructor notes) and discuss what this character type represents. Using quotes from Gatwood’s poem, how does Gatwood feel about the Manic Pixie Dream Girl? What larger points about gender (male vs. female behavior/relationships) and representations (i.e., how women are portrayed in movies or shows) is she making in this poem? How do you interpret the final six lines of the poem? (This essay is based off of Olivia Gatwood’s poetry book called “New American Best Friend)
Include a Works Cited page with entries for anything that you quote from/cite in the paper with the exception of the instructor notes. For this paper, refer to the Purdue OWL MLA guidelines for
An edition of a book (specifically “A work prepared by an editor”) (Walt Whitman)
A book with one author (Olivia Gatwood)
A song or album (if choosing Paper Option #2)
An article in a scholarly journal (Ron Klier article)