infographic link

http://infogr.am/Hurricane-Sandy-and-the-relief-effort

topic proposal

My topic for the final essay is Hurricane Sandy. I’m the only one writing about it in class and I think it will make a great paper. I’m originally from New Jersey so my hometown was affected by the storm. Although I don’t know much about this topic yet with my family going through it I will have a lot of background information and personal experiences. Weather it is the actual terrifying stories of the storm while it was taking place or the after math and recovery there are many different views of this issue.

Throughout my essay I plan on going into detail and looking at the storm through those different perspectives. I intend on writing about what it was like for the victims, the Fema trying to help the best they can, and the cost of it or the government’s view. With the storm being recent and in the news it will be easy to find information. This issue is very conversational because many people say things like fema is not doing enough to help out and the devastation is only getting worse. Researching this topic will help me to form my own opinion on the topic and be able to defend it by answering questions and looking at the storm from a variety of viewpoints.

My research questions as of right now are: What are we doing to help with the devastation? How deeply were the residents affected? How many people are there for the recovery? What was the total cost of these efforts? How bad is the damage in different areas? How do the residents, government, and aids feel about the hurricane? Some of my possible sources that will help me answer those questions are: http://www.cenews.com/magazine-article----improving_disaster_resilience-9081.html http://proxy.uscupstate.edu:3171/ps/retrieve.do?sgHitCountType=None&sort=DA-SORT&inPS=true&prodId=AONE&userGroupName=uscspart_lib&tabID=T002&searchId=R2&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&contentSegment=&searchType=BasicSearchForm&currentPosition=3&contentSet=GALE%7CA307272947&&docId=GALE|A307272947&docType=GALE&role= http://proxy.uscupstate.edu:2555/ehost/detail?vid=3&hid=105&sid=ad18e830-c6ad-431e-92e7 f5564ef4678a%40sessionmgr113&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=a9h&AN=82958533 http://proxy.uscupstate.edu:3991/ic/ovic/NewsDetailsPage/NewsDetailsWindow?failOverType=&query=&prodId=OVIC&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&mode=view&displayGroupName=News&limiter=&currPage=&disableHighlighting=false&source=&sortBy=&displayGroups=&search_within_results=&action=e&catId=&activityType=&scanId=&documentId=GALE%7CA309208054 http://proxy.uscupstate.edu:3991/ic/ovic/NewsDetailsPage/NewsDetailsWindow?failOverType=&query=&prodId=OVIC&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&mode=view&displayGroupName=News&limiter=&currPage=&disableHighlighting=false&source=&sortBy=&displayGroups=&search_within_results=&action=e&catId=&activityType=&scanId=&documentId=GALE%7CA308476313 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/20/hurricane-trees-superstorm-sandy_n_2167017.html

paper 3 reflection

This paper was the hardest for me yet. It was hard for me to come up with even three pages. After getting professor Thomas’s help I then went back and made my corrections and turned it into a six page paper. The works cited was the easier part for me surprisingly. I follow step by step from our bridging the difference book and it really helped. I use MLA format throughout my paper and my title I think is good. In my introduction is state the author, title, and topic. My thesis is clear and easy to follow along with. I could have incorporated more research or used more sources then I did. I think my summary of the song is perfect. It doesn’t take much of the first paragraph but it still gets to the point and helps you to understand the song at face value before I break it apart and analyze it. In my paper I follow my thesis and support my claims with concrete evidence and loads words to make them stronger. In my conclusion I restate my thoughts throughout the paper and sum up what I just went over. I give new ideas and encourage the reader to think further into it. I put a lot of time and work into this essay and all in all this paper was rough to write but now that’s its over I’m confident that it was an okay paper and I did my best.