Blog 14

           For my analytical research paper I chose the Ariel episode in the Firefly episode. I chose this episode because it was one of my favorite episodes that I watched. Not only that but it worked almost perfectly with the topic I want to write about. I am going to talk about how greed can make a person do really stupid things. Jayne in this episode works perfectly with that. Watching the episode for the second time helped me understand the show plan better and it helped me generate some ideas for my paper. For those who have never seen the episode, a crewmember makes a stupid decision because of greed. He is offered a large amount of money for turning in two fugitives that are on their ship. He agrees to a deal and put himself and his entire crew in danger. Throughout the series Jayne is making poor decisions because he is greedy and because he only thinks about himself. To someone who has seen the show should not be surprised by what Jayne did because he has done it over and over again. Not only does this connect to Jayne but also this has many real world connections. Just as a general example, think of all the people who are in debt over their eyeballs because they are greedy. They keep spending money because they want something and they end up getting in trouble. That is just a simple and general example of how greed can get you in trouble but there. There are countless real world examples of where someone’s greed gets him or her into some type of trouble so I don’t think my topic will be too tough to write about.  I don’t want to talk about what I am going to put in my paper because so everyone can come up with their own ideas for their paper.