POSSIBLE LONGER PAPER TOPICS       
   (http://www.bhsu.edu/dsalomon/eng101/spring2000/home.html)
          
     You may choose any topic you like for this longer paper, provided it is connected in some
way with something we have done or will do this semester. This leaves the field wide open: any of
the short stories, essays, or films. The paper must use at least three secondary sources and be 8-11
pages in length.
     But you can't write a paper called "Sliding Doors." Someone already did that, and we tend
to believe Peter Hewitt did a pretty good job. What you want to write is something on some
particular aspect of the work you'd like to study. The Theme of Deception in "Sliding Doors"
would be a possibility. Some others are listed below. These are merely some suggested topics. If
you can't come up with something, come and talk to me and I'll help you.
          
          1) American Culture's Obsession with Physical Beauty
          2) Is Technology Overwhelming Us?
          3) Nicholson Baker and Sven Birkerts: Two American Commentators
          4) Paul Auster's New York Trilogy: American Fiction?
          5) Mystery in City of Glass
          6) How Can Fiction Comment on Society? Paul Auster's New York Trilogy
          7) How Movies Reflect Society
          8) Violence and American Culture
          9) Obsessed With Speed: American Culture in the New Millennium
          10) The Dying Art of Reading
          
     These are just a few suggestions off the top of my head. I encourage you to be creative
and interesting. Remember, I have to read these, but you have to spend a few weeks researching
and writing them.
     I would also encourage you to begin this paper early, at least the research and basic ideas.
Don't wait until the last minute. You'll be in trouble because the end of the semester will bring
other work from this and other classes. You will also find that books you would like to use will
already have been taken out of the library by other students.
     When you submit the proposed topic for this paper, I'll return it to you either approved
(possibly with suggestions), or disapproved (probably because it's too broad or too narrow for
this paper).
     
Keep track of all due dates!

April 3: Submit topic via e-mail
May 3: All papers due** NO EXCEPTIONS
                                   Any questions, just ask!