10.21.11

While working on our upcoming papers I feel I am beginning to better understand the purpose of it.  On Wednesday Ms. Moses explained that our thesis statements shouldn't be too simple and generalized.  I feel that perhaps mine might be and this worries me.  But I feel that I understand the task of our paper and that I can support myself in an acceptable way.  I think the use of Carrie to set our example was a very well selected choice.  It is helping me to grasp what Ms. Moses wants our paper to be composed of.  We need to make a specific point that stems from our opinions and ideas and justify it with valid sources.  My thesis is on the movie Blue Valentine and how love is always imperfect.  This sounds general but when applying it to the film world I feel it is good because the vast majority of romance stories do support this but not in the way that Blue Valentines raw depictions of love and relationships does.  I think this is a very special film because of its take on love and I hope i can successfully convey my point because I really love this movie.