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Your task is to research an epic adventure and to write an analysis of the event. To do this you should identify an epic adventure event, research as much as you can about it, and write an analytical paper about it.
Writing an Analytical Essay
Analytical essays require the writer to examine his/her response to, and thoughts about, the reading s/he has done. To compose an analysis, the writer collects the information that is central to the argument he or she is examining — the claims, the evidence, and the assumptions — and interprets the strengths and weaknesses of all sides in the debate. The writer often asks a series of questions to determine the relative merits of each side of the debate, questions that assess the quality and quantity of several different types of evidence any author could use. You may have to research how to write an analytical essay before you write yours!

My Perspective
As the instructor of this course my perspective counts! My impression of an analytical point of analysis of an adventure is that it should:
Provide perspective
Draw conclusions
Provide observations
Suggest applications
Observe how the adventure itself stacks up against the world today, given that this is an “adventurous society”
Be rooted in good research (more than one source, in-depth, etc.)