Analyze That!

The term analysis has been a huge jerk to me. I know that it is impossible to label a term as 'a jerk', but give me a chance to explain. At the beginning of the semester, I could never seem to quite understand what I was doing with analysis. However, as the semester progressed, I believe I was finally able to grasp at what analysis was. For this piece, I chose to go with my timed essay of “Off the Map. I chose this piece because I was impressed with what I was able to do with it with the time allotted to me. I was able to take statements from the movie and use them to support my own idea in the essay. For example, the essay was written on the definition of being an outsider, and I was able to take notice that when Mr. Gibbs said, “We don’t have a phone,” that he had discovered his home with the Groedens, simply by using the word ‘we’. For those of you who weren’t able to watch this movie, I both apologize for my vague reference and recommend you see that movie. It will change your life. Not really.