Month: May 2019

• One major aspect of the EE that I have learned about today – especially for the English A EE – is the importance of finding the ‘so what’ in our research question. The ‘so what’ adds an element of importance and significance whether it be conducting research, writing or editing. More so, it helps guide your research question in order to be more specific and attainable. I have also been informed of the importance of maintaining citations and references in order to refer back to them later in the research process. For example, my ‘so what’ will outline how Huxley’s understandings can be applied to the 21st Century, as, perhaps, an analysis of our society, human nature, technology, and the morality behind it.

• I am proud of the fact that I have completed: an outline of my EE sub-headings, the introduction (contextual setting), the division of my body paragraphs and the research I have conducted. Although only writing 250 words, I have managed to set a foundation for what I will write.

• My next step is to continue doing my first body paragraph on the Literary Influences upon Huxley and to progress to my second body paragraph on the Portrayal of Idyllicism in Brave New World.

Currently, my research has included the reading, annotating, note-taking and summarization of primary and secondary sources. My primary source ‘Brave New World’, has allowed me to form basic ideas and sub-headings for my research question. My research concerning the academic analysis of the piece has allowed me to support and further examine my ideas. The problems that I faced we primarily structural and organizational. At the start of the reading of my primary source, I had a vast base of ideas that I wanted to examine; however, through meetings with my advisor and further analysis, I managed to narrow down my ideas and form an early structure for my EE. My approach to the EE is strongly research-based. I have begun collecting a database of information concerning each of my sub-headings: literary influences, the presentation of utopia, etc. So far, my research process has been progressing well, and I hope to start forming my arguments in the following week.