Research Process

            My research process for my paper about Breaking Bad was quite different than many of my other processes for previous papers I had written. In this case, because I have seen the show multiple times before I already had an idea of what parts of the show I wanted to comment on. With such a large show with an expansive storyline and plot, there was a lot of information that possibly could have been used, and a lot of information that scholars had spoken on in their sources. Because of this, I tried to narrow down what I thought would be useful to my paper and the point that I was getting across, instead of thumbing my way through an entire show and then finding what I thought would be useful. A difficulty that I found was that because the show is so deep and has an extremely dynamic story there are many different interpretations of events or actions that I thought were only one dimensional. The show is so great, in my opinion, because everything that happens has multiple events leading up to it and multiple repercussions that all have different meanings and allows the viewers to think about the entire plot. It is difficult to analyze a certain part of the show without bringing the whole thing into consideration and thinking about why certain events happen and how they will affect the rest of the universe that has been created in the show. Many scholars had different interpretations of the show, making finding ideas that went with the point I was trying to make quite difficult.