Causal Casual Causal

          How? Why? What if? These are all questions to be considered and answered when writing a causal analysis paper. The first thing that popped out to me in chapter five was the bold text that stated “Don’t jump to conclusions.” Jumping to conclusions is something that we in today’s society do oh so well and that is not something that is good when we are talking about writing causal analysis papers.
          Another bold point that immediately caught my attention was about creating an audience. When writing a causal analysis, you can choose to write about something that is very popular, talked about and known by the average Joe. But, you may choose to write about something that isn’t popular, talked about, or known about by the common person, therefore, you have to establish the significance of what you are writing about and why they should be possibly concerned by it because it may or may not impact them. This is how you create an audience, because you will not always have an existing one.
         Another point that caught my eye was to choose a topic that seems to be already known about and thought to be fully explained. Page 146 pointed out taking the way that certain groups of people think and explain things and to counter those thoughts and explanations with a different, better analysis. I found this interesting and helpful when choosing a topic for any potential causal analysis. I think being able to offer a different point of view, and possibly a better view, on a topic in which people think they already have full understanding of is very cool and unusual.