Lions and Owls and Acronyms oh my!

Over the weekend I looked around various online resources trying to find ways to make my paper better.  In all, I would say I spent about 8 hours this weekend doing research and writing.  Two of the most valuable websites I found were Purdue's Online Writing Lab and Literature Online.  Purdue's OWL gives many relevant suggestions for writing a well developed argument.  I had not thought about writing out concerns people may have had with my argument, but after looking over the suggestions on OWL I decided to address some flaws a reader may perceive in my thesis statement and minister to those uncertainties.  Through LION I was able to find more information on the historical context surrounding Ulysses.  I read a brief biography on James Joyce.  I found many of his influences to be Modernists like Ezra Pound so I included more information on Modernism in my paper than I had originally intended.  The biography also delved into Joyce's development of the character of Stephan Dedalus.  Stephan is the most poetic character in Ulysses and is key to my argument that the book is a work of poetry.  I am excited to continue to explore these online resources as I craft my final draft.