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

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).

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.

Pangolins are the most illegally trafficked animal in the world. Animal trafficking can cause many different animals to go extinct. Pangolins are mostly hunted for scales and meat. They are the only Mammals that have scales. They are going extinct from being hunted.

Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of Donald Trump, has been under fire in the aftermath of possible collusion. Kushner has gone under investigation after emails were leaked of a Russian meeting and is being interviewed to get information. The dishonesty of Kushner, has shaken the trust within the government and the incriminating evidence keeps surfacing as the interviews conclude. The news focused on the four meetings that occurred during the 2016 presidential campaign, and the main people that were involved in the meeting.

In conclusion gangs are a violent reality that people have to deal with in today's cities. What has made these groups come about? Why do some kids feel that being in a gang is an acceptable and prestigious way to live? There are many different theories to these questions. On the surface, gangs may appear to be shallow and materialistic; a result of human beings' personal wants, but there are speculations that are more profound. In reference to the way humans are influenced in society, there is valid evidence to distribute blame at negative forces of economic disadvantages, capitalism, and the media.

This method would have tremendous effects in areas such as Vietnam and China, where law enforcement is insufficient. The desire for wealth is evident in the quote, “...money is an irresistible temptation for poor people to poach or trap animals, especially in countries like Vietnam, where enforcement of laws against wildlife trafficking is weak and paltry” (“The Vanishing Pangolin”). This shows how since the government neglects the importance of pangolins, they don’t enforce stiff laws against the illegal trade. This allows the poorer people of the population an opportunity to commit crimes in order to make money for their families. Furthermore, by introducing stiffer laws, poachers would be discouraged to break them. Families in poverty should not be at fault, since they are just trying to make a

First off let?s clearly define what poaching is. Poaching is illegally hunting protecting animals. But why would people need to hunt tigers, what benefits could they possibly offer? Poachers take the tiger?s fur, bones, whiskers,

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On September 5, 2017, Matt Harrell, passionately presented on whether or not it was ethical to use Hellfire, Brimstone, and Damnation as fear tactics to get people to behave morally. Harrell took the stance that this was unethical and I agree with him. It is unethical to threaten people with hell and damnation to try and convince them to behave morally. It is also inhumane to frighten people with hellfire and brimstone. This is not The Gospel of Jesus Christ and street corner preachers who harshly call out the sins in those passing by are not accurately representing God. No one in this universe is without sin; therefore none of us should be the first one to cast a stone at another brother or sister.

“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.

Numerous countries have banned poaching, yet requirement is troublesome. The little number of cops prepared to manage this makes an uncalled for point of interest for poachers. Poachers typically slaughter creatures for one and only item: tigers are butchered for their striped hide, elephants are slaughtered for their ivory tusks and rhinos their vast horn. The assemblages of the creatures are left to decay. Sharks are tricked to

Poaching, when thought about the main focus is to think about deer, elephants, or rhinos. But what is the actual definition? Poaching is defined as “the illegal practice of trespassing on another’s property to hunt or steal game without the landowner’s permission,” but how does a person steal game from a forest? There has been some addition to what falls under poaching, now what is included in the term is wild plants. Poaching is such a lucrative business, the income overall is estimated to be worth $70-213 billion a year, the money is such a desirable aspect to get involved, but is the extinction of an animal race a good enough reason? The money will always be there, however, these animals may not. It is something that happens all the time at many different rates, the more common the animal or large and exotic it is, the more likely it is to be poached. The pangolin, even though they are hardly known in the United States, has been huge on the poaching scale in Africa and Asia, with China being their main buyers. Making legislation to help safeguard these animals is hard because it is not like you can put a fence around them in hopes it would ward off poachers. Though Congress has tried to make strides in helping protect them by insisting that all species of the pangolin, which is 8, be put on the endangered animals list. This, in turn, adds even more of a consequence to those who try to hunt them.

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.