Eva,

First, a Borat hifie, yeeas, for great in-class comments. I like how you're not afraid to explore your thoughts, even at the risk of being wrong.

Two: have you tried mind-mapping software, like, http://www.nova-mind.com/ ? You've got a lot of smart thoughts, but they don't always synthesize until after the thing has been written. So I wonder what would happen if you "rough-drafted" with a fun software program NovaMind first, and then wrote your essay/analysis. I think the results would be stupendous.