These are not the thoughts of a person who has been studying this book for three weeks. вЂњDig deeperвЂќ in the margins of your paper means, вЂњWe have been studying this book for three weeks. Digging deeper means imagining your words being read by another as you write them.Дigging deeper assumes a small editorial devil sits on your shoulder and regularly scoffs at thinly composed sentences, filler, vain repetition of information provided earlier. Digging deeper assumes the reader is merely human, capable of boredom, distraction, ennui.

Digging deeper pities the teacher, seeks the delight of the teacher. High school writers are typically unaware of the fact they have readers. Solomon teaches that, вЂњThe end of a thing is better than its beginning.вЂќ What is вЂњthe endвЂќ of the thing you are speaking of? Where does it all finally go?Дigging deeper assumes an audience.

Just as a man has вЂњan inner man,вЂќ so the French Revolution has вЂњan inner revolution,вЂќ stories have вЂњinner stories,вЂќ political theories have вЂњinner political theories.вЂќ Digging deeper means finding the inner thing. PaulвЂ™s teaching that the soul is вЂњthe inner man,вЂќ that the quickening spirit of a thing is beyond the reach of sight, and must be intuited, discerned, reflexively discovered within the mind. What makes a thesis better? Particularity, certainty, distinction, deceptive simplicity.Дigging deeper means acknowledging that appearances can not only be deceiving, but dull.Дigging deeper appeals to St. Take your first thesis and ask yourself, вЂњHow can I make this better?вЂќ When I write 'Dig deeper' in the margins, it means you probably wrote the first thing which came to mind. Whatever thesis you first arrive at, assume such a thesis, if well defended, will earn you a C. What does it mean to вЂњdig deeperвЂќ?Дo not be satisfied with the first thesis which comes to mind. I often write вЂњDig deeperвЂќ in the margins of student essays.

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