The Story Of My Paper

I started this paper by having absolutely no idea what to write about because the assignment was so open and the possibilties were endless. But then I realiszed that I don’t normally get the opportunity to write about anything I want so why not write about something that I love? Sooo I decided to write about The Beatles because they are my favourite band and being in the poetry group I thought it would be interesting to analyse their lyrics like I would analyse poetry. Once I had the idea I was set and the ball couldn’t stop rolling….

Firstly I wrote out 5 thesis statements under the different categories of claim, definition, comparison, cause and effect and evaluation. I got some great thesis feedback and decided to take parts from both my evaluation and cause and effect claim to create my final thesis.

My second phase was then research, research, research, I got different interpretations of The Beatles lyrics by watching and analysing a film called Across The Universe, I also watched a documentary on BBC called ‘How The Beatles Rocked The Kremlin.” All the above gave me a really in depth insight into how The Beatles affected Russia and the historical context at the time. This then got me onto writing my first draft.

I got feedback from my first draft from the writing lab, my room mates and family members and lets just say this lead to me re-write my essay plan as I had far too much historical facts in my paper and not another analysis at all. I decided to delve deeper into the lyrics by analysing one of their songs revolution and picking apart another one of their songs "Let It Be” word by word and presenting it in a wordle, this helped a lot and gave me a really good starting point for the analysis part of my paper.

I also used resources such as The Oxford English Dictionary when digging deeper into the lyrics and what specific words meant and what messages they were trying to convey from their word choice, this proved very interesting and will be an effective part of my paper. I also read the book Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell as he has some strong opinions on The Beatles and why he thinks they were so successful, it was interesting to see a different insight and I ended up reading the rest of the book and loved it.

Lastly, I posted a question…what are the first 5 things that come to your mind when someone says 'The Beatles'? on my Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. This really helped me get an insight into what people, especially our generation thought The Beatles were actually famous for and what they were typically known for.

After all the above and many hours sitting staring at my computer screen the final product is finally here, hope you enjoy!