Quigley+Comp1+Topic+Proposal

September 13, 2011

What topic have you settled on, and why? For what audience(s) and purpose(s) might you design this project? What sources might you draw on? What genres might you use to represent your work?

The topic that I have settled on is health. I feel like this topic will benefit me personally, but also teach others something new. If I picked my other topic, which was the Jackson 5, it may not be able to help me in life. The audience of my project will be the people living in the United States of America. Our country has a huge weight problem that has to be fixed. The amount of people that are obese in this country is overwhelming. I would like my generation of people to be my audience. We are the future, and if we change our eating habits and exercise styles now, the years to come will be much healthier. My purpose of this project is to show people that to be happy, one should be both mentally and physically healthy! To find all the information that I will need about health, I will definitely use the internet! I can also use books on healthy eating, such as cook books. Interviews from people who have changed their life in a healthy way may also be inspiring. The movie //Supersize Me//, may be an eyeopener! To pick the genres that I will use, I will have to chose ones that benefit my topic. To focus on eating disorders, I could find a diary of a person with a anorexia or bulimia. I could also write an advice column for those who are unhappy with their appearances. I could make or find a poem dealing with the hardships of an obese person. I could also do a collage of healthy foods, or a picture of the food pyramid. I am sure that there will be many more ideas to come!