Unit three is full of various readings of African American Literature. For Project #3, we must construct a common theme/idea from these readings. The idea/theme/thesis I came up with is that: Change can only be fulfilled once the recurring concept to flee from reality is put to an end. Throughout my essay, I plan to discuss about American society, ignorance, the benefits to diversity, how to reach an understanding without making someone feel “attacked”, the real story behind stereotypes, and much more surrounding those ideas.
I have chosen eight different sources for this essay. The two of those eight that were apart of our class readings and discussion were Part two of The Fire Next Time and The Danger of a Single Story. Although The Danger of a Single Story is a video, I find the messages conveyed by Adichie to be quite useful for this assignment, and I have been able to find clear quotes of her speech through a transcript made from her video. As for the other six of my eight sources, they are reliable articles I have found on my essay topic of discussion. These website names include: 50.atx.statesman.com, Bloomberg.com, bsmknighterrant.org, inc.com, usccb.org, and vox.com.
Throughout this essay, I plan to mention a majority of my sources through summary, paraphrase, or quotes. However, at least two of my eight sources must be focused on throughout the paper. I plan on having three of my eight sources being the focus of my idea/hypothesis. The three I plan on focusing my essay on are Danger of a Single Story, Bloomberg.com, and Vox.com.
I plan on using the sources Danger of a Single Story and 50atx.statesman.com to discuss the real story behind stereotypes. I plan to use Bloomberg.com and USCCB.com to discuss and/or influence my discussion of the benefits of diversity in this essay. I plan to use Vox.com and My Dungeon Shook to discuss how to reach an understanding with someone without making them feel “attacked”. I plan to use information and ideas from Inc.com to elaborate on the steps to reach change. Finally, I plan to use bsmknighterrant.com to discover what things have influenced the ignorance in today’s society.
In this essay, I plan on opening up my project with an introduction featuring my hypothesis. The paragraph that follows will features the ideas and real stories behind stereotypes. I hope by having this topic placed in the second paragraph that it will set an example to why my hypothesis can be applied to today’s world. Also in that second paragraph, I plan to discuss the things that bring ignorance in our society. In the paragraph that follows, the third paragraph and the second body paragraph, I plan to state the benefits of diversity. In the following paragraph, the third body paragraph, I plan to discuss the ideas surrounding how to reach an understanding with someone and steps to reach change. In my conclusion paragraph for this project, I will bring all the body paragraphs into a reworded summary and restate my thesis.