I think I see a connection!!!!!

Since we are throwing out our ideas for paper topics I thought that I would go ahead and put mine out there! I must admit that I got a little excited when the idea of my topic popped into my head. Are you ready...? Here it goes... Examination of mythological interpretations of the Raven in (ancient) societies and its connection to the appearances of the raven (Raven King) in JS & Mr. N! I was actually looking up symbolic meanings of the raven just out of curiousity, when I noticed that there is a little more to these creatures than just having a dark reputation. A number of societies view the raven as having such mystical implications. Therefore, it would only seem logical to be able to pull some of these meaning out of Clarke's novel. If it all goes according to plan, my paper should be able to link this mystical (fairy) world that the ravens are associated with and our perceived world (the world of JS and Mr. N) while possibly exploring reasons why the use of the "Raven" King was the perfect medium (I think that was a run on sentence...please forgive me! : ). So feel free to chime in with any ideas that could help me get off to a rolling start? Yea for paper topic!!!!