Today's class was hopefully helpful in terms of getting you started on your research. I certainly learned a few things from Mrs. Berry's presentation, and she told me many university-bound students are asking for that kind of information all the time.
About the research paper: keep in mind that narrowing your topic to a specific focus and actually getting the research done is a large part of this assignment. You can use The Visitor as a gateway to your topic, and you can focus on detention and immigration entirely, if you like, or widen your take on the topic to contain one or several other examples of government action toward individual liberties. Try to keep a thread of The Visitor running through the paper, but the film does not have to be the major focus.
It seems to me it would be helpful for you to have more feedback earlier in the writing process, so I hope to talk to you about your research and your specific thesis late next week. What I'm saying here is get as much done now as you can! Even though it is summer weather, try to push yourself for a few weeks more. You will be free of all of this soon enough. This really is not the assignment to leave to the last minute.
Homework: Please see the previous post for reading assignment and question assignment. Also, don't forget that the novel test is on June 3rd, and the paper is due June 7th.
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