Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Assessing Religion and the Supernatural


The question for this essay based on Chinue Achebe's Things Fall Apartwas to analyze the supernatural elements of the story.



I had many thoughts on the religious and supernatural elements, but staying focused on my thesis was a challenge. I got an 'A' for this paper on my first draft submission. Can you easily identify my thesis statement?



Notice that the book title has been italicized. When quoting essays
and articles, the title should be regular font and surrounded by "Quotation marks". Also, when citing in text MLA style,
surround the page number of your source in (parentheses) and
put the period outside of that. 
Included the author name 
when you did not mention it before the quote. 
Example: "Blah, blah, blah" (Achebe 85). 



Conclusions are basically a summery of what you wrote in the paper. It's also a good place to put your final thoughts. Quotes should not be in your conclusion because it is assessing and confirming you thesis statement. 


There was a lack of peer reviewed articles on the supernatural aspect of Things Fall Apart, but I was able to find some
supporting evidence in a book on the Yoruba belief system. I encourage using sources that specialize in the theme of what you're writing about. If you write a paper analyzing Goldilocks and the Three Bears or Hansel and Gretel, by all means research information on missing children. 


The Beginning

Hello, may name is Aziza Kibibi McGill Ayinde. Though I was homeschooled and only started college three years ago, I am proud to say I have been on the Deans List at Essex County College for 2 consecutive semesters, and to date I maintain a 3.72 GPA. 

Every semester someone in my school trails me for classwork help. I end up spending about thirty percent of my school year checking, rewriting and making suggestions on someone else's paper or assignment. Though it does take time from my own work, it has not hindered my academic achievements. Simply, I love to help; and in helping others I end up helping myself. 
So through this blog, I've decided to extend some of my services to the public. 
I will publish some of my best work to give other scholars something to refer to, and I invite fellow scholars to submit to me their best work to do the same. 
I welcome any suggestions and comments; just email me! And any updates pertaining to education and academia, I will post here. 
I'm looking forward to this journey with you all!
Be blessed!