Blog 29*

                The hardest part of this paper for me has definitely been the ‘bridge’ area.  Connecting my real world connections – about how too much responsibility and too much stress can have a negative effect on someone, and does not always pressure them to get more done - It can do the opposite in many cases, especially with learning.  But connecting that back to the show I analyzed (Buffy, the Vampire Slayer must give up her high school crush because she can’t endanger him with her lifestyle of… Slaying Vampires of course.)  is just too much of a stretch I’ve found,  especially when I attempt to go into detail about any real world connections which tend to be very specific.  And obviously there aren’t any real world examples of people being overburdened with the pressure of fighting zombies, or being any kind of superhero.  It seems that if I go too far to the side of Buffy’s situation - ‘looking for people who are greatly stressed because of the insane responsibility their jobs carry’ I steer clear of any kind of scholarly article, with reputable facts and studies.  Which is really what I feel is necessary to make an argument.  On the flip-side,  If I go in the direction of focusing on the scientific side of stress and pressure and show all of it’s negative effects with scholarly articles,  my paper feels like it has only a vague connection to the show which started the paper in the first place.  If I can’t find some solid bridge to connect these with scholarly sources, I will probably lean towards the argument side of my paper and unfortunately neglect the Episode Analysis part.