Audience, purpose, context, and google! (pg 27 DK)

Audience:  My audience may care about this topic because it is a very controversial topic as well as a touchy subject to many people.  Normally it pertains to the teenagers and adults right under the age of 21 who feel strongly about lowering the drinking age to 18.  It also pertains to those who feel strongly against this idea (normally the older folks).

Purpose:  I believe I will learn a lot from this topic.  Drinking age is a huge deal to a lot of people in the United States and much can be learned about the debatable topic and the pros and cons that can come from it.  I think that this is a very interesting topic and will interest a large audience.

Context:  This topic is definitely rich enough to write a good, full paper about.  It can be viewed from many different angles and aspects.  Right now, as everyone knows, the drinking age is 21.  But there have been many bills on lowering the drinking age that were never passed.

Google:  Under the Google search, there is a lot of information on the topic as well as a lot of interest.  There are many debates on the issue.  The different webpages I visited suggested other related topics such as lowering it even more so than to age 18.  Or raising it higher than the age it is now...21.  There are many different views on the subject.