Summary vs. Analysis

           Summary and analysis are both important tools used when writing an analytical essay but these are two very different tools. When writing an essay it is important to refresh the reader on the subject of which you are writing and to point out specific events of the story, also known as summary. These events are used to give credence to your personal argument and substantiate your line of reasoning, also know as analysis.

Summary is a brief overview of a writing, movie, or event. Summary is an essential instrument used when analyzing a subject, but it is not an analysis. Summary sticks to the facts of a story. It does not give the writer of the summary’s opinion of what the possible underlying meaning of the story is. It does not dig deep into what the story is really trying to convey.

Analysis is a much more detailed evaluation of a subject than a summary. Analysis is the essay writer’s attempt to find what the author is trying to convey. An analysis can be an argued point regarding the essay writer’s understanding of the story or a portion of the story. Click here for more information regarding “Summary vs. Analysis”.

            Avatar is a story that has a many undertones that lead you to believe that the author is comparing the mining and overtaking of a planet to America’s war in Iraq. The way the story is told puts a negative light on the invaders of this planet as capitalist who will rape this planet of its natural resources for its own gains. It shows the invaders committing crimes and genocide against the inhabitants. This seems the feelings of many people who are against the war in Iraq. By reading deeper into the meaning of what the author is saying you are analyzing the story, where as to summarize this story would not leave the reader with a point to argue but just a retelling of a shorter version of Avatar.

Image Provided by: www.thewallpapers.org/photo/21315/avatar-022.jpg