Cash and the Casual Analysis

“I hear the train a comin', It's rollin' 'round the bend, and I ain't seen the sunshine, Since, I don't know when. I'm stuck in Folsom Prison, and time keeps draggin' on…” Johnny Cash and his nonconforming voice were playing in the back ground as I read The Politics of Pants by Charles Paul Freund in chapter five. I immediately understood what the writer was attempting to communicate. Since I enjoy black and white western movies, I know jeans have played a huge role, through recent history, in the way we express ourselves. There is something about black jeans that makes me feel invincible and strangely tough.

There are many variations to get a point across through the umbrella of a casual analysis. I am already thinking of all the things I want to learn more about and the style I wish to use. Right now, in my social sciences classes we are learning a good deal about cause and effect. I enjoy knowing what is happening in situations and why it is happening.

Before reading the assigned chapters for this week I was pretty much lost on the way to properly construct a casual analysis and what the end result needed to look like. I’m thrilled there is freedom to be creative and a wide variety of styles in casual analysis.