Paper analysis - on the 12 tables See attached document. No outside sources may be used

Primary Source Analysis Form

This form is based upon the P.A.P.E.R. acronym developed by Patrick Rael at Bowdoin College.

Do NOT write a standard essay. Instead, address each of the questions listed for the following topics. Answer each IN DETAIL, providing examples or citations from the text to support your statement. The paper should be at least 1000 words in length.

1. Author: Who is the author and what is his or her place in society? If unknown, can you make some guesses based upon the text? What is at stake for the author in this text? Why do you think she or he wrote it? What evidence from the text makes you think this?

1. Argument: What is the text trying to do? Is it setting down legal prescriptions? Is it trying to make a case? If so, how? Does it tell stories? Is it intended as fiction? Who is the intended audience? Does the author have a thesis? If so, what is it? What arguments or concerns does the author respond to that are not clearly stated?

1. Presuppositions: How do the ideas and values in the source differ from those of our age? What presumptions and preconceptions do you bring to the reading? What portions of the text do you find objectionable? How do our differences in values influence the way we understand the text?

1. Epistemology (the foundations of knowledge): What kinds of information does the text give you without knowing it is doing so? Offer one claim from the text that is the author’s interpretation.

1. Relate: Compare and contrast this reading with other readings in the class or with which you are familiar. What patterns or ideas are repeated throughout the readings? What are major differences between them? Which do you find more reliable and credible?