Missoula

Please read the first chapter from Jon Krakauer’s book Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town (Links to an external site.) and write a 250-300 word analysis on how Jon Krakauer establishes the context for the rest of his book. I’ve rephrased and listed the questions from the Background Assignment below. Use these to guide your analysis.

1.When did Krakauer’s topic become an issue? Note that Krakauer does not give the reader a centuries old history lesson on rape.
2.Who are the stakeholders? Who is concerned about this topic? There will be multiple parties beyond the rapist and the rape victim. Identify as many as you can think of.
3.What are their positions?
4.What kinds of lenses does Krakauer use to approach this topic? (Psychological, historical, economical, sociological, literary, etc.)
5.Where is the debate being discussed?
6.What major points frame the debate?
7.What perspectives dominate the current conversation? Why?
8.What points of disagreement exist within the debate?
9.Where is there potential for common ground?
10.What is the history of this debate?
11.How does Krakauer establish the “so what” factor? In other words, how does he make his argument matter?