reveal you to already know about this topic? what do they reveal you to think/believe about this topic? which answers seem most interesting? these can be starting places for a paper and even suggest a direction for a thesis (which is your answer to a question you generate about this topic--or your answer to the question "so what" about something you discover to be true).
the questions below, modified from those developed by a professor at drew university for her book of the same title, will help you think about the kinds of writing you might do in response to specific questions. as you ask these or any of the questions 