Comment and Alexa and Luisa's Thesis Ideas (Alexia Barrios)

Alexa Coots:

1.     I really like this idea and I find it to be one of your strong thesis statements because you can go into the psychology behind how he was able to rationalize the murder he has committed.

2.     This thesis is also very interesting and an aspect of the novel that I seemed to have overlooked. I am not sure if it is the strongest thesis that you have because the only female character that I found to have a strong impact on a character was Sonia.

3.     This is also an interesting thesis statement and one of your stronger ones. Focusing on the psychology of the characters is a strong topic to focus on because it is one of the major themes of the novel. I am also interested in seeing on how you will develop the existential aspect of this topic.

4.     This is an interesting thesis and I am interested in how you will develop this one. I think it is interesting on how you will discuss the effect that both of these characters that are very different had on him.

Luisa Maggioni

1.     This is an interesting topic and there is a lot that can be said here which can come from both novels and the discussions we have been having in class. I am not sure if it is one your stronger thesis statements but it isn’t a bad one.

2.     I really like this topic and find it to be one of your stronger ones. There is a lot to be said on this topic and I find it really interesting how you will broaden this to not only study Rodia, but also how others would react to a certain scenario.

3.     This a good topic since both Rodia in Crime and Punishment and the Underground man in Notes From the Underground both have a lot of aspects of their personality and theories in common. I am not sure if the comparison between Rodia and Amir is entirely necessary but it is still a good idea.

4.     I really like this topic too and think it is one of your stronger ones. It is obvious that some effects in his life definitely affected his philosophy so it is probably going to be very interesting to investigate his past and find the correlation between his life experiences and what he has written in his novels.