Carved Persuasive Essay

In 1983, Raymond Carver introduced his short story “Cathedral” to the public. The first-person narrative takes place within the narrator’s home, where his wife is waiting upon the arrival of her blind friend Robert. The narrator, however, becomes more concerned about how Robert’s visit will affect him rather than enjoy the situation. Once Robert arrives, the narrator tries to understand the blind man, but he is unaware of what tasks Robert is capable of performing due to the narrator’s inability to “see”. In time, Robert shows the narrator the difference between looking and seeing through illustrations of a cathedral, drawn by the narrator with his eyes closed. “Cathedral’s” narrator exposes readers to anti-heroic views

“As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands- one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.” – Audrey Hepburn.

Only me and my parents are living on the farm. After the I heard the yell the man with the axe ran off. I had no idea where he could have gone. I quickly ran to my mom to make sure nothing was wrong with her. “Go call 911, your dad has gone crazy, he tried to kill a woman in the barn, and when he noticed I was there he tried to kill me as well, until you showed up!” “Mom, are you okay? Why would he kill someone, are you sure it’s dad?” I ran out the front door into the yard, i seen the suspicious figure run into the barn. I ran back inside to make sure my mom was going to be okay and to also help her find a safe place to hide while I tried to figure things out. After i got done in the house, I went to the kitchen and grabbed a knife and my old baseball bat for my own protection. Then i proceeded to the barn. As soon as I ready to open the door I immediately got a sick feeling. Something told me not to go in there. I had to face my fears and disobey my father to see why there was an axe wielding man running around here. The hinges on the barn doors were rusted so they were are to push open. I finally got the door open, and I seen a black figure run through the middle of the barn, and there was a woman laying on the ground covered in

Being an athletes is one of the best-paid jobs on Earth. Being that they are paid so much the cost for the consumer is very high. The prices of tickets and sports memorabilia have been steadily rising over the years. The average ticket prices for the NHL, MLB, NBA and NFL all rose 5% to 10% this year, according to Jon Greenberg, executive editor of Team Marketing Report. (Mihoces).

Over 7,500 animals are killed in zoos because they are deemed surplus, as stated by Liz Tyson an animals rights activist. This giraffe in particular sparked a huge controversy. HIs name was Marius, he was homed at the Copenhagen Zoo and was 2 years old when the staff killed him with a bolt gun. Marius was then dissected and fed to lions in front of ongoing zoo goers. What got people fuming is that he was a healthy, young giraffe. Therefore I believe the killing of Marius should not be justified.

I have no human bed to sleep in, everybody else closes their doors, so I am left to sleep on a pile of clothes. I was so upset with her when she brought home another creature. You see I am a indoor cat, so I never go outside, like never. When the open the door to the outside door I just stare at it until someone closes it. So I have never seen another creature other than a human. So when I saw she had a box and inside contained a small white creature with red eyes, creepy, I got super scared and curious. I smelled it and I touched it! When I did I ran away. I heard her say, “ I saved him from being killed, they were going to euthanize him if I did not get him. Look at him he is the cutest rat ever!” I have no idea what euthanize is but I think the he can save himself. He is a rat, rhymes with cat, so that means he is must be related to cats. I still don’t like him,and sometimes I get the urge to just paw at him, but Cindy always gives me a look when I go near him, so she put him in one of the little human’s

The last time I saw Charlie outside prison walls we were on the run. Charlie was on the run, not I, I just went along for the ride because he was my husband. Charlie was on parole, but he loved to drink his booze. In our state it's a violation to drink while on parole.

With NFL Players kneeling everywhere and soldiers feeling unappreciated, our country is in shock. It all started by a player named Colin Kaepernick, a quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, in 2016. This event persuaded numerous NFL players to continue this process. One by one, players all over the league began to protest to call attention to the issues of "racial inequalities and police brutality". With mixed reviews of this protest, I believe that kneeling during the National Anthem of the United States of America is disrespectful because it is abrasive, selfish, and hurtful. Also, I am not sure that all of those protesting in this manner know the true meaning of our national anthem or the flag that represents our freedom.

Many people in our society have been cast away and looked down upon because they are different from us. Others convey these messages including Harper Lee , in To Kill a Mockingbird , and "What , of this Goldfish , Would You Wish ? ",by Etgar Keret. We can accept others in many ways including ending discrimination , disregards people past action or choice , and being able to see stuff from others people's point of view. Humans need to always accept those who are different for the greater good of our society .

I woke up the next morning hearing whistles blaring and some people pushing us all out. Then I saw another man still laying there and he was dead. So u took everything I could use off of him and bolted for the exit. When we were outside, they randomly selected people to be brought to block 25 which was right across from my shed. In there, there were windows with bars across them and a door only to be opened from the outside. They loaded all the people from every shed that were chosen into the block. In the block, they stayed there until they all starved to death and then it was my job to clean them all out and clear the block for the next killing.

One Saturday morning I woke up with Winnie the Pooh beside my bed, I didn’t put any thought on it, I had to get ready for work and my dad was rushing me to get ready. I finished getting ready I headed downstairs only to find an unusual amount of Poohs decorations, with that in mind I headed outdoors to the car and left for work. On our way home from my uncles, I was thinking of going to bed the Poohs didn’t come to mind I just thought that it was weird. When we arrived home all the lights were off as if no one was home, my dad and I walked in I turned on the light and there was nothing, not a sound could be heard. I told my dad I was heading to my room and made my way upstairs. As soon as I opened the bedroom door everyone pops out dressed in Winnie the Pooh costumes, my dad was in one too surprisingly. All of them started dancing around me while singing the Winnie the Pooh theme song, at the same time pointing at me when they said piglet. I put two and two together from the Pooh in the morning when I woke up and the unusual number of them in the house. They were making fun because I was fat and they weren’t going to go easy on me, it was their payback. Even since that fateful Saturday night, I was nicknamed “Piglet or Pigs”. I was hoping that it would stay between us, but it didn’t my uncles, aunts, and cousins

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“Your assignment is to write a persuasive essay and present it to the class in a week. You will be graded based on how convincing it is. Today we will be choosing topics,” announced Mr. Bowerbank, my 7th grade English teacher and ruler of classroom 110. My class simultaneously groaned at the prospect of work. I simply lifted my head with intrigue as it was already May and about time we had our first essay. He then proceeded to give examples of topics we could choose and gave us some time to think before we had to tell him our topic. My classmates were already rushing to tell the teacher their idea lest someone else steal it. That meant the usual abortion, death penalty, or drug use topics were out. I really couldn't think of anything and the teacher was slowly making his way through the remaining students like an executioner beheading criminals in a line. I have always thought that he would make a marvelous supervillain if he had a curly mustache, a tophat, and a cape. Eventually my name was called. I slowly dragged myself over to his desk. Even sitting down, he still seemed to tower over me. “What is your topic Cindy?” As usual in such desperate times, my mind turned to food. “Waffles are better than pancakes.” I figured that a waffle was just a differently shaped pancake with a nicer texture. “Hmm. Excellent topic. I look forward to your essay!” I survived to live yet another day.

Why spend money that is really needed for other things? Why live uncomfortably? Why be trapped in this hole called a home that belongs to another person? Why not live free and peacefully? When a person rents he or she usually throws away money that could be used to purchase something that belongs to them. Money is not easy to come by so why pay out hundreds toward something that is not benefit to the person paying it out. There is no good explanation for making a decision like this. The best option in a situation like this is to buy a house. Buying a house is a better option than renting an apartment.

Having escaped rule from a tyrannical British government, the United States was founded on ideals of freedom and equality for all people. These fantasies of universal egalitarianism turned out to be merely that: fantasies. American history is full of stories of the oppressed struggling to get the rights they deserve and of the controversy over these issues that consequently ensues. “The Hypocrisy of American Slavery” by Frederick Douglass and “We Shall Overcome” by Lyndon B. Johnson are two speeches made confronting two of these issues. Douglass’s speech, delivered in 1852, condemns the institution of slavery and maintains that slaves are men and are therefore entitled to freedom. Johnson’s speech, on the other hand, was written in 1965 and discussed the civil rights movement. In it, he implored local governments to allow all American citizens, regardless of race, to vote. Despite the significant gap in time between these two addresses, both speakers use similar persuasive techniques, including ethos, pathos, and parallelism, to convince their audience that change needs to be implemented in America.