When we hear about something in summary we are basically just getting the main idea of a paper, article, TV show, etc. It just states what happened and gives a brief overview. But when we analyze something it goes much deeper. It has meaning, it has detail, it has life. It gets the reader to start thinking more instead of just reading the facts or points of the story. As humans we analyze things on a daily basis. At the end of the day we may summarize how our day went, but during the duration of it we analyzed many different things. We thought about where to eat and why, where to get gas at the cheapest station, what we are going to wear and what we will do for the day. I look at analysis often like that. Because when we analyze a book we ask specific questions of why the character is like that or any other thing that we may wonder about. Just like a book when we analyze it we build up an argument of “why”, same as to when we pick certain places to eat or clothes to wear, we know “why” we choose to do it.
If we look at Coke vs Pepsi I could easily summarize either of the two, we all could. Pepsi-cola is a sweet carbonated soda drink and it comes in many different flavors. That is a basic summary of a Pepsi. Whereas an analysis it has much more detail and an argument. Pepsi-cola comes in many different flavors such a Vanilla, Lime, Cherry, Mojito, Strawberry Burst and many more. It was introduced in 1982 as the first major brand caffeine free soda. Pepsi-cola uses different ingredients than Coca-Cola. After you drink a coke you can feel a layer of grim on your teeth, where as a Pepsi doesn't leave that feeling. I have given detail about the product and created an argument. That was a short analysis of Pepsi-Cola. So when writing a analysis for a book you must include detail and some sort of argument. Whereas a summary is just well, a summary!
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