Isolation
1. Intro
a. Hook
b. Thesis
i. Every teenager feels alienated during adolescence – this is necessary for identity formation.
2. Paragraph 1
a. Being alone lets you get to know yourself better.
i. Huck’s love of the wilderness. (Twain)
ii. Betsy’s special spot in her tree. (Shange)
iii. My introversion, love of forest preserve.
3. Paragraph 2
a. The teenager is transitioning from childhood to adulthood.
b. Alone, teenager must accept increasing responsibility
i. Betsy’s responsibility as oldest in her family. (Shange)
ii. My trouble with juggling illness and school.
c. Teenager may rebel against new responsibilities.
4. Paragraph 3
a. Erik Erikson’s psychosocial stage of identity vs. role confusion
b. Finding a place in the adult world for one’s self.
i. Huck Finn example.
c. Motivation questionable
i. My experience.
5. Paragraph 4
a. Alienation from adults
i. Examples from Hine
b. Alienation from teens
i. My alienation from my peers, maturity/illness drove off potential friends.
6. Conclusion
a. Summary of previous points
b. Parting shot:
i. It is through experience of isolation that we can appreciate company.
Learning in the Age of the Trigger Warning
11 years ago
I believe that this will be a fantastic paper! I really like how you are going to include your personal experience within each of the points. In my own paper I am waiting until the end of the paper to tie in my experience, but who knows I might change it up a bit after looking over your outline. I think that the topic of isolation is one that many people can relate to, we have all been isolated with some aspect of our lives, mine for example is always being associated as Veronica's (my sister) little sister. It is something that I have always had to deal with but now that I am making a name for myself I am known as just Veronica's sister. It may not seem like much of an improvement but to me it is. Good luck with your paper but I do not think you will need it seeing as you have it pretty well laid out already!
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