No.29: Blog about My Paper #1

My episode analysis went terribly and since my argument has changed, the only thing I used from my episode analysis was the description of the significant scene that related to my argument. I never tried to write a seven- to eight-page long paper before and I know for sure that I am not good at it, although I said in my personal statement when I applied for college that I enjoyed writing. I can come up with stories or plots quite easily, so the thing I am good at is actually writing novels because I am really good at imaginations. However, if you just give me some kind of topic, I don’t know that to write about, especially for argumentative essays.

My biggest problem when I was doing research was the articles I found were not very related to the argument. My argument is about how being rejected by peers can have negative effects on one’s behavior. But the research articles I got always relates peer rejection and being aggressive as a whole to predict negative behaviors or capability of committing a crime. Also, most of the articles I got are studies; rarely can I find some real life examples. However, what I need the most are real life examples. That is quite disappointing. And another problem when I am trying to put everything together into a draft is that I don’t know whether I should address the name of the study and the research articles in my writing or just give a broad overview of the studies and put the reference in the Works Cited page.