A Rhetorical Analysis calls for the writer to generate their own opinion/stance based on a piece of media or experience. Because of this and the nature of the assignment, the main course objectives I was pushed to explore were “formulate and articulate a stance through and in your writing” and “strengthen your source use practices.” I decided to focus on a moment in pop culture, following Winona Ryder and how she transitioned from convicted thief to the face of the very brand that she had stolen from. I made the claim that Winnona and her team made deliberate decisions during the trial to sway public opinion, and decisions were made after to further improve her image. This required me to not only understand the context surrounding her past life, career, choices, and the public’s response to her actions and their consequences but also be able to condense it into digestible information and connect it to my analysis of the events. I read articles, watched news segments, and dissected media. I was responsible for selecting the best possible evidence to support the point I was trying to make. In past assignments, my evidence has usually been in the form of text from scholarly articles, but this assignment involved things like photography and video, so I was able to develop my skill of analyzing images and using them as sources, which I believe I did successfully. I went past the surface of the images themselves and addressed specific choices made such as color, framing and lighting and used those factors to support my ideas.