A focus that is too narrow or specific will lead to a short paper that misses a "big picture" argument.
Big-picture arguments about who or what is invisible can serve to reinforce opacity instead of piercing through it.
It also distracts from bigger-picture arguments: say, the disproportionately high numbers of non-white deaths in police custody, or the rights of Bangladeshi factory workers, still stitching your H&M vests for less than a living wage.
But even on the small picture, the arguments are tortuous.
Carolyn Janiak, a Cornell student, said she found that she always learned more when working with others because discussions "force me to focus on the bigger picture and argument".
And here I find the bank details, the lists of objects requisitioned by the Gestapo, comments by Viennese art-historians debating the merits of family pictures, the arguments over which should be sent to Berlin for Hitler to look over.
The fetid pools of Russian exceptionalism offer few clues about how high the central bank should raise interest rates to defend the rouble.For a counter-argument to this comforting picture, consider the arguments of Viktor Yasmann, a veteran analyst at the American government-financed Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
The pro-EU campaign has said it will paint a positive and optimistic picture of the arguments in favour of Britain's EU membership.
We can just picture the hilarious arguments that would brew out of everyday activities like trying to pick a film for movie night (because you know Danny doesn't want to watch her chick flicks), deciding where to order dinner from or planning weekend activities.
Include a biography, pictures, interesting links, arguments against his theories, and maps of where his research took place.
