Your task for this
research paper
is as follows: Please take a specific idea mentioned within the novel and conduct research on that idea. The idea must come from the novel, and within your research paper you must clearly show (via quoting the novel) what idea you’re exploring and where you found it. Some possible ideas that are explored within the novel include:
Extraterrestrial exploration and/or colonization (challenges, possible governments, possible improvements from what we do on Earth, where? when?)
Genetics and/or engineering/modifications of humans or nonhumans, STEM cells, cloning
Independent or paramilitary organizations, militias (unofficial, illegal), 2nd Amendment
Energy sources (such as the “Shipstoneâ€Â), solar, wind, hydro, nuclear powers
Multinational corporations (influence on environment, cultures, economies)
Worldwide plague or drug-resistant diseases, COVID-19 (statistics, governmental responses, drugs, healthcare systems)
Human classes or caste systems (racial, ethnic, economic — social mobility)
Ballistic forms of travel, rockets, space planes
Government and corporate surveillance
Corruption of governments or governmental agencies
Servitude or slavery, still around the work and in the United States
Foster care
Family structures, marriages, intermarriage (laws, customs)
Sexual orientation (laws, acceptance)
Rape (and perhaps the “Stockholm syndrome”)
IDs, credit cards, passports, forms of identification
Forms of transportation (propulsion, “smart” roads, self-driving)
Pregnancy awareness, or lack thereof
Investigation strategies/techniques, police (state) brutality or torture
Home defense systems, bunkers, (perhaps survivalists)
You may research and write about any other idea mentioned or expressed in the novel as long as you can point to it/reference it in your essay
Your research paper must contain a variety of outside sources. Try to use different types of materials (such as the Internet, CDs, books, periodicals, interviews, and so on) and, of course, those sources must be properly cited using MLA formatting. Some specific requirements include.
All papers must have the following characteristics.
Papers that do not follow these guidelines will be returned to the student without being read or graded.
All text double-spaced, typed
Use a sans-serif font such as Calibri
12 point height (neither less nor more)
Follow consistent MLA formatting
Length: 4 or more pages, plus a Works Cited Page
Given an appropriate title (not a label such as “research paperâ€Â)
MLA citations and a Works Cited page
