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Unit three proposal

What I propose for unit three is, (and I am not sure if this is 100% the tune I’m going to sing) to teach my audience all about the art of speed. In particular racing street legal vehicles for pure enjoyment, as some look at it as a colossal waste of money and maybe even a bit dangerous I look at it as a fun hobby. Now the audience I am trying to reach is slightly larger then one might think as their have been several very successful movie franchises that focused on racing street cars such as the multi billion dollar Fast and Furious franchise which glorified drag racing and drifting (Straight line and sideways forms of racing) and brought immense popularity to a when orchastrated safely, activity which is quite entertaining and exciting to partake in and to watch. I intend to start with a brief history on when cars became “fast” by today’s standards and then moving to how we see it in popular culture and which demographics of people like it and which frown on it and so on. The most important thing I learned from unit two would be consistency which will bring me to try and stay close to to the topic at hand and if I do go off on a tangent which is most likely to happen at least let it be an entertaining and relevant tangent. A couple of things I’m worried about is how this article may be recieved as I looked at what my classmates are writing about such as key issues like police brutality which I have seen happen, and remains a big issue but here I am writing about racing and sports cars. So yes pretty anxious on how this topic will be recieved but hopefully you enjoy reading about it and that’s all that matters right? Not everyone can be an activist for important issues because I feel if i write about something like that their would be alot of tension on the topic so I try to keep on writing about non political aspects of life.

3 Comments

  1. Karina Budhu

    Personally, I believe this is a very interesting topic to write about because the topic of cars as well as racing has always been a fascinating and interesting topic to me. Also, I believe that there is a very large audience out there that this story may be interesting and applicable to. I do not think that you should be discouraged when it comes to writing this topic due to what our classmates are writing about. I also had the same fear when writing my paper, because I personally am writing about anime which may not be as important to the world as those topics however I know there is a large community that would read the piece and enjoy reading and sharing it amongst themselves. I also believe a way to stay on topic and not go off on a tangent is to make sure to include information that is applicable to your piece. In doing so, it would be okay for you to go on a tangent about the quote or information that you may have to share without going off topic. Based on your initial idea, I was wondering if this piece would be specific to racing cars or the art of speed regarding cars? However, nonetheless this sounds very interesting and I personally cannot wait to read it.

  2. Leon Sukhdeo

    I really enjoyed reading your proposal. It caught my attention just by reading the first few lines mostly because I enjoy anything that involves cars. I personally believe that anyone who has a passion for cars will get attached right away or even anyone who enjoys watching fast & furious because it’s all about being fast which is the art of speed. I also agree with what you said about being worried about your topic compared to others which are understandable but they might be someone who doesn’t want to read about what is actually going on in the real world that’s serious and just want to escape it and read about something new and something interesting which your topic is. The only question I have for you is what are you going to focus on talking about? Are you talking about only cars or speed in general which comes in different ways? My advice when writing this would be to not get off track and talk about something else. The art of speed can be a little tricky just because there are a lot of forms of it and a lot of them can be really complicated.

  3. Leon Sukhdeo

    I really enjoyed reading your proposal. It caught my attention just by reading the first few lines mostly because I enjoy anything that involves cars. I personally believe that anyone who has a passion for cars will get attached right away or even anyone who enjoys watching fast & furious because it’s all about being fast which is the art of speed. I also agree with what you said about being worried about your topic compared to others which are understandable but they might be someone who doesn’t want to read about what is actually going on in the real world that’s serious and just want to escape it and read about something new and something interesting which your topic is. The only question I have for you is what are you going to focus on talking about? Are you talking about only cars or speed in general which comes in different ways? My advice when writing this would be to not get off track and talk about something else. The art of speed can be a little tricky just because there are a lot of forms of it and a lot of them can be really complicated.

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