Thursday, September 2

On Thursday, we started of the class by showing Ms. Flournoy what we had brainstormed for our upcoming essay on the two novels we read over the summer. She came around and checked our ideas and our thesis statements. The thesis statements needed to be concise and specific to a point of view or argument that we needed to have formed. We then worked on our papers and asked any questions we had regarding our writing.

This class helped me to better understand the way an english thesis needs to be written. It also helped me to compare my ideas with the people sitting next to me to make sure I was on the right track. The essay we are writing is over The Lords of Discipline and Of Mice and Men. It is to compare and contrast the systems relationships they have. Throughout the essay we are asked to consider the farming system and hazing system and what they contribute to the novels. This class and essay have given me a better understanding of the novels and time to begin to flesh out all of my ideas for the paper.