MIDTERM PAPER TOPICS
Choose to address one of these:
Focus on the Role of Technology in High-Rise:
Choose an element from the book that is technological, e.g. Wilder’s camera, the elevators, electricity, television, telephones, thermostats, etc.
Discuss selected passages re: how these affect the behavior of the residents in the building.
or
Focus on the Role of Nature in High-Rise:
Choose an element from the book that is biological, e.g. plants, animals, human bodies, food, reproduction, fertility, birth, digestion, human waste, etc.
Discuss selected passages re: how these affect the behavior of the residents in the building.
Instructions:
Narrow down the topic to make the paper your own. Don’t try to write about the whole book.
You need to have a thesis (= a hypothesis about what the book says that is debatable)
You find your thesis by posing a question to yourself (no need to include the question in the paper). Your answer to this question is your thesis.
Be sure to refer back to your thesis throughout your paper.
If you like, write the paper first and add the introduction last. The introduction should state your thesis clearly.
Be sure to revise your paper at least twice before handing it in.
Format: See Syllabus (on Blackboard, under ‘Syllabus’)
