Sunday, September 04, 2005
Change of Thesis Statement
After I start to write a few paragraphs for the research paper, I find that the thesis statement I have copied is difficult for me to develop my ideas. Then, I have an idea that I better concentrate on the common themes of Chopin’s works. I brainstrom for a few thesis statement, then I decide to change my thesis statement to ‘Women’s Search For Independence and Freedom Despite Social Constraints’. I feel satisfied as it is better to have my own thesis statement than copying others' works.
As we should compare some works from the same author, I have to do my research on Chopin's other texts. I read the book we bought from Puan Juridah and find that most of Chopin’s works are quite short. Some short stories consist of just three or four pages. Knowing that my friend will do her research on the same author, I think I better drop the two most popular short stories “The Storm” and “The Story of An Hour”. At last, I choose to compare “The Awakening” with two short stories “Athenaise” and “A Point At Issue”.
The reason why I choose the above two texts is I find that the protagonists in the three texts are seeking for their independence and freedom from their husband and family obligation. In “The Awakening”, Edna leaves her husband to pursue her dream of being an artist and lives her own way of life, Athenaise in “Athenaise” runs away from her husband a few weeks after her marriage as she can’t bear to live with a man. As for Eleanor in “A Point At Issue”, she wants to further her studies in learning French, so she leaves her husband for Paris after his consent.
It seems that all the three women leave their husbands to pursue their own freedom. However, at the end of the stories, two of them, Athenaise and Eleanor come back to their husbands and accept their roles as wives. As for Edna, she commits suicide as she can’t conform herself to the social constraints. I think the texts I have chosen go well with my thesis statement and I can start to write for my research paper.
As we should compare some works from the same author, I have to do my research on Chopin's other texts. I read the book we bought from Puan Juridah and find that most of Chopin’s works are quite short. Some short stories consist of just three or four pages. Knowing that my friend will do her research on the same author, I think I better drop the two most popular short stories “The Storm” and “The Story of An Hour”. At last, I choose to compare “The Awakening” with two short stories “Athenaise” and “A Point At Issue”.
The reason why I choose the above two texts is I find that the protagonists in the three texts are seeking for their independence and freedom from their husband and family obligation. In “The Awakening”, Edna leaves her husband to pursue her dream of being an artist and lives her own way of life, Athenaise in “Athenaise” runs away from her husband a few weeks after her marriage as she can’t bear to live with a man. As for Eleanor in “A Point At Issue”, she wants to further her studies in learning French, so she leaves her husband for Paris after his consent.
It seems that all the three women leave their husbands to pursue their own freedom. However, at the end of the stories, two of them, Athenaise and Eleanor come back to their husbands and accept their roles as wives. As for Edna, she commits suicide as she can’t conform herself to the social constraints. I think the texts I have chosen go well with my thesis statement and I can start to write for my research paper.
# posted by Dr. Yee Bee Choo : 8:14 PM
