My experiences with research assignments include constructing a fully
documented research paper in both eleventh and twelfth grade. These term papers
included lengthy research and were around ten pages each. One of my term papers
was taking a book by an American author and then analyzing various aspects of
their writing medium. My author was Joyce Carol Oates who wrote blind water.
The book was about a drunk and irresponsible senator vacationing. This senator
was drinking and driving with this girl he hooked up with and drove him and her
off a bridge into black water. The senator was aware of his actions and did not
want to get in trouble after making it out alive from the car as it submerged
from the black water. The worst part was that the senator was too scared to
help his drowning girlfriend and let her die. His actions illustrated that even
people in high places can’t be trusted.
Writing is interesting to me but takes a lot of work. I feel as if I spend
far too much time working and editing my papers because I am paranoid that they
are awful. I like creative writing more than I like research oriented writing
because I can express creativity rather than analyzing facts. I also feel that I
have to spend much time working with information that I am not familiar with
yet. Constructing research analysis can also be harder than writing on your own
opinions, as well as the fact that you have to make sure you properly cite your
sources.
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