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Build an Outline here with your fellow classmates. All students will be writing an essay next week in class. Why not collaboratively discuss the topics, share with one another quotes and ideas, and finally, build an outline together on the Essay Page. There are three books and topics about which can be written: Time Machine and Capitalism, Starship Troopers and Meritocracy, or I,Robot and the extent of technology. Choose the one you wish to write about, engage in discussions, share quotes, collaborate and develop a thesis together. When the thesis develops you can then post you idea on the main Essay Page and together develop an outline than you will use to construct your paper in class next week. All papers must use at least two sources: the novel and one magazine article.

Sample Outline to follow:
Intro- 1 think about topics read about in articles and books 2 think about how the topics are related to not only each other but our current world 3 think about how you would tell me that 4 formulate that into a //**thesis**// 5 work backwards now developing the //**Narrow**// then the //**Broad**//.

Points.... 1. After you have developed the thesis reflect upon the very passages and events that helped you develop it 2. Pull quotes from the books and magazines and post them for all to see 3. As the points progress concentrate upon how to make the quotes support your thesis 4. Then begin to develop the splitting of your quotes/citations so you can develop the body of the paper. 5. Development should follow from there.

Sample:

Intro....

Point 1 Quote Direction for Analysis Point 2 Quote Direction for Analysis Point 3 Quote Direction for Analysis

Conclusion

Bibliography (feel free to post the available bibliographies-follow MLA out of Writer's Inc.) =**I, Robot Paper**=

See the best comments below, then my commentary and instructions.
[| tmunson23] another way to go would be that asimov saw robots as more of benevolent creations rather than bad ideas. maybe how although the robots all had their own flaws, they all were morally sound and were not hellbent on our destruction. just a thought

[|Nick_Day] What about the way advancement needs to be controlled and our economy might from it like it is in America right now, when China is doing alright I agree with Nick, the advancement of technology is a good thing when done safely and tested thoroughly.

[|HannahRivera] Johnny, its not really a warning about technonlogy than it is a warning against us and our descisions, more a tread carefully, be concious of what you do, etcetc, this was covered in the theme section -.-

[|tmunson23] another way to go would be that asimov saw robots as more of benevolent creations rather than bad ideas. maybe how although the robots all had their own flaws, they all were morally sound and were not hellbent on our destruction. just a thought

Munson is an animal; I could have put two more on of his. This needs to be your topic. Asimov is celebrating man's technological achievements as long as it's carefully and scientifically pursued(unlike Frankenstein). Wait for the end; you'll see. You need Zakaria to write this paper. Hint: Zakaria's wish is Asimov's answer. Feel free to tie in anything from Nat Geo, but Zakaria is your linchpin!

Another option is to use Time Machine, Zakaria and Asimov. Wells' problem was disproved by Zakaria's reality but could be solved by Asimov's creation. =**Starship Trooper Paper**=

See the best comments below, then my commentary and instructions.
[|BMILLER1115] Would it be feasable to write our Starship Trooper's essay on who Heinline blames the destruction of society on, as we discussed in class yesterday?

[|samanthawolf] We can't include all these things....the paper would be muddled, and it would lack one specific focus. I think Meritocracy, and whether or not it would work for us, would be a good solid topic that can include parts of everything said.

[|skylemedley] If we don't have DuBois are papers will be as useless as the "brakes" on the toyota prius. [|Josh_Ballard] Andrea, why should we put the significance of women pilots in our paper when our VERY OWN country wasn't even started by women. Or are you trying to say how our world has evolved and there is many others rising up in our society and contributing more and more?

Great discussions everyone. I posted some vital points above-though they weren't the only ones. Kyle is correct, Dubois must be in the paper. Brooke is correct you can write a paper on the feared destruction of America due to liberalism; you can use Singapore as your second source. The women, the blacks, the Japanese, etc all represent the benefits of Meritocracy-you pick people for their talents no other reason-it is about survival through preparation, discipline and training-now you see the need for the miliatry and the puppy example. Another thesis could be on the benefits of Meritocracy for survival-Singapore and Dubois would back this up. Samantha is correct, the topic must be focused or it will be muddle; furthermore, the conversation concerning the fact we can't write about Democracy is true-we haven't read anything on Democracy with the exception of Zakaria who blames Democracy for corrupting our capitalism. There is something there.

A thesis can now be written. =**Time Machine Paper**=

Post thesis and outline here