Jane Tompkins uses her research in order to discover new ideas about her topic (which is, in this case, the subject of Native Americans). She ends in discovery about herself, her research, and the nature of historical/cultural context. Your job in this draft is to model her work and approach in your own research project. I highly encourage picking a subject that fits the following criteria—a) pick a subject that is interesting to you and somewhat fun to examine; b) a subject that is something about which you can theorize; c) a subject that has substantive academic, cultural, social, or political weight.