After gathering a lot of information from databases and forming a rough thesis, I still don't know exactly where my paper is going to go or how it's going to flow (unintentional rhyme). So I'm pretty excited for the chance to be forced to sit down and just draft my paper in a specific, limited time frame.My objective during writing from 3-4 is to get a rough draft on the basic points addressed below (not necessarily all of the supporting evidence/quotes behind them). Here is a rough outline of my paper:
- Briefly introduce how Grimm bros fairytales stood the test of time because of the basic human problems/experiences/themes they address
- Introduce the story of the Goose Girl (especially main character/how she progresses)
- Could discuss how it works better as a book and how it wouldn't work well as a movie because so much of it happens in her head, you get to really understand the character)
- Delve into the psychology behind developing personal identity
- Show examples of how main character did those things
- Discuss thinking errors that the main character shows (denial, fantasy, suppression, etc.)
- Discuss mother/daughter bond and how that affects identity (psychologically)
- Examples from book^
- Could tie in other books/stories/movies that address similar issues (could have this in the beginning before directly addressing the goose girl?)
- Wrap up
Hopefully this rough draft works out well. I think I'm going to focus on just getting it written, so writing as much as I can without going back and deleting/editing too much (even if it sucks). I may even do this by hand just to be sure I focus on getting ideas out rather than on making the writing beautiful (although I still hope it won't be too atrocious). I'm pretty excited to write this paper and focus a lot on the psychology behind the main character's personality and actions!
