Generating Ideas

    I may write about a research paper I did my senior year in high school. I argued that Amir, the main character of "The Kite Runner", suffered from a Major Depressive Disorder after he seen his step brother/servant sexually abused and never did anything about it.  He showed many actions MDD symptoms throughout his life until he rescued his nephew from a group of rebels called The Taliban in return for all the damage he's done for not helping his servant/brother. He was held captive after his parents were murdered in front of him.
    The pros for this topic are the abundant supporting ideas that makes the character fall in the disorder. I was very confident with this topic and is by far the best paper I have written. Although I don't think it falls under the  Literacy Narrative category. It's more of an Argument essay.
    Another topic I can write about is the trouble I go through trying to start introductions in my essays. It takes me about half an hour to start the first sentence and usually I end up changing it. I find it very difficult to write a catchy sentence without trying to be a little corny or to relate to my essay. I can agree it's the main sentence I don't feel so confident about out of the essay. I read articles on the "Red Eye" thinking how do these authors do it? Do they go through the trouble too?
     The pro for this topic is the fact that it falls under the Literacy Narrative category. I can possibly get some feed back from the audience on how to start an introduction and use the extra time watching my favorite show. Since I wouldn't get feed back after the essay is done, I don't feel very comfortable writing about a weakness.
    Another topic can be about writing in cursive. I recently discovered that most of my friends don't know how to write in cursive. I was absolutely shocked. I learned how to write in cursive in third grade and in one day. I recall that day I was shown the alphabet in cursive form and right away I was assigned homework to write a paragraph. Instead of doing homework I hung out with friends and when I remembered I had homework I panicked because I had forgotten since I only had one day to learn. I turned to my mom and I have to say I learned how to write in cursive in about three hours. It amazes me how many people don't bother to try to learn how to write cursive.
      The good things about this topic is that it has a problem and a solution and definitely a literacy narrative. I think this topic can stop a reader and make them think how they learned to write and if they can relate to it and that's one goal I try to accomplish when writing narratives. One thing I dislike about this topic is that it's to child-ish as. I think the topic is not to interesting to an adult and my goal is to give interest to any age group.