In Class: Reflection of Primary Source Analysis Process

The difficulty for me for the Primary Source Analysis' didn't come with differentiating between Primary and Secondary sources. That was actually pretty simple due to the fact that the topic I picked is very fresh, and almost anything I looked up was a primary source regarding it. 

The problems I had were how to formulate all of my ideas for what I read. It's like I understand what the article is saying, and in my head I know the ways he's making claims, and what claims he's making, however it's harder to put into words, and make it sound like a smart analysis for someone else to read. I'm still not sure if I'm doing it correctly. I'm incorporating everything we talked about in class into the Analysis, however I'm not sure if it truly is going to be everything I need when it comes to writing my rough draft next week. I'm really nervous already, because it is known to be the hardest essay, and then on top of it, I feel as though melting the different sources together will be near impossible to do in a smooth manner. 

The summary, and author's ethos are obviously simply to write about. However when it comes to the claims of both me and the author, I don't want to be wrong going about this. I want there to be plenty of evidence, and I want my ideas to be clear. Hopefully I can possibly make an A on this paper. I'm going to do my best.

Unit II Proposal

Okay, Unit II proposal. After talking to Professor Irvin, and finding a mutual annoyance toward this topic, I'm choosing to write my Unit II Rhetorical Case Study on it. I'm not sure how many of you have noticed this, although I'm sure if you check facebook even once a day, you have. All the statuses going up from the girls for October Breast Cancer Awareness month. They begin with "i like it..." and then you're supposed to end the sentence with whereever you put your purse as soon as you get home. Although this may be something meant for a good cause, or a good way to bring about interest or awareness for a topic, it is way too risque/provacative, and to be honest, annoying. Everytime I log into Facebook it's "i like it in my front seat", or "i like it up against the wall", or "i like it on the dining room table". This has already brought about news coverage in the form of the actual news, and it's also hit the papers.


I think it will be simple for me to grab some primary sources, because this is a fresh topic, and almost anything coming out right now is something primary, and not secondary. I'll Google things a lot, and pick up the best and most informative articles that I can. But like I said, there has been news coverage on it already, and it has hit some major newspapers. 


I'm choosing this topic mostly because it's been frustrating me all week, because I'm not going to succomb to it, yet a lot of girls are. It's pointless, and it makes you look trashy. I'm sure a lot of sources will have a lot to say about this, and I'm looking forward to analyzing things and coming up with a good case study for it.