#disso stuff

[nadiahilker]

i lied to my mother on the phone this evening, she asked when i’m getting my results and i said oooh sometime next week it’s past midnight now sO IT’S LITERALLY TODAY. TODAY IS THE DAY I FIND OUT I HAVE FAILED MY DEGREE. 

[nadiahilker]

@raivensreyes yeah i think you get the individual results whenever they're marked and then the actual grade sometime in june so im nervous eeek but thanks xxx

[nadiahilker]

I hope you'll are praying for me, by this time next week I'll have handed in two dissertations - which are still in the works...

[nadiahilker]

mutuals do this

write my 8,000 word dissertation on how the advancements of science changed perspectives on mental health and disapproved the belief that demons and spirits were the cause of it

[nadiahilker]

mutuals do this

write my 6,000 word dissertation on a critical analysis of the representation of the gods in homer's the iliad.

[nadiahilker]

About the iliad, so you have to write an essay on one of the aspects of the iliad? And something philosophical but it's more about english lit? You could study the influence of the iliad on modern stories (but it has probably been explored a lot already). The myth of the hero with Achilleus (idk how his name is written in english). Glory cannot equal happiness. Or just find an aspect that strikes you. For me it's the sacrifice of Hector, not just for duty but bc he thinks he's responsible

I don’t necessarily have to do the Iliad, it’s more like you pick a text and analyse it kind of? Like I said it confuses me greatly because firstly I don’t pay enough attention *im such a little shit* but also yeah, it does feel like I’m doing an english lit degree! But yeah I immediately thought of the Iliad, because it would kind of bring me back into the comfort zone of a) a story i know and like, and b) ancient greece, i’m all about that shit. pretty sure aristotle has an input on the subject! 

BUT that sounds interesting too! I mean, I have 6,000 words here so I can weave in whatever’s relevant it’s just the matter of picking/forming a question but oh my god are y’all sure you wanna help out this literal mess like everyone is being nice and coming up with shit that’s gon save my ass THANKS 

[yasminwithane]

sylvaria answered your question:

Anyone good with titles?

I love coming up with titles! What are some of the motifs? Is there a word or phrase that comes up at an important time in the story that holds a lot of meaning?

Ha. I’m not clever enough to include motif-y things.

Although, I guess the idea of labels/cliques does come up a lot? And the idea of pretending to be someone you’re not to fit in with others. I think there were a few mirror/reflection passages actually, cause I’m so cliche like that.

There’s also this whole thing of words vs actions type of thing. Like the link between, which is more effective etc.

Annoying thing is I’ve only written (and am only submitting) 30,000 words, of a novel that would probably end up being like 100,000 words maybe, so I haven’t gotten to the main part of it so I’m totally cluelessss.

[yasminwithane]

Anyone good with titles?

I need a title for my dissertation piece and I’m so so so bad at titling things...so HALP PLZ.

It’s a YA contemporary novel about...well I guess about a school shooting, but it’s not really about the shooting. It’s more about these 4 protagonists and their individual plot lines, and how they interweave and then are disrupted by the shooting.

Thematically, I guess it’s about there always being more than one side to a story, and that there’s more than one side to a person; you can’t define people by labels, as teenagers are so good at doing. Things are not always as they seem kinda thing. Also sex. There appears to be a lot of sex.

I dunno. I’ve been trying to sum up the plot, but there’s too much going on for me to write a coherent synopsis. It’s 4 alternating narrators from the same school, their stories all interconnect and you get two or more views on the same situation and structurally, I think it’s pretty cool, but content wise, it’s a mess, and I wish I could start over. But it’s due in 2 weeks and I need a title!

So, yes. Please. ANY HELP WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED.

(The best I’ve come up with is “Trigger” and that is THE WORST POSSIBLE THING TO CALL A BOOK ABOUT A SHOOTING.)