PRIMARY TEXT (PT) : “Why Do We Care About Whales?”

The gist of the PT: There are many whales die from beaching every year. Keegan talks about her own experience of saving beached whales. From that, she raises a question about human nature. We rather spend a large amount of money and time to save whales than saving human.

The problem/question posed by the PT: why we spend time and effort to save those enormous creatures instead of saving human.

The argument/claim I’m borrowing from the PT: Most people have special feelings for animals, more specifically large animals. The feeling when we save whales is different from saving some homeless people.

The textual evidence I am using to represent and substantiate the above: “People are strange about animals. Especially large ones. Daily, on the docks of Wellfleet Harbor, thousands of fish are scaled, gutted and seasoned with thyme and lemon. No one strokes their sides with water. No one cries when their jaws slip open.”(611)

My problem/question concerning the PT: What make us stop caring about human? How do we change this?

LENS TEXT (LT)

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EXPERIENTIAL EVIDENCE (EE)

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MAPPING THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN TEXTS

Evolving Questions/Problems Contributions from PT Contributions from LT Contributions from EE

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THE GATHERING PLACES

What I might need to include in the beginning of my essay to set up the “promise” of the essay:

What I might need to include in the ending of my essay to account for the various texts’ contributions and to articulate my deepened sense of the initial problem (the “new idea”—well, based on what I know/understand of it right now):

PRIMARY TEXT (PT)

The gist of the PT:

The problem/question posed by the PT:

The argument/claim I’m borrowing from the PT:

The textual evidence I am using to represent and substantiate the above:

My problem/question concerning the PT:

LENS TEXT (LT)

The gist of the LT:

The argument/claim from the LT:

The ways the LT relates to/amplifies some aspect of the PT:

The ways the LT differs from/challenges the PT:

The textual evidence I am using to represent and substantiate the above:

The new question sparked by the tension between the PT and LT:

EXPERIENTIAL EVIDENCE (EE)

The gist of the EE:

How the EE relates to/amplifies some aspect of the PT:

How the EE differs from/challenges the PT:

How the EE relates to/amplifies some aspect of the LT:

How the EE differs from/challenges the LT:

MAPPING THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN TEXTS

Evolving Questions/Problems Contributions from PT Contributions from LT Contributions from EE

New Claims/Ideas Contributions from PT Contributions to LT Contributions from EE

THE GATHERING PLACES

What I might need to include in the beginning of my essay to set up the “promise” of the essay:

What I might need to include in the ending of my essay to account for the various texts’ contributions and to articulate my deepened sense of the initial problem (the “new idea”—well, based on what I know/understand of it right now):