Annotated Bibliography

So. Long story short, Monday night I found out that someone had gotten a hold of my Amazon account and started buying all kinds of junk with my credit card information. I've spent the past two days in every level of you-know-where, so let's just skip ahead to the part where I finally upload that annotated bibliography and move on with the rest of my life. Sound good? Great. Let's go.

Annotated Bibliography: The Neverending Story

Working Thesis: Although many scholars dismiss The Neverending Story as fantasy geared toward children, it can play an important role for children in becoming literate.
I would really like to address the use of the alphabet and tie it into literacy (especially early literacy) though I'm not entirely sure how I'm going to do that yet.

East of Eden Bibliography

I honestly still have no idea what I want my thesis to be, but in my brainstorming and research, I focused primarily on Cal and Cathy and what we learn about morality from their characters.

       Because of this, my working thesis is: "The characters of Cal and Cathy shows that one's nature is more influential than one's nurture in making moral choices."

Sources:
(1) Segal, Nancy L. Born Together. N.p.: Harvard University Press, 2012. Web. 21 Mar. 2016. [Online Book]
This is a report on twin studies that looks at the similarities between habits and quality of life for twins separated at birth. It is a study that looks at "nature," and can be helpful in analyzing the character of Cal and looking at the theme of timshel--does he actually have a choice? This helps also in the analysis of Cathy's character and her antisocial personality.

(2) Sternberg, Robert J., and Elena L. Grigorenko. Environmental Effects on Cognitive Abilities. N.p.: Psychology Press, 2014. 40-43. Web. 21 Mar. 2016. [Online Book]
This source has information on child development, especially how families affect the mental growth of children and early teens. This is important for the character of Cal, who was raised in a very dysfunctional home and was therefore affected by his circumstances. This focuses, therefore, on "nurture."

(3) Cavarero, Adriana, Angelo Scola, and Margaret A. Groesbeck. Thou Shalt Not Kill: A Political and Theological Dialogue. N.p.: Fordham University Press, 2015. 7-10. Web. 21 Mar. 2016. [Online Book]
This is a good source because, obviously, it discusses the law of murder, particularly in relation to morality. This is a central idea in the original story of Cain and Abel, and it is important in understanding the parallels between the Biblical story and the versions shown in East of Eden, especially in relation to Cal's character.

(4) Verene, Donald P. "The Sociopath and the Ring of Gyges:: A Problem in Rhetorical and Moral Philosophy." Philosophy and Rhetoric 43.3: 201-21. Web. 3 Nov. 2010. [Journal Article]
I wanted to do some research on sociopaths since Cathy has so many sociopathic tendencies. This source was generic enough to be easily applied by specific enough to be helpful. This type of reserach is important in a further study of morality--if a person is hindered from understanding morality at all, is timshel still an applicable concept? How far do personal choices go? This will allow me to expand more on Cal's character as well.

(5) Montes, Maria J. "A Response to Ronald G. Alexander's 'Personal Identity and Self-Constitution' and Michael Goodman's 'A Sufficient Condition for Personhood'." The Personalist Forum 8.1 (1992): 91-96. Web. 21 Mar. 2016. [Journal Article]
This is another article about morality, though it is more an evaluation of morality in general as it applies to all people. This will also help me to further look into the idea of timshel and the morality of each of the characters, especially Cathy and Cal.

(6) The Holy Bible. Salt Lake City: n.p., 2003. 9-10. Web. 21 Mar. 2016. [Book]
This is the source of the original Cain and Abel story, which is clearly very important to the analysis of East of Eden. In order to understand the two versions of the story that Steinbeck presents, it is good to see the original views of morality and sin. I think this will help me most with Cal's character and analyzing his character through a moral lens.

Poisonwood Bibliography

I enjoy playing with the title of the book far too much, but that's not the point.

I will admit, assembling these sources took more time than I thought it would, and I'll probably find a few more just because more sources would be great for the paper, but here are the sources and thesis I have right now.

Working Thesis: Although The Poisonwood Bible is hailed as a masterpiece of historical criticism of the United State's relationship with the Congo, its core theme is actually that of paradox, balance, and disparity within each individual's life.

Kingsolver, Barbara. The Poisonwood Bible. Harper-Flamingo Publishing, New York, 1998. [Primary Source]


Slade, Ruth. The Belgian Congo. Oxford University Press, New York, 1961

It took me a while to find this in the actual library after finding it in the catalog (I've never been down to the first floor of the library and got kinda lost at first), but this one's really helpful because it was written as the events in The Poisonwood Bible take place, so it's a very helpful study of the paradox of an African nation being ruled by a European monarch that was written right after said nation's downfall.


Cook, Roy T. Paradoxes. Polity Press, Cambridge, UK, 2013

This is an ebook listed on the catalog that is exactly what I was looking for. It gives a detailed analysis of the philosophy of the paradox, as well as insights into how there are different kinds of paradoxes and how they can be found in society.


Salvatore, Anne T. "Against Platonic Authority: Collective Vs. Absolute Truth In Barbara Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible."CLA Journal 51.2 (2007): 155-169. 

This is a peer-reviewed article I found on the Academic Search Premier that is direct analysis and criticism of the text. Its discussion about the paradox of truth and the disparity between collective and absolute knowledge will be extremely helpful when analyzing each of the individuals and how their reactions to the collective truth of their environment show their inner balances and paradoxes in their behavior.


Jeanna Fuston White. "The One-Eyed Preacher, His Crooked Daughter, and Villagers Waving Their Stumps: Barbara Kingsolver’s Use of Disability in The Poisonwood Bible." South Central Review 26.3 (2009)

I will admit that I had to use Google Scholar for this one as well as the next, as the ASP wasn't yielding any more helpful sources. This is an article analyzing how Kingsolver portrays many different characters with disabilities in The Poisonwood Bible. These disabilities are one of the best examples of paradoxes in the text; for example, the character Mama Mwanza, who does not have the use of her legs, is more competent and can work harder than Orleanna Price, the mother of the Price family who tries her best to adapt to living in the Congo.


Altmaier, Catherine, "The Gospel of Cosmopolitanism: Conflict Resolution in Barbara Kingsolver's Fiction" (2006). Masters Theses & Specialist Projects. Paper 439.

This is the other source that I used Google Scholar for. It's a master's thesis written by a student at Western Kentucky University that analyzes conflicts and resolutions in Kingsolver's various works, and there's a section on the relationships between the Price daughters and their father. Conflict is a very important aspect of disparity, and the resolution of it brings new balance to the characters and their relationships.


I'm not entirely sure what I'll actually title my paper yet, but I'll figure that out as the scope of the paper begins to take shape.

Sources for Sylvie and Bruno!

All right, here we go. Source compiling...start!

Working thesis statement: Lewis Carroll, in his novel Sylvie and Bruno, makes the statement that although children may be seen as "innocent" and adults "guilty," there must be a bridge between these two places in order to achieve an ideal balance between purity and knowledge.

Research Ideas for Rebekah

Research Ideas for Lizzi

     The formatting is super weird for the hanging indent... I had a hard time figuring out how to make it look like a works cited page... haha. :) Here are five sources that I found for Lizzi's essay: 

      Timmermans, Stefan, and Hyeyoung Oh. “The Continued Social Transformation of the Medical           Profession”. Journal of Health and Social Behavior 51 (2010): S94–S106. Web. 

I thought this article would be a good place to start looking into the background behind Jason's career and how patient care wasn't often a priority to him... it might give some good insights as you're comparing the two different fields, too. 

    Balkrishnan, Rajesh et al.. “Trust and Satisfaction with Physicians, Insurers, and the Medical Profession”. Medical Care 41.9 (2003): 1058–1064. Web...
     
I also liked this article in respect to the behavior of doctors and medical professionals in the work place. I feel like achieving a good background knowledge of the more medical side of the play can definitely add to the depth of your essay. You don't even really need to use anything directly in your essay from these sources, but just knowing about some of this information can help you examine the world of poetry and medicine more objectively.

     Hulme, William E.. “The Problems of College Students”. Christian Education 34.1 (1951): 17–25. Web.

Even though this article is from the 1950's, I felt like it still had some interesting ideas that are prevalent even today. It talks about certain issues that college students face, something that could add to your second paragraph (in mentioning Vivian's college flashback). 

      Fagiano, Mark. “Pluralistic Conceptualizations of Empathy”. The Journal of Speculative Philosophy 30.1 (2016): 27–44. Web.

In regards to your third paragraph, this could be extremely helpful in analyzing Vivian and Jason's lack of emotional ties to others. 

            Dalrymple, Theodore. “Between the Lines: On the Detection of Fakes”. BMJ: British Medical Journal 334.7599 (2007): 905–905. Web.

           Raby, Philip. "Medical Classics: Wit". BMJ: British Medical Journal  334.7599 (2007): 905-905. Web. 

So this particular source is small in size... it's just a side article in the BMJ and so the sourcing is a little tricky. I went ahead and did two sources just in case it was harder to find... but really, this article was short, sweet and to the point. You could also look further into Raby's course that he teaches, but this article I felt like put a good point out about how uncomfortable medical students should feel as they watch "Wit." The play is used by medical professors to teach their students how NOT to treat their patients. This could add to your argument that Jason has time to change; by using the example of what happened to Vivian, his future (and the future of other medical students) can be far better.

Basically there are so many fun articles to research. I had a hard time stopping at just five.