Chapters five and seventy cover the causal analysis which is basically writing about cause and effect. Causal Analyses cover the how, why, and what if questions. We are a society of people who want to know whether one small change that we make is going to have a drastic effect on our lives. It could cause and effect our health, behavior, or general well being. We learn in these two chapters not to jump to conclusions, which is not an easy thing to do when we think we are correct. To write an effective causal analysis you need to have great research to back up your writing.
Thankfully in today's times we have the internet which can help immensely, but can also hurt as well. We may research a topic and have several different views on the same idea. For example Wikipedia is a great resource for information, however anyone can add to a page. These things that are added may be completely untrue, or are accurate. Sometimes we have a hard time dictating the difference between reality and opinion. On the internet it is easy to be an expert on anything, when in reality you could know absolutely nothing or have little evidence to back up your knowledge. It becomes easier to write on a topic that you know well, or have had some experience in life, however it can be good to look at the unknown also.
Chapter seventy is samples of causal analyses. I think having examples are extremely helpful to have to look at and make a comparison to. These readings cover everything from Lady Gaga to questioning whether Google is affecting our intelligence. I personally feel that having samples of work can help in my own writing more because it gives a glimpse into the proper way to write a causal analysis.
When you write, " We are a society of people who want to know whether one small change that we make is going to have a drastic effect on our lives," it makes me think of how much tv shows have obcessed over the butterfly effect, especially science-fiction shows. It would be interesting to write a causal analysis tracing what could happen if a drop of poison water fell into an otherwise clean pond. Talk about tracing the minute events of a cause.
ReplyDeleteI saw a picture of Lady Gaga without makeup the other day and it shocked me to see that she is so human. Caused me to question the assumptions I make about people everyday. That's be a good causal analysis too!