Controversial Topics: Style, Language, And Topic

It has been more than sixty-five years since World War II ended. The twentieth century was full of segregation between race and gender, nightmare worthy diseases, unimaginable forms of technology, and monthly pay that could not buy a loaf of bread in today’s world. The differences in 1950 and 2016 are mind-boggling. Therefore, these two papers had to be incredibly different regarding style, language, and topic. Changing these three things depends on one thing, audience. The audience to which one is speaking to is critical regarding these three things because the audience must be able to understand what topics are being discussed and why. In 1950, topics such as economy, war, and civil rights were being talked about. In 2016, climate change, …show more content…
I found it easy to figure out what topics I wanted to address in my essays once I sat down with my interviewee, Dorothy, and got information about my initial subject. In terms of credibility, I believe my interviewee and research articles are credible regarding each time period and subject matter. Dorothy grew up in the 1940 and 50’s and experienced everything I researched in paper one. Doctors, professors, or individuals who endured harsh times during the 1950’s are the authors of my research articles for my first essay. For paper two, authors on popular news websites and professors are sources of my research articles. Each method of gathering information is valuable to the research process because in order to know what topics to research, the interviewee must gather information about that time period first. The drawbacks of these methods are that one may not be able to gather enough information in order to get a good idea of what should be talked about in their essays. If an elderly interviewee does not remember much of their period of growing up, not much information will be concluded. My experience with these methods was fantastic because Dorothy remembered almost every detail regarding her time as a nursing student and registered nurse in 1950, so it was simple to find things to research …show more content…
I am currently in school at the University of Kansas in order to become a registered nurse by the year 2018. Hearing about Dorothy’s experiences as a nursing student and registered nurse in the 1950’s was fascinating. The most interesting information about her time as a nursing student was the uniform they were required to wear and how segregated doctors and nurses were. Picturing wearing a white dress, stockings, a nurses cap, and white dress shoes to work every day in today’s world is hard to imagine. It was also hard to believe that women were treated so poorly by male doctors back then. Nowadays, there are many more female doctors who are respected by patients and other co-workers just as much as male doctors are. To hear Dorothy’s stories was enjoyable for her as much as it was myself. As far as research goes, it was interesting to learn about how women were expected to be a stay at home wife and mother while the male worked and was the bread winner of the family because these day women are much more independent and hard working in their careers. The difference in pay between men and women in the work place was also shocking to research about because women were paid much less than men simply because of their gender. Writing these three papers was an enjoyable experience. I interviewed Dorothy Meeds, a nursing student in the 1950’s and a close family friend. I could feel the excitement in her voice when I