Prompt: ” Are there any movements or figures in Jazz or American History that that you find more interesting than others?” —> you will write about the Jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker —> Try to related Charlie Parker to something else. May be how he was a Bebop icon, how he influenced Jazz at the time,… —> Do a JSTOR search to see if there are any articles that seem appropriate to your topic.You do not want to write a reduction of someone else’s article. However, being able to apply an idea from their article or discuss what they have written with your own spin is something that you can do. —> Begin to work out a rough draft thesis statement. This will help you focus in on what information you do not have. —> The whole paper should discuss on what was mentioned in the thesis. —> You can also add how Charlie Parker suffered from addiction, alcoholism, and mental health, and how that ended his career at the end.
