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What Is The Message In The Bottle Argumentative Essay

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In my argumentative essay on The Message in the Bottle, by Walker Percy. I argued in favor to Percy’s main concept in his second chapter “The Loss Creature.” The main concept he tried to get through the reader was that individual are losing their sovereignty due to their preconception of things the “symbolic complex” which they form. Percy explain to the reader that individuals lose their sovereignty when this “symbolic complex” is formed in their head and individuals tried to go through something with these expectations. In my essay, in order to support Percy’s argument I talked about the television. I thought the television would be a great way people to show how individuals are losing their sovereignty, even strongly now. My argument on …show more content…

Advertisements are very well put together and build of ideas that they want you to believe. One personal example of how advertising got to me was when I went Las Vegas, specifically Circus Circus. The advertisement I saw on television formed my “symbolic complex” of this place affecting my experience and making me lose my sovereignty. I then added how this was similar to Percy’s example on the Grand Canyon and how this “symbolic complex” affects us and we are dependent on it. I then ended and briefly talked about about one last thing that Percy states that we can still gain our sovereignty, by leaving these preconceived ideas. In this essay I had a good amount of struggle than the previous ones due to the fact I had to write without a specific assigned topic. During the process of my essay I went to the Writing Center twice. Which without a doubt had to do, as shown on my last essay which by doing so I got a B+, unlike my previous essay which I got a D and a F. I went and they helped me greatly with my grammar. Although, I believe my grammar is improving I do feel as my essay might have quite some more grammar errors for the last part of my essay did not get to be fully

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