Final Essay Analysis (Part III: Writing an Essay)

In the previous post, I discussed how I decided which position I would take in the argument of whether we are becoming a “disposable” society or a “green” society. Although deciding this position was a very crucial step in my process of writing this paper, the next and final step was still just as important. After deciding to support Giles Slade’s argument, the next step was to come up with a couple good supporting topics for this argument. This step involved a lot of critical thinking about what aspects of life really controlled the general state of a society. After thinking about, I cam to the conclusion that there were three main things that guided a society in one direction or another: technological development, economy, and the mindset of the average person. So, I decided to modify these topics a little bit so that they apply to our specific society and then use them for the supporting topics of my argument.

The final step in my process of writing this paper was basically just to actually write, or rather type, the paper up. I had my topics, so now it was time to jus fill in the little details and add explanations. Hammering away at a keyboard isn’t very interesting, but I did find it interesting to think about how America culture is being influenced by these topics. Explaining the three topics I chose in detail really forced me to think about how each one was effecting American culture and driving it in a certain direction. I suppose the thing I was most surprised to find was how complacent most people are with just taking advice from advertisements and the media. It is not too hard to research information and find out the true facts for yourself, so the only logical conclusion that one can come to is that people just don’t even care to try. I suppose I always though this, but writing this paper really brought these thoughts to the forefront of my mind. I suppose it is just a matter of either laziness or foolishness, or maybe both, but either way I feel that it is definitely one of the biggest problems facing American culture today.