Research Proposal

My research paper analyzes domestic violence in the United States and how this is connected to an extremely patriarchal society. ''Burning Bed'' is a unique example of this because the violence escalated to the point were the wife burned her husband alive. The resulting trial raised serious questions, and the movie contributed to pushing the agenda of feminists and fighting against domestic violence proposing serious consequences for those who commited these actions.

Patricia Show Don't Tell

Patricia wants writers to understand that the principle of writing, is to get their point across through inferences and predicaments in their essays. Her main point is that writers have to avoid directly stating their arguments, they should do it in a way that is concise and doesn't directly give away everything. Ultimately this applies to both novels and school essays, in these Patricia wants you to use both the show and tell scarcely in order to get your point across.

Chris and Writers

All of Chris's heroes were idealist and naturalists, they only observed the wild from a distance not daring to venture into it. Their novels were based on fiction depicting the romance inherent in nature. Jack London is a good example of this he wrote most of his novels in the safety of his home in Alaska, his lonely nature and his alcohol problem eventually cost him his life. These writers would have never dared go into the wild were they would become exposed and would not last more then a week. Chris either overlooked or was completly oblivious to the fact that these writers did not pursue the wild in the way that he did.