My idea for my paper is exploring the characteristics of
Asperger’s and the way they are used in modern texts today. I will be
specifically looking at Jodi Picoult’s, House Rules. A teenage boy with
Asperger’s is the main character in this novel and the plot revolves around his
disability and the struggle not only he, but also the rest of his family faces
as well. I think this novel was written very well with the use of Asperger’s as
the main idea and I am interested to see how other texts use this same topic
and if they display the true characteristics of Asperger’s. I chose to research
and write about this topic because I find it very interesting and I love
learning new things that I didn’t know about Autism and Asperger’s already.
Since I am majoring in Special Education, this topic is very important and
interesting to me. I luckily did not have a difficult time thinking of a
research topic for this novel, since Asperger’s was they key concept and
something I can find a lot of research on. The part of this project that I am
worried about though, is tying in the sources of research I find into my paper.
I tend to have difficulties when researching and finding the right information
for my paper in order to stay on topic. So far, the sources I found are from the
database, Project Muse. The sources consist of journals about other books that
have used the topic of Autism in them as well. I hope by using these sources I
can make a connection with the way Jodi Picoult used this topic and be able to
write an excellent research paper. Overall, I am very worried about this
project but hopefully I can succeed with this idea.
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I believe you'll do fine. Finding reseach that ties to your project shouldn't be hard since it seems like your paper will be informational rather than opinion based. Good Luck!
ReplyDeleteyou paper sounds like a good idea, and it's always good to write something you care about because it makes it so much easier to do! I've heard about Asperger's and I remember meeting somene who has it and it is an intresting topic to write about. Good luck on your paper!
ReplyDeleteBeing a special ed major will probably make this project a piece of cake for you even if you don't realize it. You seem to already know a lot about your topic so talking about it won't be an issue. You will be fine. good luck!
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