I have written a few research papers in my life in many different formats and topics. My senior year of high school I wrote a 10 page APA formatted paper on the life and legacy of Ernest Hemingway. We had the choice to pick anyone we wanted from any era or profession but I knew who I wanted. My favorite writer as well as one of the most interesting men to ever live. From surviving two plane crashes in two days to fighting in the military to suicide. As I look back at that piece of writing I realized the real reason I chose Ernest wasn’t because of how interesting I thought he was, but how interesting I wanted myself to be one day. I find myself as an interesting person to myself but I want to one day be able to look back in awe at the amazing things I have accomplished and experienced.
For our classes Research Project Alaina and I will be composing in an MLA genre. We will be writing about how social media can influence toxic behaviors in young women. Along with my partner Alaina Kimmel, we have previously worked on one blog assignment together for this post Blog Assignment #13 "Research Project". Previous to this formal assignment I worked on three other blog posts building up to this final paper. In Blog assignment #10 "Miss Representation"I covered how I felt about the filmMiss Representation. This was the first step into discovering what my thesis was going to be. In blog assignment #11 "The Mask You live In" I discussed what the film The Mask You Live In meant to me as well as how it helped shape my thesis even though it was about young men not women. Having an understanding of both sides of the spectrum gave me a better feel for how I could best inform my audience.all helped me get to the point I am now, a first draft. For my last solo blog assignment #12 " Research Project: The modern Day Cave" I discussed my interpretation of Plato's cave and how it reminded me of what is going on in American media. It gave me an understanding of how things have always been misrepresented and that it was not just something people in our day in age go through.,Our main source for this paper will be the film Miss Representation, an independent documentary on women in American media. We plan on completing two more as we work on our future drafts of the research paper which will be posted below. In blog assignment #14 " Research Project: Young Women, Media, and Malice" Alaina and I discussed the final pieces of our paper. We felt as if our paper is the best it can be and that we can inform our audience in the best way possible.
Here is where I will present my Research Project drafts