My father had a small estate in nottinghamshire; i was the third of five sons. he sent me to emanuel college in cambridge, at fourteen years old, where i resided three years, and applied myself close to my studies; but the charge of maintaining me, although i had a very scanty allowance, being too great for a narrow fortune, i was bound to apprentice to mr. james bates, an eminent surgeon in london, with whom i continued four years; and my father now and then sending me small sums of money, i laid them out in learning navigation, and other parts of the mathematics, useful to those who intend to travel, as i always believed it would be, some time or other, my fortune to do.

what would be the best suggestion to give jonathan swift to improve the narrator’s reliability in the above passage?
remove all references to gulliver’s home, family, and youth.
remove the reference to “learning navigation, and other parts of the mathematics.”
explain the background of the statement, “as i always believed it would be, some time or other, my fortune to do.”
provide more description of mr. james bates, both his appearance and personality.

Explain the background of the statement, “as I always believed it would be, some time or other, my fortune to do.”

The question is asking about the reliability of the narrator. If you were to delete all of his background information, you'd reduce his reliability. Therefore, option A is wrong. The same is true for Option B since it would eliminate information about his education. Option D would include more about the doctor and not the narrator so it would not be helpful.

Explain the background of the statement, “as I always believed it would be, some time or other, my fortune to do.”

The question is asking about the reliability of the narrator. If you were to delete all of his background information, you'd reduce his reliability. Therefore, option A is wrong. The same is true for Option B since it would eliminate information about his education. Option D would include more about the doctor and not the narrator so it would not be helpful.

it is natural to stand at the beginning of a research project and feel overwhelmed by the amount of published research that exists in databases, literature reviews, and reference pages. at the same time, each new research project brings the hope of discovering something new. overwhelming though a project may be, starting at the foothills of a new thread of research is a great privilege, and is best approached as an opportunity to learn rather than a drudgery. as a researcher/writer, you have the chance to dive more deeply into less frequently encountered pools of knowledge.

depending on the topic or scope of your research, it is also natural to spend many days and weeks - and in some cases months and years - searching. no matter how great or small the scope of research is, the serious researcher needs to reserve adequate time to perform a thorough survey of published articles. for an undergraduate course project, finding five or six sources might seem like plenty of material to review, but graduate-level writing projects typically involve up to 20 sources minimum.

note that the main point here is not to say that it is only the number of research articles matters most, but rather that having a broad spectrum of papers to choose from you choose your topic for at least the following two reasons: 1) a larger pool of sources provides you with a broader perspective of the topics within your scope of research and 2) along the way you will find many topics within your field that you do not want to write about! so, one particularly effective way of viewing research is not finding the absolute minimum sources to "get by", but rather to find a variety of sources that you can an artist uses negative space to "carve" shapes out of a dark guide you toward topics that are more directly relevant to your topic.

the good news is that as you research you may find that some of your sources that were published in the same decade or so will cite and reference each other.

one of the joys and privileges of research is being able to follow your curiosity; if you are truly curious about your topic, and authentically driven to find out as much as you can, then even the articles you don't find interesting will be useful for a future project, and no energy will be wasted.

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