“How does the chimera get inside someone’s head, grow into an all-consuming obsession, and entail relentless

The Assignment: Write a Cause and Effect Thesis Paragraph
Write a thesis paragraph that answers this question: “How does the
chimera get inside someone’s head, grow into an all-consuming obsession,
and entail relentless self-destruction?”

To answer this question requires analysis: You are analyzing the causes
and effects of the chimera as it is evident in one of the stories, movies, or
comedy special.

Instructions for This Assignment
1. Begin by asking these questions: “What made Character X’s brain
such a potent breeding ground for receiving a chimera and then
allowing the chimera to flourish? In other words, what were the
causes behind Character X being so eager to embrace his or her
chimera?
2. Then you are asking, how does this chimera manifest in various
symptoms? In other words, what were the effects of this chimera?
3. Develop a cause and effect thesis paragraph that breaks down a
chimera into its parts, you are analyzing its powers of self-destruction.
For example, here is a cause and effect thesis addressing the problem
of political tribalism in America.
The isolation of people in their social media bubbles, the hyper-partisan
hostility that festers in those bubbles, and the cognitive bias that cherry-
picks evidence so that people confirm their prejudices is creating a Cold
Civil War, creating a climate that makes it impossible for civic
disagreement, and is creating a climate so that “owning the libs” or “owning
the Right” is more important than achieving a common understanding.

You are creating a similar structure for your Chimera Essay.