Breakthrough Writer: 1C: A New Writing Option for Essay #1: The Chimera

The purpose of a writing class is to develop a meaningful thesis, direct or implied, that will generate a compelling essay. Most importantly, a meaningful thesis will have a strong emotional connection between you and the material. In fact, if you don’t have a “fire in your belly” to write the paper, your essay will be nothing more than a limp document, a perfunctory exercise in futility. A successful thesis will also be intellectually challenging and afford a complexity worthy of college-level writing. Thirdly, the successful thesis will be demonstrable, which means it can be supported by examples and illustrations in a recognizable organizational design. Other Website: http://herculodge.typepad.com/

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August 26, 2008

1C: A New Writing Option for Essay #1: The Chimera

Comparing Meghan Daum's essay "Virtual Love" and F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Winter Dreams," define the Love Chimera, a cipher who elicits fantasies of euphoria and ecstasy but who in the end is just a cipher.

You can use Fitzgerald's story, Daum's essay, and my lecture material for your 3 research sources.

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