What’s A Good Thesis Statement For Adoption?
I’m writing a research paper on adoption. I’m planning to make it about adoption records and the parents who adopted the child & parents who put the child for adoption. I have to come up with a good thesis statement that will include all that. Can you please help me out? If not, can you come up with a thesis statement for one of the topics?
December 31st, 2009 at 4:46 AM
So, far you have presented an excellent idea but the “thesis” statement will usually include the following four attributes:
1. take on a subject upon which reasonable people could disagree
2. deal with a subject that can be adequately treated given the nature of the assignment
3. express one main idea
4. assert your conclusions about a subject
Do you see the notion of controversy here? There is nothing controversial about the fact that people adopt children and then decide that adoption was a mistake. It’s just a fact. What conclusion(s) can you make about this fact? For instance you might say:
Couples who renegotiate adoptions are more likely to do so when they have been childless and conception took place after the adoption of the first child. (I have no idea if this is true) See the controversy?
You might approach the thesis examining the ages of the couple and the possible correlation of age with successful adoption. Let’s say that statistics from records indicate that the older the couple the more likely they are to be successful adoptive parents. That last sentence is another example of a thesis statement possibility.
Hope this helps and here is site with some great thesis information that may assist you: http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/th…