Proposal

Today as we watched an episode of the Bill Cosby Show I thought it was simply for enjoyment. In this episode Bill's daughter Vanessa shocks the family by telling them she has been engaged for six months. Her parents aren't pleased and are even more displeased when they meet their future head of maintenance son-in-law. When they meet, the Cosby's find out they were the only one's who were secluded from knowing about the engagement. During the meal Bill gives an metaphor of the situation. He compares Vanessa's fiance to a fine steak handed on a trashcan lid.
As I thought about the "real reason" my instructor showed the episode I thought of the research plan. Some writers begin a research paper with a proposal. Writers do this in the beginning stages of the research paper to ensure that they are on the right track. They wouldn't want to put off this proposal because in the end they will realize they skipped an important part of the research paper process and their audience will more than likely be disappointed. Those who get proposed to and keep it from their parents will run into trouble, just like writers who skip the proposal of the research paper.