Learning Goal: I’m working on a english question and need the explanation and answer to help me learn.
- As you read articles for your research, you’ll note that there are a number of themes and conflicts happening in them. As we talked about in class, most of the time a theme is “set off” or detailed, through a source via a description or conflict. Therefore, sometimes the best way to tackle a set of common themes between articles is to identify common conflicts.First, identify 2-3 themes. These should be LARGE SCALE ideas, not specfic ideas, and they should be shared (loosely shared is ok) by more than one reading. A summary is as though you were describing the story “The Three Little Pigs” to someone: the pigs made various homes out of straw, sticks, and bricks, and a wolf tried to blow them all down. A theme is more like “this story demonstrates the wisdom of building something meant to last.” In an academic article, an example of a common theme might be that serious conversation about virtual reality seems oddly to often become a conversation about social isolation and lonliness.Once you’ve written down 2-3 common themes you identify, fill in the conflict specifics from your articles that identify each theme. Pay particular attention to the types of conflict involved (who is involved, what they have to gain or lose, and what or whom they’re in conflict with), which groups specifically are involved, and how (or if) the conflict that identifies the theme is resolved or remains unresolved.How to write this: 2-3 pages, double spaced, typed. Use an outline structure, like this:Connecting theme:Describe the main conflict:People or things involved in this conflict:How is this conflict resolved (if it is resolved)?Theme (additional ones):Describe additional conflict:Poeple or things involved in this conflict:How is this conflict resolved (if it is resolved)?