Preliminary Thesis:
The cartoon known as the Smurfs demonstrates a communist system in a positive light while simultaneously portraying capitalism in a negative light.
Sources:
I plan to watch lots and lots of Smurfs on youtube in the next few weeks in order to make direct observation from the cartoon to strangthen my argument. I also plan to use scholarly articles on communism and capitalism and use those to further back up my observations. Finally, I plan to reasearch if anyone else has made similar observations and compare those to mine to build evidence.
Obstacles:
I think it will be somewhat difficult to find direct scholarly sources relating to the Smurfs. Also, I feel that I will have trouble finding direct examples of how rhetoric is used to convey the message of my thesis. I have a few ideas, but need to further analyze the cartoon to find more examples.
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I think that you have a very interesting topic and a well written preliminary thesis statement. I agree with the fact that you may have trouble finding sources that relate the three topics together (the Smurfs, communism, and capitalism). However, effectively integrating articles on each of these could definitely work well. Also, conveying your message through rhetoric may be a little easier than it seems since you are using visual examples (youtube videos).
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