{"id":38571,"date":"2024-11-22T22:14:47","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T22:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/it-wasnt-a-war-story-it-was-a-love-story-tim-obrien-and-the-ethics-of-home\/"},"modified":"2024-11-22T22:14:47","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T22:14:47","slug":"it-wasnt-a-war-story-it-was-a-love-story-tim-obrien-and-the-ethics-of-home","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/it-wasnt-a-war-story-it-was-a-love-story-tim-obrien-and-the-ethics-of-home\/","title":{"rendered":"It Wasn\u2019t a War Story. It Was a Love Story\u2019: Tim O\u2019Brien and the Ethics of Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>\n<p style=\"font-size: 18.9px; line-height: normal; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 18.9px; cursor: auto;\">Literature Research Paper<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 18.9px; line-height: normal; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18.9px; cursor: auto;\"><\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 18.9px; line-height: normal; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18.9px; cursor: auto;\">Assignment<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.9px; cursor: auto;\">: You will write<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 18.9px; cursor: auto;\">a 1,000-word<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.9px; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span>research paper analyzing a work of literature. You will conduct research on your topic and must use<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.9px; cursor: auto;\">at least<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.9px; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 18.9px; cursor: auto;\">5 different sources<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.9px; cursor: auto;\">, which can come from websites or<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 18.9px; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.9px; cursor: auto;\">from the<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.9px; cursor: auto;\">library databases<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.9px; cursor: auto;\">. You will need to include a works cited page and use in-text citations to prevent plagiarism.<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 18.9px; line-height: normal; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18.9px; cursor: auto;\"><\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 18.9px; line-height: normal; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18.9px; cursor: auto;\">Topic:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 18.9px; line-height: normal; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18.9px; cursor: auto;\">Pick a short story or long poem that we read this semester and write an<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 18.9px; cursor: auto;\">in-depth analysis<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.9px; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span>of that story. Focus your paper on a<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 18.9px; cursor: auto;\">single theme or character<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.9px; cursor: auto;\">. Analyze the story<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 18.9px; cursor: auto;\">chronologically<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.9px; cursor: auto;\">, starting at the beginning and working your way to the end, focusing on the most important parts. Use<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 18.9px; cursor: auto;\">quotations and details<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.9px; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span>from the story to prove your analysis. Using the library databases, research information that you can<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 18.9px; cursor: auto;\">incorporate into your analysis<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.9px; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span>of the story.<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 18.9px; line-height: normal; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18.9px; cursor: auto;\"><\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/p>\n<table style=\"cursor: auto;\">\n<tbody style=\"cursor: auto;\">\n<tr style=\"cursor: auto;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 1px 5px; cursor: auto;\">\n<p style=\"font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto;\">Story<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 1px 5px; cursor: auto;\">\n<p style=\"font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto;\">Possible &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; BTopics<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"cursor: auto;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 1px 5px; cursor: auto;\">\n<p style=\"font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; cursor: auto;\">The Things They Carried\u201d by Tim O\u2019Brien (1990)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 1px 5px; cursor: auto;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; cursor: auto;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Vietcong tunnel system<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"font-size: 18.9px; line-height: normal; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18.9px; cursor: auto;\"><\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 18.9px; line-height: normal; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18.9px; cursor: auto;\"><\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 18.9px; line-height: normal; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18.9px; cursor: auto;\">Writing Your Paper<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.9px; cursor: auto;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"cursor: auto;\">\n<li style=\"font-size: 18.9px; line-height: normal; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18.9px; cursor: auto;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 18.9px; cursor: auto;\">Conduct Research:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto;\">\n<li style=\"font-size: 18.9px; line-height: normal; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px; cursor: auto;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.9px; cursor: auto;\">Create a working thesis. Decide what your paper will try to prove about the story. You may need to change it by the time you finish doing your research.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 18.9px; line-height: normal; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px; cursor: auto;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.9px; cursor: auto;\">You will need to conduct research on your topic.<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 18.9px; line-height: normal; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px; cursor: auto;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.9px; cursor: auto;\">You are required to use the<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 18.9px; cursor: auto;\">library databases<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.9px; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span>to find articles on your topic. At least<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 18.9px; cursor: auto;\">3<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.9px; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span>of your sources need to be from the databases.<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 108px; font-size: 18.9px; line-height: normal; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18.9px; cursor: auto;\"><\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/p>\n<ol style=\"cursor: auto;\">\n<li style=\"font-size: 18.9px; line-height: normal; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18.9px; cursor: auto;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 18.9px; cursor: auto;\">Take Notes:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto;\">\n<li style=\"font-size: 18.9px; line-height: normal; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px; cursor: auto;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.9px; cursor: auto;\">After finding your sources, read over your articles and take notes. You should highlight your articles and\/or take notes on note cards. I recommend using note cards, because they are helpful when you need to organize your information and group similar topics together.<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 18.9px; line-height: normal; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px; cursor: auto;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.9px; cursor: auto;\">Keep track of your sources as you go. Make sure to write the title of the source on each note card and the page number where you found the information.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 18.9px; line-height: normal; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px; cursor: auto;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.9px; cursor: auto;\">Create your works cited page. Use a citation generator such as KnightCite to help you.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 36px; font-size: 18.9px; line-height: normal; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18.9px; cursor: auto;\"><\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/p>\n<ol style=\"cursor: auto;\">\n<li style=\"font-size: 18.9px; line-height: normal; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18.9px; cursor: auto;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 18.9px; cursor: auto;\">Begin Drafting:<\/span><\/li>\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto;\">\n<li style=\"font-size: 18.9px; line-height: normal; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px; cursor: auto;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.9px; cursor: auto;\">You must include quotes from both the story and from all 5 of your sources. Don\u2019t use more than one block quotation.<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 18.9px; line-height: normal; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px; cursor: auto;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.9px; cursor: auto;\">You should summarize and paraphrase most of your information.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 18.9px; line-height: normal; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px; cursor: auto;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.9px; cursor: auto;\">Make sure that you cite all of your sources correctly, including the short story. If you fail to give credit for ideas that are not yours, you have plagiarized, and will receive a zero on the paper. If you use AI to write any part of your paper for you, you will not receive credit for it.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"font-size: 18.9px; line-height: normal; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18.9px; cursor: auto;\"><\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/p>\n<ol style=\"cursor: auto;\">\n<li style=\"font-size: 18.9px; line-height: normal; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18.9px; cursor: auto;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 18.9px; cursor: auto;\">Revise\/Edit:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto;\">\n<li style=\"font-size: 18.9px; line-height: normal; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px; cursor: auto;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.9px; cursor: auto;\">Once you have finished writing, make sure that your essay meets the assignment, that your thesis is focused, that your arguments have enough support, and that your paper is organized effectively. For extra help, make an appointment in the Learning Center (G202).<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 18.9px; line-height: normal; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px; cursor: auto;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.9px; cursor: auto;\">When you\u2019re done revising, make sure that you\u2019ve used correct spelling, grammar and punctuation. Don\u2019t rely on spell-check! Try to catch as many mistakes as you can yourself, and then ask a friend to read it over and see if they can find any more.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto;\">\n<li style=\"font-size: 18.9px; line-height: normal; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18.9px; cursor: auto;\">Note :All quotes used must be from this site. 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