Ariela Ojalvo American Literature Blog

  How has completing the annotated bibliography changed or clarified your understanding of your research topic? Discuss how your sources connect to one another and how they are shaping your argument moving forward. completing the annotated bibliography clarified my understanding of my research topic by allowing me to get a good in-depth overview of each of my sources, and give me a clear view of each bias that is present throughout my topic. My sources are connected to one another, making them about the same topic, and they are shaping my argument to be more towards human rights and leaning against population growth rather than foreign because many people are suffering, and I think that population growth does more bad for people than good after reading all of these sources and analyzing them.  Summary : Today in class we continued working on our annotated bibliography. Reflection : Today in class I feel like I deepened my understanding of my research and analyzed my sources ni...

Which part of the annotated bibliography (summary, reflection, or evaluation) was the most challenging for you, and why? Explain how that challenge helped you grow as a researcher and how it will help you when writing your research paper.   The part of the annotated bibliography that challenged me the most was definitely the evaluation. I found this challenging because I could not find the credibility in the source itself rather, I had to do further research on who wrote the source and their perspective to see in check for biases. This challenge helped me grow as a researcher, giving me more experience on learning how to recognize a credible and not credible source and how to look for biases in each source. This will help me write my research paper to be as credible as possible, making it without a bias, and ensuring that all points of view are seen throughout my source. Summary : Today in class we finished up with our annotated bibliography. Reflection : I feel like I got a good g...

  As you gathered sources, you were expected to find multiple perspectives on your topic. What differences did you notice between your sources? Explain how these differences helped you better understand the complexity of your issue. some differences I found between my sources is that many people see the benefits to the economy and technology with population growth while others see the impact it has on the environment being negative from over consumption and production issues while also seeing the negative impacts population growth has on lower income families and education. These differences help me better understand the complexity of population growth by showing me factors that have to be applied when talking about it considering that depending on the type of people depends on their opinions and views with population growth. Having population growth benefit many and completely alter many peoples lives for the worst too. Summary: Today in class we started accumulating research for ...

  What challenges did your group face while selecting and analyzing sources, and how did you overcome them? Be specific about how your group communicated and worked through disagreements. Working on our group research project seemed simple at first but choosing and analyzing sources was actually much more challenging than expected. Some people used random websites that they didnt fully read through and weren't very reliable, while others wanted more credible sources that were harder to understand, so we had trouble agreeing. Our communication was great at the start because we mostly used our voices and we gave each other a chance to talk no matter what. so it wasn't impossible to actually agree in the end we voted to decide. It wasn’t always smooth, but we got better at working together. In the end, we learned how to communicate and compromise, which helped us finish the project successfully. Summary: Today in class we worked more on our research.  Reflection: I feel better an...

Reflect on your research topic and identify the most compelling issue connected to it. Clearly explain what the issue is and discuss why you find it particularly interesting or important. Support your response with specific details from your research.   The most compelling issue connected to population growth is the impact that it has on climate change, making the global temperature higher and the water levels rise. The issue with population growth is that it leads to production growth which increases factory use, and other things creating far more carbon dioxide emissions, which should raises temperatures throughout the world and creates many further issues specifically for less developed countries in lower income families. I find this particularly interesting because it has been proven that higher income countries and people create the most CO2 emissions while it affects the lower income people the most creating unbreakable cycle that many are blind to.  Summary: Today in cl...

  How does watching the film version of  Into the Wild  change or deepen your understanding of Chris McCandless compared to reading the book? In your response, explain one key difference in how his character or experiences are presented, and connect this to a time when seeing something visually changed your understanding of a situation. Watching the film version of Into the Wild humanizes Chris McCandless, making his isolation feel more like a gut feeling and emotional struggle than the philosophical experiment highlighted in Jon Krakauer’s Novel on McCandless. While the book uses an investigative tone to analyze his motives, the movie uses sweeping visuals and a haunting soundtrack to romanticize his yearning for connection with nature. This cinematic intimacy creates a deeper empathy for his loneliness and understanding of his raw mindset. Witnessing his physical decline on screen transforms the abstract concept of his "adventure" into a tangible, heartbreaking reality....