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Does this sound like a boring way to start a paper? I mean, do you think the teacher would appreciate this:
It was purely coincidental, having come across this character in my quest for a philosopher to use for this mid-term paper. I had the original intention of using a narrative prose to present a philosopher, depicting fictional events in which his philosophies would come to light, and in that vein, wanted to choose a relatively older philosopher for a possibly more abundant collection of references. With that in mind, I googled ‘old philosophers’ (I am quite serious) and somehow, it came to no surprise that I found myself in the 19th century Philosophers page in Wikipedia, and no sooner found myself considering existentialist philosophers-only because someone once gave me a copy of Straylight Run’s Existentialism on Prom Night and had the monumental idea of including that tidbit in the narrative prose, for humor’s sake. Then finally, without much thought, I settled with the first person on the article; the character named as the ‘father of existentialism’ despite the word not being coined a few decades later.
For a narrative prose to be effective, I needed to grasp his character. A biography search was then in order and heaven forbid I search Wikipedia, however helpful the site had been, for having stepped into university I had learned the grim truth of the site’s lack of credibility when it comes to the matter of referencing. It didn’t hurt to check the references noted there, however.
An e-book downloaded, more than a couple of other sites bookmarked, a ‘Fear and Trembling’ copy pasted into MS Word, and a few library books checked-out later, I figured I was ready. The plan was changed, though, and instead of using the philosopher, I intended to use other fictional characters to discuss ‘Fear and Trembling’ alongside its author.
Before delving into the actual work, I decided to read up on interpretations and whatnot regarding the philosopher first. Michael Watts (2003) provided a very helpful, detailed account of the key parts of the philosopher's life. So much so, in fact, that as a person who was planning on using a story to depict his philosophies (and an avid reader of light fiction in general) I was more than surprised to encounter such an entertaining background for a character. Prejudice led me to expect a grim, droll intellectual. A man who, upon having been encountered by students in a lecture, wouldn’t have said students hesitate to say that ‘Yup, this guy’s definitely one of those hard-core philosophers… Boring.’.
It was purely coincidental, having come across this character in my quest for a philosopher to use for this mid-term paper. I had the original intention of using a narrative prose to present a philosopher, depicting fictional events in which his philosophies would come to light, and in that vein, wanted to choose a relatively older philosopher for a possibly more abundant collection of references. With that in mind, I googled ‘old philosophers’ (I am quite serious) and somehow, it came to no surprise that I found myself in the 19th century Philosophers page in Wikipedia, and no sooner found myself considering existentialist philosophers-only because someone once gave me a copy of Straylight Run’s Existentialism on Prom Night and had the monumental idea of including that tidbit in the narrative prose, for humor’s sake. Then finally, without much thought, I settled with the first person on the article; the character named as the ‘father of existentialism’ despite the word not being coined a few decades later.
For a narrative prose to be effective, I needed to grasp his character. A biography search was then in order and heaven forbid I search Wikipedia, however helpful the site had been, for having stepped into university I had learned the grim truth of the site’s lack of credibility when it comes to the matter of referencing. It didn’t hurt to check the references noted there, however.
An e-book downloaded, more than a couple of other sites bookmarked, a ‘Fear and Trembling’ copy pasted into MS Word, and a few library books checked-out later, I figured I was ready. The plan was changed, though, and instead of using the philosopher, I intended to use other fictional characters to discuss ‘Fear and Trembling’ alongside its author.
Before delving into the actual work, I decided to read up on interpretations and whatnot regarding the philosopher first. Michael Watts (2003) provided a very helpful, detailed account of the key parts of the philosopher's life. So much so, in fact, that as a person who was planning on using a story to depict his philosophies (and an avid reader of light fiction in general) I was more than surprised to encounter such an entertaining background for a character. Prejudice led me to expect a grim, droll intellectual. A man who, upon having been encountered by students in a lecture, wouldn’t have said students hesitate to say that ‘Yup, this guy’s definitely one of those hard-core philosophers… Boring.’.