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I must add the fact that I am currently eating pie off a plate with Snow White and Dopey smiling up at me 
Where to go from here…
I have finally finished the final draft that I will turn in as my research project. While I feel like I have accomplished a lot of reading, writing, and learning, I still think I could keep writing much much more. If I had more time, I would continue to read older versions of fairy tales, and expand upon the symbolism in the stories in order to make more cultural comments. I have presented a fairly thorough history of fairy tales and touched on a few writers and tales, but I feel like this is just the beginning! I recently discovered an intriguing essay writting by Charles Dickens called “Frauds on Fairies” that I found very fascinating. Apparantly, he was an avid supporter of fairy tales in his time. When I discovered this, my interest in the tales went up even more. I will certainly continue to read and write down my discoveries as I continue.
I am pretty satisfied with my conclusion, but more symbolism and cultural comments would definitely help make my paper stronger.
Final Edits and Conclusion
I am pretty happy with my reserch and what I have written. I still need to make a few edits and strengthen my conclusion. The class editing remarks were very helpful. They not only gave me some clear directions, but also assured me that I do have a solid paper to work with.
Since it is the last week of the quarter, my brain is a bit frazzled. I need to find a few more hours to sit down with my paper, read through it several times, and make any final edits necessary. I would really like to add more comics to the paper if I have time. (I’m having trouble downloading another trial version with a different web browser) There is not a whole lot more information to add other than clarifying the conclusion.
Overall, I really enjoyed this project. I honestly feel like I can write any type of paper now that I have learned how to properly do research. I found over 15 resources for this paper and learned how to best take advantage of the library’s amazing resources. I am sure this will help me greatly in my future research. Also, I feel a lot more confident in my ability to write longer papers; this and other papers I have written this quarter has really helped me break out of the “5-paragraph essay” mold. I am not afraid to be a little sloppy when I start writing a paper – I understand now that there is not a cookie-cutter shape for every type of paper. I am hoping that by the end of the week I will have a polished and informative research paper on the history of fairy tales to turn in!
