The Giver Persuasive Essay

Death, the one thing every person will eventually face, could be seen as an end or an entrance. What is your extent of a friendship? How far are you willing to go to help the person you care for? For many reasons, the majority of people think murder is immoral—especially if it was your own best friend. But sometimes we may have to go to the extreme, as long as we know it was the right thing to do from the heart because that’s how much you know you care. In the story Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, I strongly believe that George was right to kill Lennie.

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, written by John Boyne, displays the importance of never letting a holocaust happen again, and he puts this into words in a sarcastic way. John Boyne’s story is a good teaching tool for the Holocaust, because he displays the overall theme, which is millions of Jews being put into concentration camps, and killed. He adds details of how Jewish people were treated horribly, which is what happened in the Holocaust. However what John Boyne fails to do is elaborate on the little details. For instance, the fence would have been barbed wire and it is not in the story. Despite the minor details, the story is a good teaching tool for the Holocaust, because it fulfills what

“Hey guys! This is the last communication you shall receive from me. I now walk out to live amongst the wild. Take care, it was great knowing you” (Qtd. In Krakauer 69). After graduating from Emory University, Christopher McCandless abandoned everything, gave his entire savings account to charity, and then hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wild. In the novel, Into the Wild, Was McCandless justified in shunning society? McCandless was justified in shunning society because he simply wanted to find himself and be independent without any distractions from his friends or family.

In The Outsiders by S.E Hinton, she shows us that everyone has more to them than what they allow us to see.

Everyone is burden with pain. No one can escape emotional, physical or mental misery because it is part of what makes us human. Without pain we would live in a world of sameness. Although there is no way we can escape this reality, what if there existed a utopian society in which everyone could live peacefully without the burden of pain? Would everyone be better off or would living in ignorance be a burden for someone else? Lois Lowry gives us a glimpse into what life would be like in a world where conflict does not exist and shows us what this type of world would do to our humanity. In The Giver, she introduces us to Jonas, an eleven-year-old boy who starts off as an oblivious member of his

Throughout our lives, as humans, we have to make many decisions about things such as, the clothes we wear, the people we will mary, and even the jobs we will work at. However, these decisions can either be very good for us, or they can come back to haunt us later in life. It is dangerous for us as humans, to make our own decisions, and it would be safer if society made these tough decisions for us. In the story, “The Giver,” by Lois Lowry, Jonas comes to the conclusion that letting people choose the things such as their clothes, their spouse, and their job would be very dangerous. If society chose things for people, then life would be a lot safer for everyone. Also, many bad things that can harm people can be better by society choosing things for people. It would be more dangerous for us to get through our lives if society didn’t make decisions for us. It is dangerous for us as humans, to make our own decisions, and it would be safer if society made these tough decisions for us.

If Iowa was the only state in the United States, what city would you live in

In the book “The Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger, the story describes Holden Caulfield as a mystery man that a rReader would have to find clues to discover the hidden truth behind him. Holden is afraid to go into the adult world and he wishes he can stay in his childhood world, because Holden wants to avoid the adults world phoniness and it's painful for holden to grow up; knowing thats he’s been through so much as a boy and how he has heard so many lies growing up.

Many thanks to all those who have participated in today’s debate. It is a question worth asking. It is a question that deserves answers. Should the government be deciding our families? In effect, running our lives? We, the opposition team say, firmly, no. They should not. Even in the world of The Giver, in the supposed utopia of the Community, it is clear that families should not be decided and designed by the government.

“This fall I think you’re riding ride--it’s a special kind of fall, a horrible kind. The man falling isn’t permitted to feel or hear himself hit bottom. He just keeps falling and falling. The whole arrangement’s designed for men who, at some time other in the lives, we're looking something their own environment couldn’t supply them with. Or they thought their own environment couldn’t supply them with. So they gave looking. They gave it up before they really even got started.” Antonelli said to Holden. Kicked out of 5 school, Holden faces his struggle with commitment in terms of holding things close to him when he can’t hold himself together. The environment around Holden wasn’t something he fit into easily because we get the sense that he couldn’t find something he had a deep interest in other than getting into trouble and alcohol. He judges other people by what they wear, and how they say things, but this hypocrisy surely didn't get him

How would it feel if this world didn’t let people have choices, didn’t let people share, or if they didn’t let people celebrate birthdays, holidays, or just celebrate anything? Well that’s what it was like for Jonas in The Giver. Jonas lives in the future in a community where The Giver is the only one who knows everything, but soon all that changed for Jonas. He became the the community 's new Receiver of Memory, and soon Jonas learns the terrible secrets of this “utopian” community. Later on as he learns some more about the community’s secrets he makes a plan to leave the community, and to take Gabe with him so he wouldn’t get released.(which means they die, but the community doesn’t understand that) In this book choices, sharing, and celebrations would have made The Giver community more positive.

Surprisingly, The Godfather authoritatively comes to you as a fresh out of the box new portable game in an untold story of cash, power, and debasement. Wear Vito Corleone has summoned you to enter the famous criminal black market of 1945 and turn into his gave Underboss. As second in summon to the Godfather, YOU will be the one to complete the Corleones' grimy deeds and battle for the respect and regard of the most intense Family in New York City.

“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.