My research so far

I have started working on my rhetorical analysis. After met with Jen during our conference, she said that she felt that my initial introduction of my paper was slightly misleading. In my draft I had mentioned the person I would be talking about in my final research paper in the intro in order to make some sort of connection between my rhetorical analysis paper and my final research paper. As I had mentioned in my previous blog I intend to write about Diego Armando Maradona who is an idol in Argentina. His importance has transcended that of soccer which is what endeared him to the hearts of the Argentine public as well as other soccer fans worldwide. I am not going to give away everything about Diego here; all the same Maradona is friends with people like Cuba’s former ruler Fidel Castro, Venezuela’s current president Hugo Chavez. Maradona was an outspoken critic of President Bush’s administration. Some other interesting things about Diego are that he even has a church former after him. I think this is pretty strange but if I were him I’d be feeling honored, lol.
While personally I don’t care about Diego’s political affiliation as I mostly care for him because of his soccer involvement. Currently he’s Argentina’s coach; which in many people’s view is a gamble despite his status as a player. Many people are divided in this matter because some feel he is inexperienced as a coach, which they are right to say so. Others feel because of the respect and adoration he commands in the Argentine players it could all work out. Well, this is just a few things that my final research paper deals with. As far as my rhetorical paper goes, it was helpful looking through some of my classmates’ papers; because it gave me ideas on things to correct in my paper. My rhetorical analysis paper is just comparing 3 different writers rhetoric on why soccer isn’t catching on in America. The fact that a lot of you may don’t know a famous person like Maradona only serves to highlight the issues that soccer despite its progress is still not making any impact in America. Hopefully, you’re able to make the connection between my rhetorical paper and my final paper.

My rhetoric paper so far.

I have started working on my rhetorical analysis draft, and I must say the volume of reading to find some substantial appropriate article to use can be a daunting task. I guess that’s why it’s called research.
Anyway, I am focusing on articles that talk about how factors not directly related to soccer affects the soccer culture. I am an avid soccer fan. So, it still baffles me that soccer hasn’t really caught on locally and that’s what really motivated me into doing this research. The authors I’ve chosen to research talk about these factors that influence soccer. I was intrigued to learn that the founding father’s mission to resist the influence of England is one of the earliest things that caused soccer not to catch on in the country. I am hoping that from the way the authors talk about these factors, such as race that the audience can understand the things going on in the background to influence the soccer culture here in the states. The authors use statistics, use historical occurences that involved and as well influenced soccer. They use a mix of direct approach by listing these factors and how they affect the game. They also tell stories of people who have been involved in the game and these are things that we as audience can relate to. Hopefully, I can put my rhetoric thoughts together in a way that makes sense that show how the authors’ rhetorics are effective in passing across their points.