· Introduction:
o Attention Getter: While nearly every research paper provides evidence to support an argument, this one will differ as evidence is used to create a “writing theory”, one which will appeal to any audience, whether it be a Facebook addict or a journalist for the New York Times.
o Background, overview of critical lens: In order to go onto unveiling the content of the writing theory, two novels will be introduced, one being “The Memoirs of a Boy Soldier: A Long Way Gone” by Ishmael Baeh and the other “War of the Worlds” by H.G. Wells. Both novels incorporate identical themes yet do so differently; this distinction alone inspires the efforts of creating a writing theory.
o Thesis: Through addressing how a universal theme can have so many different variations of construction, addressing how strongly an author’s background influences the theme, and addressing methods mirroring the concept of an oxymoron in order to create a theme, a theory of writing will begin to develop and fall together like puzzle pieces.
· 1st Paragraph
o Highlights the narration technique of how Baeh goes onto establishing the theme of the “detriment behind war”
§ Will not focus on conventional narration techniques
§ Baeh places on emphasis on narrating a neutral tone
§ Establishing a neutral tone allows readers to draw their own conclusions of neutral descriptions of war scenes
o Evidence used in this paragraph to support points:
§ "Their conversation shows no compassion for the people they killed and no remorse for their actions" (Hope).
· Quote from a literary criticism to exemplify the overwhelming evidence at a neutral tone
§ "In the end, the book gives no evidence that one side had greater moral authority than the other" (Hope).
· Quote from a literary criticism to once more provide evidence for the neutrality of tone
· 2nd Paragraph
o Highlights the narration technique of how H.G Wells onto establishing the equivalent theme of the “detriment behind war”
§ H.G Wells goes onto creating a tone equivalent to that of a strife for life.
§ His narration technique follows closely with archetypal story telling
§ With his precise detail, H.G Wells creates a very specific environment in order to place the reader in the story.
o Evidence used in this paragraph to support points:
§ "It was a shrewd move on Wells's part, therefore, to build the famous first paragraph of The War of the Worlds on the global preoccupation with telescopic surveillance."
· Quote from a literary criticism in order to demonstrate his precise detail behind his storytelling
§ "The human role is displaced from the surveyor to the surveyed as Earth's inhabitants fall under the envious gaze of Martian observers"
· Quote from a literary criticism that supports H.G. Wells original descriptions of setting
· 3rd Paragraph
o The purpose of this paragraph is to introduce how a universal theme can have some many different variations from which it is constructed
§ Compare and contrast of narration techniques of both books
§ Introduce of Baeh was revolutionary in his form of narration by giving literary voice to distressing phenomena like that of pubescent or prepubescent warrior-killer.
§ Definite of pubescent is provided in the paragraph with an example
o Evidence used in this paragraph to support points:
§ "Such knowledge is shocking, but it's the reader's imagination that delivers the cold sanguinary shudder, not the author's boilerplate prose. It is a vision of hell that Beah gives us, one worthy of Hieronymus Bosch, but as though depicted in primary colors by a naive artist.
· Quote used from a literary criticism to show how Baeh’s narration leads the reader to draw their own conclusion while Wells hands the reader their conclusion
§ “Those observatories and the dispatches emanating from them throughout the 1890s are mentioned repeatedly in the first chapter, but the dominant theme, at the outset, is of our world under scrutiny. "
· Quote from a literary criticism to demonstrate Wells narration technique and his way of providing conclusion to readers
· 4th Paragraph
o The purpose of this paragraph is to highlight oxymoronical methods of assembling a theme
§ A more concise statement will be provided to elaborate on this idea, plus an example
o The motif of violence will be examined in each story prior
o Next, peaceful the connotation of literary construction will be addressed.
o Contrasts now appear between the theme and its form of literary construction
o Evidence used in this paragraph to support points:
§ Hope's secondary support lies in her recognition of the first person account by a child with little understanding of the reasons for the war.
· Quote from a literary criticism to demonstrate how a memoir has far-reaching effects it wasn’t intended to have. What one boy thought was just a memoir provided far more voice to war-repressed children in 3rd world countries
§ "In fact, Baeh's memoir describes a society in so much chaos that it is not clear that even the military leaders have a good understanding of what war is about"
· Quote that demonstrates peaceful militants contribute to chaos in society because of the passivity
§ "It was a moment of pure potential anarchy that could have gone any way.”
· Quote to demonstrate the elasticity of literary construction
· 5th Paragraph
o Background information will be provided in regards to Baeh
§ A significant life experience which influenced his story will be presented
o Background information will be provided in regards to Wells
§ A significant life experience which influenced his story will be presented
o Contrasts will then be drawn of each life experience
o One life experience will be attempted to be related to the both books and how they portray the theme, and if a critical moment in one of the author’s life can be related to how both themes are formed, it will hold self evident that an author’s background in fact does not influence how the theme is constructed. If a critical moment in one of the author’s life cannot be related how both themes are designed, but instead only one theme, then in fact the author’s background can in fact influence the construction of the theme of the book. If a critical moment in one of the author’s life cannot be related to both themes, then it can be concluded the author’s previous experiences are independent of his writings.
· 6th Paragraph
o The purpose of this paragraph is to tie all concepts explained earlier to write one unifying theory
o Theory is going to provided in whole as it still requires more research
o Other research in this portion will include written sources from the library that highlight the writing process of story telling
· Conclusion
o Reiterate thesis statement: Through addressing how a universal theme can have so many different variations of construction, addressing how strongly an author’s background influences the theme, and addressing methods mirroring the concept of an oxymoron in order to create a theme, a theory was created. This theory serves useful to future writers as they will be able to go onto establishing universal themes in far more unique ways.
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