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I am Stuck

I am currently half way through with my essay, and I just realized that I am shifting its focus. My essay is on how the Toy Princess represents industrialization, specifically mechanization. I started out the project with the idea that mechanization destroys creative thinking in the working class, and I found a few good sources [...]

cover letters, draft of essay #3

As promised . . .
Think of the cover letter for this draft as a letter to Bennett that does several things:
–describes (in new words) the argument you’re trying to make;
–provides some kind of narrative or assessment of your research process — providing, in particular, some analysis of areas in which you think your essay needs [...]

Research and thesis

Hey guys. I am starting to write my paper, but I also still have a little bit of research to do. I am writing about “Heinrich, or the Love of Gold”. The story itself criticizes  not only the idolatry of gold and money, but (I am hoping) also criticizes the ideas of self help and [...]

Cover Letter

I know this sounds really odd, but I was stuck writing the cover letter a couple hours ago. I don’t usually think about my writing process, so I didn’t know to start at first. I am not sure if splitting my original thesis into 2-3 sentences work, because I thought it didn’t really sound the [...]