Sunday, July 22, 2007

Thesis Statement. WOW!

Helo friends. How are you all. For last week's lecture i have some background on how to construct a thesis statement. Although at the beginning was a bit difficult but i managed to do it. I really like the way each and everyone of us bring our own thesis statements and then discuss about it. It made us to realize where we need to ammend it and construct back again. It is really a nice experience to learn something new in this course. And the journey starts. Happy constructing your thesis statements guys.

Constructing a good thesis statement for my position paper

Hi friends. Welcome back. For my position paper i have chosen a collection of short stories entitiled Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri. I am a long time fan of Jhumpa and her works have touched lots of people. This what makes me to appreciate her works. Most of her works is a combination of values between the east and the west. She also adds other elements like romance, culture, colours and many more. Actually i just got her book last week and guess what there is only one copy left. By God's grace i grabbed immediately the book and begin to start reading it. There are nine short stories and i have chosen this particular story entitled 'A Temporary Matter'. Now what i have to do is to construct a good thesis statement. So lets meet in the next session.

Daedalus and Icarus

For the story of Daedalus and Icarus, i'm still finding information and sources on it. There are lots of different versions on it and since it is a Greek mythology there are quite a number of websites which offer different interpretations of it. So my duty is to get the correct interpretation. As far as i am concerned the story is about the relationship between the father and a son. It is also about the advice which the father gives to his son but eventually the son never listens the advice and guess what he...Check it for yourself. Dr.Ed has also assigned us to get a similar story which has the same issue as in 'The Mahabharata'. Frankly speaking once upon a time i have read this story now i could not recall what i have recall. I have entirely forgotten the story. It is a very beautiful epic, well crafted with lots of beautiful scenery and interesting values. Apart from that, I would like to share this particular author while i was browsing some books in Kinokuniya. His name is Shashi Tharoor who has come out with his book 'The Great Indian Novel'. It is actually the story of The Mahabharata retold in a modern way. If you to know more about this author log on to www.shashitharoor.com. Here you can find lots of information on his works as well as his biography. He is quite an interesting author. So happy reading.

The beginning

Hi everyone.How's holidays? I hope all of us enjoyed very much to the fullest. I can't imagine that we are being in our 7th semester. Time just flies like that. After the hardwork of dancing, acting and doing all kinds of work for theater, we are here for EDU 3234. What a jump from theater to research work. This semester also is a very important semester since it is the stepping stone for the next year that is our practical. So lots of hardwork and time management needs to be considered. Apart from that I really like this course because it involves researching and looking through different books to get ideas. I actually have a brief idea of what i am going to do but still planning on which genres to choose.