I have an idea on what I want to write about, but I am wondering if someone can help get my wheels turning with some brainstorming ideas on critical approaches that I can take to make an argumentative paper on Passing by Nella Larsen.
Please help.?
I have not read that book, but if you send me a little more information about what you want to write about I can help you,
If you are completely stuck, here are some suggestions for writers block. Just start writing what ever comes to mind about the book. Don't worry if it is bad, just write whatever you think. Then read it over. Find a point that can be argued and base your thesis off of that.
Another idea is to write out each of your ideas for a thesis and list your arguments for that idea under it. This gives you an idea of which point you have the most back up for.
Hope this helps
Here is the begining of my essay.. any thoughts?
Women who were raised during the later 19th century were raised with patriarchal beliefs that the men are to be the head of the household and sole bread winners. When women would marry, they would do so just to be married, that was the thing to do; to be married, have children and make the man happy. The marriage between the husband and wife was not like marriage is today. Marriage was a legal contract between a man and a woman and wasn't considered to be anything romantic or emotional about their attachments to each other. Married men and women often slept in separate rooms and very seldom had intelligent conversations with each other. The wife was there to bear the children and take care of the home and not much else. The roles of women in marriage began to change in the early 20th century, but women still had it in their blood and minds that they were to be the housekeepers and childbearers. This being said, without that emotional intimacy that a wife should get from her husband, the wife would turn to other women and form an emotional bond with them in order to satisfy the craving for emotional stability and sanity. Out of these bonds, would come very strong friendships among married women, bonds that would last a lifetime and friendships that women would not find in their marriages with their husbands. Some critics of novels written during the late 19th century and early 20th century believe that these friendships that were formed between married women were more than platonic relationships, that they were homoerotic relationships. Granted some of the relationships between women could have been homoerotic but I believe more often than not, that these were close friendships built because women knew what the other was going through and the women could relate to each other on a more intimate level because of that. Nella Larsen's novel, Passing, is one of those novels that critics have torn apart the relationship between Clare Kendry and Irene Redfield; calling it a homosexual or homoerotic relationship which ultimately ended in Clare's death. In this paper, I will argue the fact that Clare and Irene's friendship was solely a platonic friendship based on trust and intimacy that they had has children, not a homoerotic relationship.
The previous is my intro paragraph. I was also wondering if someone could help me with a title and then give any sort of feedback on my intro. would be very much appreciated!! This paper is due tomorrow. March 6, 2015
Thank you so very much for all the help in advance
