The effect an analogy can have on an audience is the analogy compares the current situation with another situation that is familiar, that has some emotional resonance, and that is free of unintended associations, and therefore gives the audience another point of view.
The median would be 8, because that number is in the middle.
I would visit the 1950s because there is so much history and a lot happened back then and I would be there and be a reporter to learn everything and to know more