How to take your broad topic and zoom it in for a college academic essay
Start off with your broad topic
The Sodder Children
UFOs
MH370
Jack the Ripper
Zoom in using
TIME FRAME
Anti-GMO movement in 2020
COVID's effects in Vegan Diets
Tipping "Essential workers"
Ethnic Food Editors on Youtube
Physical exercise in quarantine
Food insecurity and remote learning
Zoom in using
LOCATION
NJ's Anti-GMO movement in 2020
COVID limiting Vegan foods in grocery stores
Tipping "Essential" food delivery
Bon Appetit Underpaying Ethnic Food Editors
Closing gyms while keeping restaurants open has negatively affected healthy weight
Food insecurity at home during remote learning
Zoom in using
SPECIFICS
NJ's organic farming fails to meet food demand in 2020
COVID limiting Vegan foods in affordable mainstream grocery stores
Tipping "Essential" DoorDash drivers
Bon Appetit using white editors to create ethnic foods instead of paying editors of color to do so
Atilis gym finally can finally open
Out of work parents lead to increasing food insecurity at home during remote learning
Repeat Zooming Until You Hit the Sweet Spot
Limitations on available organic foods from local NJ farms means paying more to ship foods from other locations in order to avoid GMOs
Some vegans have been forced to modify their diets during the pandemic because delivery hiccups mena their dietary needs can't be met
DoorDash and other food delivery services have been stiffing drivers of digital tips
Bon Appetit editors of color went on strike to raise awareness of unethical practices related to paying editors equitable wages and of editors of color being shunned while white editors make ethnic foods
Governor Murphy finally opens gyms, including Atilis, after six months of closure, but negative impact of COVID on body weight may take longer to correct
Without the federal government taking action soon to increase unemployment benefits, school-aged children of unemployed parents may experience severe food insecurity at home, when before they could at least get a good breakfast or lunch at school
And that's about where you should be for a paper length of 1700-2000 words (about 5-7 pages)
Yes. Really. You can write 5 to 7 pages about any one of those very narrow focal points with the right research and support to back you up.