Inquiry Paper Powerpoint

An inquiry paper, what in the world is that? That was the exact thought that went through my mind when my teacher introduced the type of paper I had to do. An inquiry paper sounded like a business plan where I had to make a PowerPoint into a ten-page essay. I remember clearly thinking that ten pages of insanity will most definitely kill me, or at least leave me half dead. Maybe I will even develop a phobia of writing. It is even worst that research comes with it too. I had no idea what my central research question was going to be, then I had a sudden nasty flashback of the times where the days I just have no motivation, felt lazy, and just burrito myself in blankets while watching sappy romance movies. I knew I wanted my paper to center around
love or infatuation but just didn’t know what kind because some people would fight me over my less-knowledgeable mind over the specific types of romance. It wasn’t my fault that there’s only limited types of infatuation that is considered appropriate floating in the movies and televisions, besides I’m not a love expert. I like being lonely. I called a friend of mine because I knew she had this pretty pink notebook stashed in her messy backpack and she wrote about stories on ancient infatuation and all kinds of infatuation. It may satisfy my curiosity on the types of obsessions and might help me narrow my search for the central research question. I had to wrestle that precious notebook out of her hands because it was her baby, but I managed and I thought that girl could not be any weirder than she already was. Inside the notebook was a category of dark love in colorful glitter pens. One caught my attention, well, it didn’t really but she had it in bold teal color so I had to notice it. It was obsessional fascination. I choose that topic because there are so many movies and television shows that portray love where courtship is soft and clean, while obsessive love is more dark and messy where mixed feelings and unclear motives comes into play. At that point, I was pretty much set on my topic but I wanted to be sure before I put too much effort into something that will turn out to be nothing. As a normal twenty-first century human being, I started with the most cliché method of search.
The good old fashion internet. I felt like hitting search was like the worst mistake I have ever made. Multiple articles showed up as OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder) and I look at those articles that were side by side like what this this, did I type in the wrong thing? I could have sworn the search results were mocking me when I continued to look further. Even till now, I still have no idea where OCD comes into play with obsessive infatuation, however; Helen Fisher (one of the readings I had to read for my sources) argues that young couple in love have similar brain activity as a person with OCD. The hot and heavy lovers can’t stop thinking of each other. There were articles that talked about the basics of the types of stalkers and how it will most likely start because the people who wrote the articles only have little knowledge of the topic. I stopped looking for articles on the massive search engine, I went straight to University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee library to find sources that will be more than opinions and useless information. I found three sources on the library website where they are all books that could be scholarly but I had to be sure so I did some research on the people who wrote it and the book itself. Then, the website took me to a different site because the UWM library did not have the material and I had to sign up for who knows what. I decided to use my
teacher’s advice and go on Amazon. It was like one of the most useful thing I have heard that week.