Confusion

I have a sort of project home exam in one of the modules (classes) I take this year. It's a litterature analysis, at least 5 pages long about a chosen text (short story or novel). I, the big idiot, had a crazy idea to do an analysis of a typical romance short story, from a glossy magazine. My teacher thought it was a brilliant idea, and suggested that I picked out several short stories and did a comparing analysis. Only problem is, the more I read on the subject (facts), I get more and more confused on where to keep my focus. And it makes me go nuts! Seriously, my brain is over-cooked, I can't seem to grasp any specific idea, it's all a blur and I'm frustrated as hell... Arrrgh!
Of course, I could switch back to a stupid plain short story, but that would be such a... bummer.

Sorry, needed to vent.