Friday, 2 May 2014

Research Paper advice


Areas to consider for your research paper:

·      Consider setting (time place and condition). How do these factors inform/influence the events/tone/outcome?

·      Purpose of the individual at the start: What is she or he hoping for or trying to do?

·      What traits  does he/she possess at the outset ? How do they expand these and/or develop more as they go along (think hero’s cycle)

·      Obstacles: What are they and how does he/she deal with them?

·      How/when and why does his/her actions influence others positively?

·      What are the traits they developed that made them worthy of this paper?

·      What is his/her legacy or final influence?

* Consider the hero’s journey and/or critical theory in your analysis.

* Be careful not to simple give a biographical account; your job it to chart  this person’s development and influence.
* Your paper is not to be structured as a linear response to these questions.