I have to write an essay ( the junior paper for...american high schools?) and it has to prove/disprove something. I can write it about anything after the year 1945 and i have to use facts/details/writings to argue for or against something.(for example, abortion maybe).I wanted to do the topic on graphic novels/manga/etc but im having a hard time finding something i can argue about. help please? thanks 🙂

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do you want to prove how america high school students have gotten considerably dumber since then...?
i know it's true...from LA...
http://broadeducation.org/about/crisis_stats.html
or you could go in the opposite direction and discuss the amount of homework. i think it's increased.

Seems too broad of a time period to cover imo, maybe from one generation to another, in regards to saying high school students have gotten dumber since 1945 or whatever. What about graphic novels/manga/etc do u want to prove/disprove? Better if you have an idea we can help with.

? no I can write about anything AFTER 1945, , sorry if it confused you. I just know i want to do my topic on graphic novels but i can't really think of anything to argue about...I was thinking i could argue how graphic novels are a form of art, but i realized it might be hard to find facts/writings about that.

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Okay, I'm sorry, not to be mean, but please, do not write a paper about how kids are getting dumber. Its just a joke of a topic that achieves nothing. Write something you're actually interested in, which you have stated to be about graphic novels/manga. Or you can talk about art in general or other parts of art. Maybe you can talk about the influence of propaganda, which really is a simply and easy enough topic since you're around the WWII-era.

But if you really want to stick to graphic novels, you can talk about the transformation of the medium. Before, a majority of artists stuck to the old fashioned pen and ink and these days, the norm is using the digital form. You can argue about the quality of the art as a result. I'm pretty sure there are articles out there of criticisms about this topic.

When it's about media(art, music etc), you can always stick to the arguments regarding "quality" and "influence"

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ah sorry, misread it. goes to show you should always read carefullywhat if you did it as an new form of art and how it's shaped american culture? maybe not as extensively as comics like batman and superman but still, it's had some effect. you could argue we benefit from these cultural gems.

now we all know how i graduated high school...i pulled stuff out of my butt. 😛

You could write about graphic novels as an authentic form of literature and that they are appropriate and beneficial for young readers, and readers in general. As an elementary teacher, I know there is a lot of debate about whether students should be allowed/encouraged to read graphic novels as school books. There is an increasing number of graphic novels being published for the middle grades (ages 8-12).

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I don't know what kind of sources you're supposed to use, but I did a quick search of ERIC, which is a database of articles related education. I searched keyword "graphic novels" and got 86 results, so you might try there for information on the topic I suggested. Your school or public librarian should be able to help you find the articles.

Sorry if this is too much. I'm a bit of a research nerd.

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? no I can write about anything AFTER 1945, , sorry if it confused you. I just know i want to do my topic on graphic novels but i can't really think of anything to argue about...I was thinking i could argue how graphic novels are a form of art, but i realized it might be hard to find facts/writings about that.

Arguing its a form of art isnt bad, did you actually try to find info and stuff? You could write about manga being better than American comics or how its evolved over time. Just brainstorming here.

how manga reading has become popular over the last decade around the world? and how it's affecting people's views? 😕 🤢

D'oh!

Couple of quick questions:
(1) How long is this paper supposed to be, anyways?
(2) What class is this for, exactly?

I don't want to suggest a topic that I would think is too broad to cover sufficiently in a (presumably short) high school research paper. The fact that this paper has to cover something past 1945 makes me think its a history class, but it'd be easier to suggest a topic depending on the class for which it's supposed to be written for.

"When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained."

• Samuel Clemens/Mark Twain

The desensitization of violence and sex in modern media, like manga and anime, to kids today. There's plenty of arguments pro and con on this issue as well as psychological studies. Most pointing to the fact that in deed the media desensitized our children so far that, hell, look at our MU +18 board....

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this is not about cannibalism...please get back on topic

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I think it is exactly the topic. I see nothing wrong.

Thanks boxbox, i might have done that if it was considered appropriate but its a high school and violence and stuff is kind of a grey line...

Couple of quick questions:
(1) How long is this paper supposed to be, anyways?
(2) What class is this for, exactly?

This is for u.s history class but all juniors have to write it, it doesnt have to be about history. It has to be around 8-10 pages 🙁

Thanks everyone but i need a topic i can argue about, and i need evidence(facts, writings) to support that, i don't think i can just use logic(paintings are similar to manga, and they're considered a form of art, so manga should be considered art, etc). Btw that is a good idea daisuke, i'll keep it in mind 🙂

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Thanks everyone but i need a topic i can argue about, and i need evidence

We can totally help you shape your thesis once you narrow down your topic, (and pretty much every topic suggested can be shaped into an argument once you break it down a bit)

I'm gonna try to break down the different approaches suggested (while throwing in my own)

1. The development of manga as an art form:
   i) the origins of manga
   ii) Disney's influence on early manga ('specially Tezuka)
   iii) shifting art styles in manga, and reasons for it
   iv) east-west fusion and other changes to the art form

2. manga and culture wars
   i) violence, sex and all that jazz
   ii) globalization and the spread of manga
   iii) piracy and the manga community

etc,

If you want to look at the graphic novel, look up Will Eisner as he's widely considered the father of the form as a literary medium.
And again, you can approach the graphic novel from pretty much any angle:

1. birth of the media
2. development of the media
3. its use in telling difficult stories (there have been a lot of WWII related graphic novels, holocaust books like Maus and atomic bomb stories like Barefoot Gen)

. Maybe you can talk about the influence of propaganda, which really is a simply and easy enough topic since you're around the WWII-era.

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i don't think i can just use logic(paintings are similar to manga, and they're considered a form of art, so manga should be considered art, etc)

Well you wouldn't. You'd pull up scholarly articles that discuss the development of manga as a literary form, talk about anime influenced artists like Murakami and critically respected artists like Tezuka and Miyazaki
pull up anything you can find that takes the opposite side (that manga isn't an art form, it's populist drivel). <-by the way, this is the basic approach for any argumentative essay

Looks like we are doing his/her paper lol.

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Looks like we are doing his/her paper lol.

shrugs I don't think giving a topic is totally doing the paper ('specially since I'm hoping the suggestions are just used as inspiration to find a topic that's really interesting). Plus, I'm pretty sure that it does need some sort of grounding in history to really fly with the teacher and some of these topics are better suited for art and literature classes.

And I wasn't planning on giving the thesis, but my writing tutor tendencies are kicking hard and it's super hard to help someone with an essay(or really any homework) on a forum because the traditional nudge and spoonfeed approaches don't work well when there's a gap in responses (or when multiple people can chime in with feedback).

And as I just had to rework this to be gender neutral, zombie what pronoun do you go by?