Quick Write 1
What monster or category of monster are you thinking about researching for your Causal Analysis?
Understanding Causal Relationships
Causality: the relationship of cause and effect
You should identify the types of causal relationships on your charts (you might use different types of arrows, different colors, or simply labels to show what kind of cause is being mapped).
- Necessary Cause: any factor that must be in place for something to occur.
- Sufficient Cause: is a condition that always produces the effect in question.
- Precipitating Cause: the proverbial straw that breaks a camel’s back.
- Proximate Cause: nearby and often easy to spot.
- Remote Cause: may act at some distance from an event but be closely tied to it.
- Reciprocal Cause: you have a reciprocal situation when a cause leads to an effect that, in turn, strengthens the cause.
- Contributing Factors: add to the causes to bring about the effect.
Why is society so fascinated with serial killers?
Quick Write 2
Research or come up with two examples of causal relationships. Explain how the relationship occurs.
Example: Sufficient Cause. Pulling a trigger will always fire the gun.
The Survival Of The Slasher Film
1. Emphasizing Causes
Cause asks:
- Why did X happen?
- Why does X happen?
- Why will X happen?
Example: Why did Ed Gein kill those women?
- Cause 1 – ____________________________
- Cause 2 – ____________________________
- Cause 3 – ____________________________
Produced:
- Event – ______________________________
2. Emphasizing Effects
Effect asks:
- What did X produce?
- What does X produce?
- What will X produce?
Quick Write 3
What impact did Ed Gein have in pop culture?
- Event – _______________________________
Produced:
- Effect 1 – ______________________________
- Effect 2 – ______________________________
- Effect 3 – ______________________________
3. Causal Chain
Cause > Effect 1 > Effect 2 > Effect 3
Example: Ed Gein > Psycho novel > Psycho movie > Slasher Films > Silence of the Lambs
Homework
Causal Analysis video
Professor Ramos' Blog 
Quick write 4/15/20
Quick write 1
The monster that I am thinking about for the causal analysis is Ted Bundy. He was a person that made many cause and effects with his psychological problems. He was deceiving to many individuals. His actions caused people to be traumatized and afraid of many individuals because they do not know what they are capable of.
Quick write 2
1.Sufficient cause. Using a knife will always cut someone
2.sufficient cause. Taking psychedelics will always cause hallucinations.
Quick write 3
Event: Ed Gein lost his mother from passing away.
Effect 1: He forgot how to communicate well with individuals especially women.
Effect 2: He kidnapped and killed a woman; he was eventually found guilty for the crime and was charged for it.
Effect 3: His story made movies because of the monster characteristics he held that were not comprehensible which made an effect with the movie industry and society.
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Quickwrite 1: I might write about Dexter Morgan again but not entirely sure yet. I’m leaning on other monsters like Lycans, Mummies, and other monsters. I’ll have to do some research on some monsters and look into some documentaries that really interest me.
Quickwrite 2: Reciprocal Cause. 1 car resulting a crash in NASCAR will result into a bigger collision
Precipital Cause. In the case of a forest fire, the bolt of lightning would be the precipitating cause
Quickwrite 3: Ed Gein
Cause: Killing People
Effect 1: The first effect I found is that everyone started to lock their doors at night than before they knew about him they were not locking doors because it was a peaceful town
Effect 2: His story became a legend to new scary movies like Psycho or some slayer movies
Effect 3: He was arrested after someone seeing a head of a woman he murdered
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Quick Write 1:
I am thinking of writing about either serial killers or maybe a more storybook monster, like big foot. I am not completely set on one monster yet.
Quick Write 2:
Sufficient cause. Skipping class will result in an absence.
Sufficient cause. Drinking an excessive amount of alcohol will result in intoxication.
Quick Write 3:
Event- Ed Gein killed people and stole bodies from cemeteries, making various items out of their skin and body parts.
Effect 1: He was arrested for his crimes.
Effect 2: People used his story as inspiration for movies, short films, and the creation of monsters that had the same or similar characteristics to Ed Gein.
Effect 3: The media fled to the town where Ed Gein was from, to interview all his neighbors, friends, and acquaintances to find out more information about the life of Ed Gein.
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Quick Write 1:
I am thinking about writing about Harold Shipman who was a British doctor and notorious serial killer. I currently don’t know much of his story but am interested to learn about the chain of events in his life both physically and mentally that made him the way he was.
Quick Write 2:
1. Remote Clause example: The Great Wall of China led to the fall of Rome
Reciprocal Cause: Consumer demand leads to new products which in turn lead to more consumer demand.
Quick Write 3:
Event: Slaughtering of innocent girls and digging up graves.
Effect 1- Gets arrested and is put in prison for the rest of his life.
Effect 2- Inspiring copycats and people trying to emulate him, creating more serial killers in society.
Effect 3- Influenced the making of horror movies and how they were portrayed. As many were based off of his story.
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Quickwrite 1: I would lie to research the Loch Ness monster for my causal analysis essay.
Quickwrite 2: 1)A parent and child argue due to the child’s phone usage. The child drops the phone, claiming they were not on it. The child wanting to walk away grabs their phone from the table where it had fallen while the frustrated parent starts to throw their flip flop. Due to the child bending over to grab the phone, the flip flop misses the child ricochets off the tv hitting the parent’s arm. The parent being hit in the arm could have all been possibly been avoided by not arguing with the parent, this way they could have avoiding having dropped their phone, possibly eliminating the parents want to hit their child. 2) The weather forecast called for cold and stormy weather. A woman who had heard the forecast decided not to listen because she preferred to have sunny weather, leaving her raincoat and umbrella at home. The woman proceeds to dress for her interview, gets in the car and drives to the office. As she gets there, she notices very little parking and parks far away. From the walk to the building she becomes drenched in water from the storm, having to meet her interviewer in a rain-soaked outfit. If the woman had adjusted her outfit for the weather she may have stayed dry as opposed to possibly losing out on a job opportunity due to unprofessional-looking attire.
Quickwrite 3: Ed Gein may have changed the way people felt because he got caught having behavior outside the social norm that frightened and intrigued people. Possibly due to the surprise, people felt a subset of the population saw his actions as something to capitalize on and profit off people’s intrigue. Due to the books, movies, and media coverage people’s ideas of what Geins actions were may have become distorted.
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Quick Write 1
I am thinking of writing about Doctor Josef Mengele, who was known as the Angel of Death. He was a Nazi doctor at the extermination camp of Auschwitz Birkenau, and he both selected prisoners to be exterminated in the gas chambers and performed experiments on others. His main obsession was about twins, and he would perform horrible experiments on them, killing nearly 3,000 children. He later escaped to South America, where he died.
Quick Write 2
Necessary Cause: oxygen is needed for life
Precipitating Cause: an event , such as the death of a loved one, leads to depression
Quick Write 3
Cause: Ed Gein murders multiple people, becoming known as a serial killer
Effect 1: he is finally traced and arrested, in jail until death
Effect 2: people are shocked that a man would kill others with no reason
Effect 3: media begins to write stories and produce movies about serial killers
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Quick write # 1
The cause and effect topic I might choose to write is on what triggers serial killers or murders.
Quick write #2
Example 1: Cause: running a stop sign in front of a police officer.
Effect: I will get pulled over by the officer.
Example 2: Cause: Forgetting my keys inside my apartment
Effect: I will be locked out of my apartment and not have access to my Vehicle.
Quick write # 3
Ed Grein opened up his town to the reality of horror he kept hidden from his town; the mutilated bodies and digging up dead bodies from cemeteries.
After this event, led to the arrest of Ed. The arrest of Ed made people terrified and the towns people took extra measures to secure their safety in their town.
The town became a hot spot story in America; many interviews and articles were published.
His gruesome behavior inspires hollywood to create some of the most classic thrillers of all time such as “Psycho” and “Silence of the Lambs.”
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Quick Write 1:
Im thinking of doing my monster on the same monster that I did for the last essay since I would already have all the ideas, topics and how the monster acts in my mind already and would have an easier time writing the essay about the same monster.’
Quick Write 2:
Example 1: Yelling fire in a movie theatre
Effect: Getting arrested for starting a panic
Example 2: Getting a papercut
Effect: Being in pain for the rest of the day.
Quick Write 3
Cause: Gein killed many people, becoming a serial killer
Effect 1: he is tracked and tossed in jail
Effect 2: people become stunned at what he did
Effect 3: media begins writing many stories about him
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Quick write 1:
I think I will write about the Windigo for my casual analysis since it has always been a monster that has captured my interest.
Quick write 2:
Necessary cause- staying out in the sun for too long causes sunburn
Proximate cause- opening dog treats will cause your dog to come near you
Quick write 3:
Cause: Ed Gein’s style of killing caused mass influence over other murderers and panic in citizens
Effect 1: Even people who lived in safer areas locked their houses up at night
Effect 2: Other serial killers/murderers find more demented and crazy ways to murder and mimic him or look up to him.
Effect 3: His story spreads through media quickly and inspire several famous horror movies
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Quick Write 1
The monster category that I was considering for my causal analysis essay is serial killers or specific serial killer Israel Keyes. I am wanting to do this because the most monstrous acts are committed by people because of their knowledge of what they are doing. Israel Keyes is a perfect example of someone who was well aware of what they were doing and the fact that it was bad but continue to anyway because he wanted to.
Quick Write 2
Sufficient cause example 1: cause: forget to study for an exam,
effect: do not get the best score possible for that exam
Sufficient cause example 2: cause: people do not drink medically recommended amount of water
effect: these people will suffer from dehydration
Quick Write 3
Event: Ed Gein murders several women and digs up with the bodies of and dissect several others.
Effect 1: Police investigate Gein’s home after following a lead of a missing woman. There they find the remains of his victims decapitated heads, furniture made of human skin, a suit made of human skin so he could become his mother, and other horrific things.
Effect 2: Gein was arrested for his crimes and face trial where they concluded that he was mentally unstable and he was then sent to a Mental Health Institute where he later died.
Effect 3: Due to the horriffic and brutal characteristic of Gein’s case the movie industry would use pieces of information from his case to influence and further terrify people with movies such as Silence of the Lambs and Psycho.
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Quick Write 1
– I t inking about writing my casual analysis on the mafia specially Al Capone . Due to the organization crime operations that were happening at the time and it’s effects in America.
Quick Write 2
-Cause: Eat spicy food
-Effect: burning mouth/ upset stomach
-Cause: Embers from campfires not properly turned off
-Effect: Forest fires
Quick Write 3
•Event: Discovery of Ed’s murders
-Cause1: horrifying crimes scene that includes masks of human flesh and other objects made of human body parts
-Cause 2: Movie directors and film makers interest in Ed’s murder due to how bizarre it is.
-Cause3: Documentaries and movies are release which then induced more media coverage on the murders and some people even traveled to visit the house and grave site .
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Quick write 1
I am thinking about sticking with my original monster Jeffrey Dahmer since I already have tons of research on him or maybe John Wayne Gacy or even H.H Holmes. All 3 of these serial killers have interesting backgrounds and I would like to know more about one of them.
Quick write 2
Cause- Not going to work results in a loss of hours (smaller paycheck)
Cause- Not going to school results in not getting an education
Quick write 3
Cause- Ed Gein killed 2 women and mutilated their bodies. As well as stealing bodies from the cemetery
Effect 1- He was caught and arrested for his crimes
Effect 2- Brought a shock to the community and tourist began flooding this small town making Ed Gein famous
Effect 3- Movies and films were inspired by his crimes producing a fascination with criminals like him
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Quickwrite 1: I thought about doing my monster on Ted Bundy, I have seen the Ted Bundy Tapes on netflic and read a lot about him and he seems to be the most interesting to me. Ted was able to commit such terrible murders but keep himself way from the public eye for a while. he left no clues, no solid evidence, and people thought of him to be a great handsome man. he deceived everyone he met.
Quickwrite 2:
Cause ex 1: you don’t practice for your performance
effect: you do a terrible job at your performance
cause ex 2: you skip class way too much
effect: you miss out on learning valuable education and fall behind in class.
Quickwrite 3:
Cause: Ed Gein was a murderer and mutilated bodies as well as steal bodies from cemeteries and use the bodies to make baskets, clothes, etc.
Cause 1: police become aware of missing bodies and find Gein as the culprit
Cause 2: people find out about his crimes and change their normal life by locking their doors, being more cautious. Bringing tourists who sought out thrill about murderers like Gein.
Cause 3: Gein becomes an inspiration for horror movies
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Quick Write 1:
I’m looking to do a causal analysis on a serial killer type. Perhaps Manson, Bundy, or some other notorious serial killer. I’m looking for a monster that is popular enough to have a lot of information surrounding their upbringing and why they became what they became. At the same time, I’d like to pick a monster that not many have written on already.
Quick Write 2:
Sufficient Clause: Flicking a lighter will spark a fire
Necessary Cause: To get Coronavirus, you have to be exposed to someone or something with the virus
Quick Write 3:
Event – Ed Gein killed a woman and defiled corpses
Produced:
Effect 1 – He got caught and went to prison
Effect 2 – The news about his acts turned him into a notorious monster
Effect 3 – Many horror films/stories used Ed’s story as inspiration
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Quick write 1: what monster or category of monster are you thinking about researching for your causal analysis?
I think I am going to focus on serial killers for my causal analysis, solely because there is extensive background on them that is backed by credible sources.
Quick write 2: research or come up with two examples of causal relationships. Explain how the causal relationship occurs.
I believe the reciprocal cause for ed gien is that when he began digging up graves and mutilating the bodies to manufacture his fantisies increased his desore for fresh skin which caused him to begin killing people to satisfy his desires
The precipitating cause would be the death of his mother, the control she held over him in life was now unleashed when she passed. With no restraints he was subject to the depth and darkness of his mind.
Quick write 3: the effect gien had in pop culture was the heinous acts he committed on human corpses and the manner in his murders
In the event of eds mother dieing it allowed for him to divulge in his malicious fantisies
In doing so it produced the acts of serial grave robbing, and murder which allowed for the slasher movies to thrive causing the entertainment industry to profit off of his monstrous acts.
With the entertainment industry constantly remaking movies based off of the ed gien murders, it causes for a horror lust to consume society, unintentionally keeping the monster alive until the next fascination occurs.
Ed Gien> free to fulfill his fantasy after death of mother> entertainment industry copies fantasys and makes billions> the memory and fear of the monster will live on forever.
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Quick Write 1:
I am thinking about writing this paper on Darth Vader. I think that Darths point of view could be perceived that he was created, as he once opposed the dark side.
Quick Write 2:
Cause: Doing the horizontal hokey pokey
Effect: You will eventually create a baby
Cause: Practicing your skill of choice, like drawing.
Effect: You will become with practice better and better at your skill. You will become better at drawing.
Quick Write 3:
What Impact did Ed Gein have in pop Culture:
Event: Ed used the skin of the victims and copses to make leggings/ upper torso vest/ mask.
Effect: aside from being bizarre this classified Ed as a Monster
Effect: Being So Bizzare this sparks the interest of the public, fascinating, drawing crowds to the auction of his home, and even people paying to see his car.
Effect: Ed Gein the Real Life Monster created and defined a new kind of “Fictional Monster” based on what he did. I.e. Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
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I am thinking about doing John Wayne Gaysey because he killed a lot of people and was a real monster.
Putting your fishing bait into the water and you catch a fish.
jumping off a building and dying.
He affected pop culture in where they started to make scary movies based on his murderous actions, like Chainsaw Massacre.
event: thinking of crazy messed up ways to kill people
effect: becoming famous
effect: People making movies after you
effect: Going to jail for the rest of your life
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Quick write #1
The monster I think I’m write about is Pedro Lopez the monster of the Andes a Colombian serial killer. Pedro was convicted of killing over 400 girls. Born on October 8, 1948 in Santa Isabel, Colombia Pedro Alonzo Lopez endured an early life of homeless, violence and sexual abuse. He embarked in a killing spree; his main targeted was young girls from his home country.
Quick write #2
For Pedro Lopez I think
1. Is Precipitating Cause because of his childhood being raped and abused, led him to a mental or physical disorder. Precipitating cause means the factor sometimes a traumatic or stressful experience, leads to mental issues.
2. Sufficient cause is also good casual relationships because major of individuals who are sexual abuse multiple times and homeless, will lead to a killer trying to take revenge to others.
Quick write #3
Event: Gein grow up isolated and when his mom died he lost it, and tried to recreate his mother by other human remains.
Effect 1: The community started to lock their doors after the killing.
Effect 2: Being isolated his whole life; he didn’t know how to be around other people.
Effect 3: A movie was created called Psycho because his actions, left the world in shook of the events that he did.
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