As students of Letters Faculty, we will encounter so many tasks dealing with books, essays, and so forth. We are all dying to get fine grades and therefore we try to work hard in every task given. Certainly it needs hard work and it seems like it is just that that we need. But nonetheless, it is not that simple. Usually there are so many things that keep us from doing the task well. That is what we find in reality. We do hope, we have dreams, but often the condition does not give us plenty chance to make it real. The common problem is that –as active students or rather, it looks like so—we do not have time to do all of those tasks. That situation often stresses us. But really, we do not have to worry about that at all. Thanks to those people in CERN (or NASA?) for the “world wide web” because internet will come to us as a savior in this rush hour. What we have to do is nothing but take off our ass to an internet center nearby and all troubles could be much more easily and quickly done.

Nowadays, there are a lot of websites about literature. And there are also some of them that you should know if you are really a student whose major is literature. Some of you perhaps have a lot experience in this. However, for those who don’t—I mean knowing what site to open yet–here are some recommended sites.

If you need any information about a book, internet provides us with gradesaver.com, sparknotes.com, novelguide.com, litencyc.com. And if the subject you want is about poem, you can open poemhunter.com. Those sites above are trustable and of course free. Moreover, they are quite comprehensive as well for it imparts anything to you, from analysis to criticism, from summary to metaphors. Maybe, later you will be more pleased with your task done this way because sometimes the ideas and analysis found in the sites are so brilliant, at least compared to what you have.

This method is practical, but do not forget that it also has a weak point. Since it is a common emergency step, our lectures must be very familiar with it too. Truly, It may cause problem for us and of course will affect our grade. The worst is it may be our tragic flaw. Our lecturer wouldn’t hesitate to even give no grade we deserve to. So there are three things you can do to prevent yourself from committing plagiarism. First, you can paraphrase it. Thus, it will seem like your own idea in a natural student style of writing and not to forget to attach the source. Second, do not just cut and glue, take them only as comparison. Third, take nothing but its proper ideas for you. Never take ideas that seem so high, lest, you will be easily acknowledged of somehow stealing other people’s ideas because your teacher will think that your thought is impossible that brilliant. Sorry for underestimate you all, but are we really that bright? I mean, if you are, you don’t have to read this article so far. Do those tips and you will feel so much helped. My last suggestion, keep it in mind, apply this method only in pressing time. Still, it is better for you to do your task yourself. Plagiarism certainly humiliates your own intellectual capability. Rezza

Tragic Flaw. This is a corner for those who need an absolute shortcut. Here we can see an elaborate detail of cheap but sometimes very clever tricks to pursue our certain goal. However, it is also very potential to be our tragic flaw. The writer angle may be ambivalent since the attack of conscience is regularly struck him. Well, anyway those tricks are real. Better to know than not to know at all.

Rezza