Change and Edit......

Today, I realize that I have made a mistake. I could not find evidences to support the point that I have written. I feel a bit disappointed with it. I really try hard to find evidences from the text but I could not get many evidences. I do not think that it will be good if I keep on working on the topic again. It is because this may affect my marks.
Meanwhile, it is not too late for me to change my topic either. I think I still can change and work on it. At last, I have decided to change from examining male characters to female characters. I think it would be easier for me to examine the female characters as the main characters of both plays are the female characters.
Therefore, I remind myself that I need to be firm with the decision that I have made now. I should not change topic anymore. I need to work on it right now. Without hesitation, I begin to think of the points and start finding evidences.
Even though this is just the beginning stage of doing research paper, I think I have learned a lot. The first thing that I have learned in doing this research paper is making decision. Although this seems to be small matter which nobody will think of it, but for me making a decision will really affect how you will perform in research paper. For example, if a person decides to do the stories that he or she does not interest in it, this will affect his or her performance in the research paper. So, one really needs to consider wisely in choosing the literary texts that he or she prefers for research paper. Besides that, I learn to be more focus in doing this research paper when I am thinking about the points. It is not easy to think of the points for the plays if I am not focus. I learn to be more concentrate in considering the suitable points for my research paper. It is because ideas will come out from my mind when I am concentrate. I also learn to be patient when looking for textual evidences. It is really not easy to look through both of the plays again and again to think of the points. Furthermore, I need to look carefully at every single line and decides whether it is relevant to substantiate my points. All these require patient and I wonder whether I can make it if I am impatient with things. =)
At last, I am grateful to have a tutor who gives us choice to do any literary texts that we like. I think this really helps me a lot. I do not need to struggle to do what I do not like but to choose what I prefer the most. Without any restrictions in choosing the literary texts will encourage me to work better and enjoy the doing the research paper. Thanks a lot, Prof!

YEs! At Last I pass up Position Paper

Time passes fast! At last, I am able to pass up my position paper on time.
The phrase "position paper" really haunted me this few months. At first, I really feel like giving up in doing this position paper. It is not an easy process in writing this position paper. I have gone through all the inner pain and suffering in doing this position paper.
In the beginning, choosing a literary text to write is not an easy job. It is very hard for me to make decision as I am not sure what story that has issue that can be argued. Then, I have decided to do the short story- "The Journey". The purpose I have chosen the short story because I believe that I am familiar with the story and the story is short where I can read it many times before I analyze it.
However, things do not come along easily. I face lots of difficulties in writing the thesis statement. I have tried to write so many thesis statements and it has been rejected so many times. At that moment, I really feel like giving up. I feel so depressed as I still could not be able to construct a thesis statement compared to all my friends who have start working on their position paper. I have tried so hard thinking on the thesis statement that I want to do but it is not approved yet. I feel disappointed.
Fortunately, I have a tutor who guides me along the ways in doing this position paper. Without her guidance, I could not imagine whether I will be able to complete this position paper. When I have difficulties in doing the thesis statement, she teaches me on what should I do and advises me not to give up. With her help, I am able to come out the thesis statement at last. However, the efforts to find out all the topic sentence that support the thesis statement will be depends me. Due to her support, I tried to put more initiatives in working on my position paper. I read the short story for many times and read it from different perspectives in order for me to find out the points to support my thesis statement. Luckily, I manage to think of four points to support my position paper.
Thus, completing a position paper is definitely not an easy task after all. I have really worked so hard on it and I feel that I deserve to get a better mark. Besides that, many things that I have learned after doing this position paper. I must not give up so easily no matter what happened. There are ways to solve the problems if we take the initiatives to work on it. Furthermore, I must always be confident of myself where I must believe that I can do it. Furthermore, I need to seek for help when it is necessary because no man live in an island. When you ask questions, you may not know how far you would go. When doing this position paper, I do ask my friends’ opinions and ideas and it does help me to solve the problems that I faced in doing the position paper.
Lastly, I would like to thank to my tutor again-Cik Site and all my coursemate who help me directly and indirectly in doing this position paper. I learned a lot in the process of writing the position paper. Thanks a lot!

Meeting with my Supervisor

Today is the first day I meet my supervisor for research paper with a group of friends. I am quite nervous to meet him because he is a strict lecturer. I afraid that I may not achieve what he want us to do. Although the purpose of meeting him for the first time is to show us our topic and draft, I am not confident with everything. Meanwhile, I just try my best to prepare a draft for him.
After showing him the texts that I want to do, he says should be no problem. However, he suggests to me that doing female characters for "Pygmalion" and "Educating Rita" would be interesting rather than male characters. I try to tell him that I would like to examine male characters because not so many people discuss on them. Furthermore, I want to do something different and I inform him that I would like to change if I am not able to find points for my research paper.
Through my supervisor, I learned it is good to do what I like for research paper as I am the one who are doing the research. Therefore, it is alright for me to proceed with my plan. Certainly, I like both of the plays that I have chosen and it ensures me that I can do well for my research paper. Besides that, many hard works and research need to be done so that I can achieve a good grade for my research paper. I will try my best to do it!!

Thinking about topic again.....

It is time for me to start my research paper. I am worried right now as I do not know what type of literary texts that I want to choose from. At first, I thought of doing Malaysian texts for my research paper. However, I felt that my interest is not really in Malaysian text as many people will choose to do Malaysian literature. Besides that, I have examined one of the texts for the subject of Malaysian literature and I think that would provide me sufficient knowledge of Malaysian literature. Furthermore, I felt that the reference for Malaysian literature is quite limited and I afraid that I will wrongly interpret the texts. To be safe, I decided to examine the text that was discussed before and I want to do texts that I like the most. Well….after thinking for so long, I have made my decision on the literary texts that I wants to do for my research paper. "Pygmalion" and "Educating Rita" are the texts that I have decided to do for my research paper. I like both of this play a lot. I think this is most properly because of the movie of "MY Fair Lady" which influences me a lot in loving to read this two plays. Although I have watched the movie during my secondary school, however, it had impressed me a lot! I really admire all the characters in the play as I think they play the important roles in education. So, I believe that through the examination of these two plays in my research paper will help me to know more and understand the plays better. I also feel that with my love towards these two texts will encourage me to do better in my research paper. I believe that I can do it!!

I am still learning…………….

It is undeniable that doing the position paper is the toughest assignment that I have ever had. After completing the thesis statement, today I have come out all the supporting points for thesis statement. It is definitely not an easy job for me to come out with all the supporting points. Eventually, I have read the short story-“The Journey” for so many times as I never did this before. As Cik Siti said, I need to read between the lines to come out with supporting points. I have analyzed the story in so many ways after discussing with my friends. Luckily, I did not choose novel or play for this position paper. If not, the length of these two literary texts was so long and it will really require lots of time for me to read and analyze it. Even though it is the initial stage of doing the position paper, personally, I feel that I have learned a lot. This is the first time I truly read and examine the text thoroughly. I learned to look at different perspectives of a text. I learned to think critically about how the writer presents the characters in the story through their actions, their speech and so on. I started to realize that all this while I did not think critically when I read a literary text. Besides that, I also realized that the question “why does he say this?”, “why does he do it?” always come in my mind when I read the text. Honestly, I did not like to think about “why” before this when I read a literary text. What I would like to do last time was just finish reading the text as soon as possible. Now, doing the position paper has changed my attitude towards reading a literary text. Therefore, I have learned a lot………..

Thanks A LOT for helping me in this position paper……..

Although at first I used to be very stress about doing the position paper, but at last I managed to console myself to keep trying. I feel grateful to have a tutor, Cik Siti, who is willing to guide me to do the position paper from the beginning. Cik Siti really helped me a lot in many ways. I feel thankful because she spends her times in discussing the thesis statement with me. Through the discussion with her, I have learned a lot. I learned on how to form a thesis statement. Although I have learned to form thesis statement in expository writing before this, but, for me, doing a thesis statement for this position paper is a bit different. I think this may be due to the reason that when I do a position paper, I need to think a lot on an issue of a literary text that I can write for four pages. Furthermore, I learned that when doing a thesis statement, it is important to list out all the issues of the story so that it will help in forming thesis statement. Besides that, reading a text for many times is also crucial because it will enable me to have a better understanding of the text. Analyzing the text for many times will help me to think of more issues of the story. Lastly, her suggestions when doing the thesis statement helps me to get a clearer idea on what should I do. Most importantly, her encouragement and support motivates me to keep on trying to try my best in doing the thesis statement and supporting points. Thanks a lot, Cik Siti!

It only the beginning of all.........

I started to feel so tense doing position paper. I do not know why I have such feelings? Last few days, I wrote so many thesis statements. All had been rejected, rejected and rejected...Why? Why? Why? I felt so tense, not even can sleep peacefully for a few nights.
I never been so worried about things like this since long time ago. I just felt sad when my thesis statement was rejected. I kept on thinking, what's wrong with my thesis statement? What mistakes that I have done? Should I change another story? Should I redo again? What should I do? So many questions came in my mind at that moment. I really considered so many things at one time.
No, no, I must not give up! I must find out what is the problems with my thesis statement. I must do more thinking. I must improve my thinking! I must discuss with my friends and tutor with my thesis statement! I must try my best to come out with a good thesis statement!
I must keep trying doing thesis statement. It is only the beginning of all assignments that I have in this semester..........................