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

The movie Hoop Dreams shows you the difficulties and obstacles that come in the way of dreams. Although it's said that if you believe in a dream long enough it will come true, but in Hoop Dreams and A Raisin in the Sun you are shown the harsh realities of the falseness of that statement. And that the reality of a dream not coming true hits you like a brick wall.

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.

The cost of college tuition is continually on the rise and has placed many burdens on high school students as well as their families. Some of the burdens that are placed are a result of parents putting pressure on their children to earn scholarships. Some of the burden is a result of students putting pressure on themselves to earn scholarships. Then, there is the burden of high college debt once the student graduates. Is this pressure really helping our students or is it hurting them? The bottom line is college tuition is skyrocketing out of control and something must be done before it destroys our families and our children.

They can either make us or break us. Curley’s wife had a dream that she would be in “pitchers”-- movies. This dream brings her down because she knows she had an opportunity to make something of herself. It brings her down and makes her lonely.Every time she talks about her dream, it’s in resentment. She wishes that she could’ve pursued her dream. She know she could’ve, but she didn’t, so every time she thinks about it she gets upset. She knows she could’ve lived a better life than the one she was living. “I tell you I ain’t used to livin’ like this. I coulda made somethin’ of myself,” she states in the book. She also talks about how since she couldn’t live her dream, she married Curley out of spite. “Well I wasn’t gonna stay no place where I couldn’t get nowhere or make something of myself…. So I married Curley” Crooks also had a dream that brought him down. He wanted to be a part of something, it didn’t matter what it was. Big or little, like we’ve all felt before, Crooks just wanted to be a part of something and not feel isolated because of his differences. All in all, dreams can either be good or bad for

However, most of the time dreams do not come true. But they are important to have, without dreams there would have nothing to strive for, and with nothing to strive for it's almost as if there is no purpose in life. If George and Lennie did not have the dream to one day have there own farm, what would have kept them going through the rigorous labor they were doing everyday. If the mouse did not have the “dream” of surviving the winter, what would have made it want to build the nest. Dreams are what keep people going, and that is clearly shown in both writings.

These dreams bring the characters in the novel together as they try to make them a reality but as their

In the book “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry, there were characters whose dreams were stated, some of which were shattered by greed and misfortune and others which would eventually come to be true. The first dream that came about was Walter’s dream of one day owning and maintaining a liquor store. He would do anything to attempt to get his dream to come true, but his mama wanted anything but that to happen. His mama had a dream of her own though, she dreamed of one day owning her own house, where her whole family could stay comfortably. She dreamed this because in the apartment that she resided in was too small, and dumpy, as Ruth called it. Her grandson Travis had to sleep on the couch, and all

Sometimes it makes the best of us and takes us over. Or the dream is so powerful and the hope consumes you and you push forward. Maybe your dreams are so big it brings in others who have the same hope that you do and it makes them strive with you or for you. At the end of it, yes we break down and give up on some of our dreams but what if that one small dream changes you forever. Then you've completely missed out on any opportunity to be better and do better. So take the hope and follow any dream you come to, because you never know when you're on the brink of

, both men cause themselves delusions, self-doubt, and disillusions on their course of seeking the dream. The dream itself operates on false ideals. It is completely real and attainable, but the ability to do what is needed isn’t there. Walter Lee Younger models his dream

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Dreaming big provides with more opportunities. For example, in the novel“The perks of being a wallflower”, the author illustrate us with the character of Sam. She started her high school with friends who weren’t

“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.

The first thing I have learned from the story is that every dream I can have doesn’t only be enough to follow them. Instead, I need to inspire myself through opening my heart and try to accomplish them. Secondly, regardless of the time and effort requirement, it is not important to look back. Lastly, as in the story ‘’every blessing ignored becomes a curse’’, have found it to be true because if you are not positive for what you have, you will for sure regret after losing