Project 3 Genre Analysis

This genre of writing seems unlike anything I have ever been exposed to. However, it seems like it will be a relatively fun activity and assignment. After reading "Scenes of Writing", I have learned how people use observations to determine how they will behave and communicate in a situation. Observing how other people are participating in, leading, listening, and reacting to a discussion will affect the way in which you participate, lead, listen, or react to that discussion. These types of things, referred to as rhetorical choices, are things we do constantly throughout our days without realizing we are doing it. Likewise, the more familiar you are with a scene of writing or the more you understand your scene of writing, the easier it will be to communicate your ideas to others. A scene is a place where communication happens among groups of peoples with some shared objectives. In class, we observed the 2nd floor of Stevenson as our scene. In our observation we discovered communication happening among groups of students who shared the objective of waiting for their next class or killing time. For Project 3, we will choose a different scene and observe what types of communication among different groups with some shared objectives. This is going to determine how different types of people behave in different types of situations and why. I am excited to pursue this project and begin my observational research. This genre of writing can help us understand what influences, situations, and scenarios affect us in different ways and why. It is important to know what influences people the most and what situations or circumstances change peoples' behaviors the most. I believe people determine their behaviors based off of others and I predict that throughout this genre of writing I will discover what behaviors are considered the norm in certain circumstances but that the same behaviors can be considered abnormal in different circumstances.