in Class: reflection of the rhetorical analysis

I think for the 3 rhetorical analysis, I think it is not so difficult to differentiate between primary sources and secondary sources. However, since the primary sources are usually first handed sources and may not be well researched, it is not easy for me to spot the opinion of the authors.

For example, 1 of the authors of my primary sources are mostly giving out the facts instead of making a lot argument. This confused me because it seems a good source because it is really informative and since she was there, in the city where the hijacking event occured, her article is really convincing. I was really hesitating to decide whether I should give it up.

Another problem I have is that even though I know I need to do some research on the authors of the sources, I could not find enough information to describe them as a credible or a trustworthy author. The only thing I can do is to summarize those of their short intro which is really hard for me.

Since some authors were generally giving facts, the ethos, pathos and logos appeals were not easy to spot.

Unit 2 Proposal

Proposed topic: After talking to Dr. Irvin in the conference. I just decided my topic to be the hijacking event which occurred in Philippines involving the Philippines police and several Hongkong travelers killed. This event is a really serious event which arouse great attention internationally. The event itself is not controversial but there are a lot of different opinions coming out about it. Hongkong government and mainland government of China and Philippines are all so concerned about this event since it causes a lot death and it is an issue that would break the relationship between these two countries if not taken good care of.

Primary sources: Since it is an international event happened in Asia, there seems to be not enough report about it in English version. However, due to the specialty of Hong Kong government, there are reports from Hong Kong in English, such as Apple Daily and SCMP.com(south China morning post). Also, I have realdy found some report from WSJ(Wall Street Journal) and NYT(New York Times). To make the statement or the analyse objective, I think I might need to look for some report from Philippines local newspaper or magzines.
To do the research, I am going to research Philippines polocy about gun possession and other things involved in the library or library.tcu.edu

Why I chose this topic?
1, This event is really a big international event which arouse great attention from all over the world.
2, One side of this event is my country, my people and someone just got KILLED! I am not just interested but concerned about it. (However, I will remain objective to this project.)
3, Doing research such a topic will help me to do better in analysing big events in the future when needed.