Possibilities for analysis:
1) A poem
Four poems about sunflowers caught my eye... they are amazing! I am not sure if I am allowed to analyze a poem. If I am, I think it would be the most fun route for this up and coming paper.
2) The lineage of Sunflowers
I found a great article on the lineage of flowers in a botany journal.
3) Sunflower oil as biodiesel
I found two articles on this where they analyzed the combustion rates to make sure the sunflower oil could preform well as a biodiesel. Both of the experiments I looked at agreed that sunflower oil can be used as biodiesel.
4) Sunflower use in teaching
A kindergarten teacher used Van Gogh's Sunflowers as a teaching platform for art. It had a bunch of pictures that the kids drew of Sunflowers replicating Van Gogh.
Jessica,
ReplyDeleteWhile the poems would be a lot of fun, I would recommend staying away from them for this assignment. It seemed like she wanted an analysis that focused more argument, such as "is this article convincing or not?" and similar sorts of questions. While she might not be against analyzing poetry, unless you are comfortable with it you would probably find it challenging since the handout wouldn't really apply.
The lineage article seems useful, but again, could prove hard to analyze if it is purely historical tracing. It really depends on the article. The teaching platform piece could probably make a great small addition to your final paper, but it seems to be more about teaching than sunflowers and would probably be difficult as well.
The biodiesel articles sound like the best choice. They sound like they make a claim, present evidence, and draw conclusions that could be challenged. Does the author effectively show that the oil works well? Does his scientific research seem broad enough for the conclusions he draws?
Don't take my advice too seriously, I just thought an extra perspective would help. Good luck with whatever you choose,
Kyle Knox
I feel like this topic grants you tons of creative opportunity. And there is something to be said about a poem analysis. It's not easy. And you never know where you're going to end up when analyzing a poem. You might find it doesn't mean what you originally thought at all. It would be a fun way of going about it, and I really hope you do. The book how to Read Literature Like a Professor could be helpful for you if you chose to go this route, it's a book that provides meanings for things you didn't know had literary meaning. Super cool stuff!
ReplyDeleteGood luck if you choose to analyze a poem!
Lacy Campbell
I think analyzing the poem would be great because most poems are said to have so many hidden messages or can be transformed to fit other topics. In other words, what we read in a poem, can be taken differently by every reader.
ReplyDelete~Claudia Davila