When deciding which essay to expand
on for the research paper, I had trouble with picking which one that would be
best to research about online. Once I re read each essay and came up with some
ideas for the research paper, I found that the comparison of two poems essay
really interested me more and made me want to go beyond just the similarities and
differences between the two poems. My goal is to really pull out the heart of
each poem and expand in a way that has more depth about the actual importance
in the meanings of the two works.
The two poems that I closely looked at in my
second essay were “Slowly” by Donna Masini and “The Cove” by Dick Allen. The
first poem talks about the slow process in realizing the death of a loved one
whereas the other focuses on the fear of dying. So ultimately, my theme in that
essay was about death.
However, for the research paper,
rather than just talk about death, I really want to take it to the next level
and search for deeper meanings or feelings about dying and the different kinds
of impacts it has on people around the world. Death is such a serious matter
and often ignored or not talked about and I want to strive to show how people
react and the real effects it has on real people.
After figuring out my main focus
for the paper, I made a list of search terms in order to help successfully find
what I am looking for at the Academic Search Complete online database. Some of
these terms included: fear of death, stages of grief, loved one, psych*,
feelings of death, and emotion* from dying. When trying out different terms and
looking for articles that fit well with my purpose for the paper, I found that
it was very difficult in doing this.
After typing multiple different words to search,
I tried to narrow down my searches by changing the publication date, the
subject, and making sure it was in full text mode. There were several articles
that came up which were not what I was searching for, but after playing with
the site and continuing changing around the search terms, I did find a few that
seemed to be pretty on point for my expanding topic about death.
A couple articles that caught my
eye were “The normal process of grieving” and “A special way of being afraid”.
These two became noticeable once I typed in stages of grieving in the search
bar. I think that both of these articles will help further explain in my
research paper about the true feelings of people every day after a loved one
has passed away and also, the natural yet terrifying fear of dying.
With these two articles and
hopefully a few more, I plan to use them to back up my observations about death
from the poems and elaborate more on an emotional or psychological element.
Throughout this process of
researching and finding good information to add in my paper, it has been a
little hard and a bit intimidating because there is so much research online
about death, but I am looking for the exact articles which really go beyond
just death. However, I am ready for the challenge in finding the rest of
secondary sources and to start writing my research paper. I hope to grab people’s
attention and make them feel the emotions behind the harsh subject of death.
It sounds as if you have come up with some original research materials for your essay.
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