Write a 2200-2500 word essay on the topic that you have chosen (you may find that you need to include additional sources as you write; this is okay, as long as, again, you properly cite anything that you reference).

In a research essay, you are expected to develop some sort of argument about your topic. Thus, your focus should be on further investigating existing knowledge about whatever topic you choose, then organizing that knowledge into a concise and coherent essay reflecting a particular position or perspective on some aspect of that topic—a paper that makes and supports a claim (which you will articulate at or near the end of your introduction in a clear, specific thesis statement). Research essays are both informative—that is, they provide the reader with information bout the topic—and persuasive, since they make some argument on the basis of evidence that you provide (your research).

That research must be cited and documented using correct MLA style, and you are required to cite each of the 4-5 sources that you have collected and identified in your Research Proposal. The format of this paper must be written in Microsoft Word.