So I have two ideas for my LEADs paper so far, neither of which has anything to do with the other, but both of which interest me nonetheless:

Social Satire and Commentary as Seen Through Roald Dahl’s Children’s Novels

Experiencing Bipolar Disorder: The Bell Jar, Selected Poems, and Letters of Sylvia Plath

I’ve always loved Charlie and the Chocolate Factory but the racism with regards to the umpa lumpas has always bothered me. The Witches gave me nightmares for three months but I’ve always wondered why Dahl has a tendency to paint adults as the villains in his stories and hail the children as the heroes.

As I mentioned in my last post, I’m really interested in researching something mental health related. I read The Bell Jar last week and loved it, I also really enjoy Plath’s poetry.

I don’t see any reason either of these topics wouldn’t work, I just have to get moving on deciding which one to research!