Today after spending time going back through my essay and adding in notes that I have got over Christmas time I have gone way over the word count and have decided to get rid of the media part of my essay, and instead focus and go in depth with politics and religon. The reasons for this is because the religious and political messages are more sophisticated and more plentiful then those about media.

I have been aiming to by the end of the week inserted all my refrences into the essay and take note of any I use or have used. I have been refrencing this bbc site http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/simpsons/episodeguide/season5/page3.shtml, which provides short key points on each episode that are good for using as evidence of points made.

In my essay to make it more linear and intrestingI have decided to add bits where neceessary about the historty of the satire and hows its changed and become more volitile and more sophisticated. And I will; make more refrences to social commentary in other media like music, film and literature.

I have just finished my ENTIRE first full draft despite being a bit later then planned. I need my tutor to go through it to see where I could approve and what I need to change.

Although I have used this website before I have found a very insightful essay about Post-modernism and basic satire of American culture in the Simpsons http://www.snpp.com/other/papers/bf.paper.pdf. I will make sure I will refrence any parts that I use in my essay to avoid plagerism.

After reading more Simpson essays and going through my tutors extended project examples I have decided too add more pictures and make my essay more 'well-presented' aswell as to maybe add more parts of my essay talking about post-modernaism in the show.

Although I havnt been doing much at the minute towards my extended project recently I aim to produce an entire first draft by the 17Th of January and have been using my tutors blog to make me more aware of the deadlines and of the required work required. http://carrietutor.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Planning