Last week, there I was in my brightly lit room, sitting in complete and utter frustration. I did not know what to do. I was lost. I had read two books, Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi and Invitation to a Beheading by Vladimir Nabokov, and I could not think of one single way to interrelate the two. I was sitting there in the middle of my bed for hours staring at a piece of paper, and nothing clicked. The sun was starting to set, and I had been there for hours shifting my eyes between my cell phone, to my computer, to my paper. And this went about for the longest time. Then, all the sudden, my brain decided to wake up. I was writing so fast that I could not completely understand my notes. I found over five similarities. I sat there in triumph, and smiled with revenge at Father Time, for he took away so much precious time. My biggest problem and dislike in writing has to be getting a paper started, but I also detest researching, so this research paper that I have to complete for my critical thinking course has been like a small child running through the neatly organized files of my mind. This week I plan on finding two more sources at the library for my research paper, and putting this unruly child to bed.
I plan on going to my school library today to find secondary sources for my research paper, but I am concerned. My research paper requires me to have five external sources, excluding the books on the topic, and they cannot be all from one medium, so off to the old brick-and-mortar library. My concern with going to my school library is that there will not be enough books on my topics. Since I have to finish this bad boy in a week, I need to keep my fingers crossed that they will have something pertaining to my research. Additionally, I will be searching online on my school’s virtual library. However, if I do encounter this problem then I will reroute to the library in town. But there is no point in dwelling on the what-ifs in life, so I will see what I have to do.
Right now, I have organized my outline, and I know exactly where I am going to be incorporating sources into each paragraph. It is just going to take some work and determination. I spent many hours staring into space. And Father Time has stolen too much from me. I am going to find those two secondary sources that I am relying on to finish my research paper by searching both virtual and actual libraries. I know I will finish it in time, I just know it. And that is exactly what I am going to keep repeating to myself while running through the aisles of the library. I am going to put this shrieking child to bed and relax my mind.
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