Topic: Comparing the common obstacles and tragedies that Oskar of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Marcus of About a Boy and Max of “Rushmore” experience and how in these tragedies they use their strange personalities and essentially weirdness to cope
Focus: Compare their tragedies (Oskar’s father, Max’s mother/being kicked out of Rushmore, Marcus’ mother and father), talk about how they grow and thrive as out of the box kids (show all their idiosyncrasies), and finally realize how their strangeness actually leads to good things (all are able to bring people together)
Thesis: Oskar, Marcus and Max overcome the obstacles of adolescence and cope with family tragedies by challenging society’s expectations and thriving as strange and eccentric teenagers. In the end their peculiar personalities and odd habits help both themselves and the broken people around them.
Hey Mary!
ReplyDeleteImreally liking your thesis so far...it's polished and put together nicely. I like how you are focusing on specific personality traits and expanding the topic beyond them to the people around them. just make sure you have enough material one each boy and their impact and are able to pull it all together along with their impacts on others.
Good luck!
-Siobhan