Tuesday, January 30, 2007

New thesis statement
Couples of my friends were in the same boat with me ~ our thesis statements have not been approved yet! Wua.. :( All of us were very tired of thinking and rethinking, trying to create the most suitable thesis statements for the upcoming position paper. Other fellow classmates have started to go to the next process ­- to list down their points and this heightens our anxiety level as we are left out.
Hmm…this is really a challenge for us, but a work is still a work…I have also discussed with my friends and they help me to choose suitable words for the thesis statement. At the moment, I have a new statement and after searching for the supporting points, I think that it is adequate for the position paper. The thesis statement that I have in mind is, “Heathcliff is the victim of social class prejudice in Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights” and I am going to meet Miss Baiti after this, to see whether it is approved or not…Pray that it will be accepted

Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Thesis statement…ooo…thesis statement…

It is true that the most difficult part in position paper is to create a thesis statement. In previous post in this blog, I had said how happy I was that my thesis statement had been approved by Miss Siti. But unfortunately, the delight was vanished once she informed me that it was not approved by her superior. Hm…She said I have to change one word,”inflict” in particular. I have speculated before that this one verb would give trouble as it suggests cause-effect statement, but i thought...why not try my luck. Hehe.. However, here it is, being rejected.
Therefore, I have to reorder the statement, but it is quite difficult. Maybe, I will change to another thesis statement altogether, but since I am very enthusiastic in Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights, I think I will still use this text for my position paper.

Monday, January 22, 2007

DAEDALUS and icarus

There are so many myths and legends being told from time to time. Daedalus and Icarus is one of them and the most recent myth that I had learnt in the class. It is very interesting to notice the way the writer had written the story. There is no way to straightaway understanding to the story. Only after several times reading did I finally understand the story because there are too many characters and it is quite confusing. hehehe

Here, i have typed DAEDALUS in capital letters and the name icarus all in small letters...want to know why? I think that both of these people, though portrayed as father and son, but then they are so different. The father is very brilliant and skillful architect, but the son is unbelievably foolish...Moreover, the age factor also makes them different. DAEDALUS is a matured, loving father but the son, icarus is immatured child who is disobidient to his father leads him to his own death...

Thursday, January 18, 2007

At last, I have gotten hold of a thesis statement of my position paper!Hm, actually the idea had been approaved by Miss Siti and I hope that i can continue the next level soon. The thesis statment that I am going to write about later sounds like this,"Heathcliff's vengence inflicts sufferings on Catherine's life in "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Bronte. How does that sound?
I feel that I'm very interested with this novel and that the main character, Heathcliff's vengence towards the LIntons runs deep and Catherine is probably the most affected of all. Besides that, his zest to overcome his poor condition in life in order to take revenge is remarkably strong. Truthfully, I had thought of doing the consequences for several characters, but after some discussion, I will be focusing on one character, "Heathcliff's other side"~Catherine.
For the time being, I am trying to brainstorm points to elaborate.

Thursday, January 04, 2007

fIRsT aSSigNMent

My first impression when I had heard about the position paper that I am assigned with, truthfully, I had mixed feelings. As if my heart was divided to defferent kinds of coloums, (does it sounds like Cordelia!Hee) I felt a bit excited and also anxious.Excited because this is the opportunity for me to develop my own position paper and to go through it must be some kind of a road full of challenges. Some other part of me felt anxious because deep inside, i know the position paper and later the reseach paper are both tough and a lot of idea generation must follow by. Hm...have to get ready to have my hands full then...hehe