If you were to type the words, "Tragic premature death and violence in the United States", into a computer search engine such as google, for instance, thousands of articles would show up on your computer screen. Violence and tragic premature deaths occur all over the United States as well as in many other parts of the world. In this article, "overcoming hardship to survive and thrive," published in September 2014, Ben Carson argues that every person 's life matters, we can build a better nation by coming together and being accountable. As Carson notes, "… we should be concerned when any life is prematurely terminated, regardless of the circumstances." Premature murders, however, is not Carson 's greatest concern. The author utilizes a variety of rhetorical methods in order to support his claim. He first addressing the death of a young man, the injustice, and enraged community that resulted in this tragedy. He then proves to the reader that there are much more important matters that we should be worried about. Carson uses his childhood as an example while growing up he witnessed several premature death crimes. Many of these crimes were committed by those who were residents of the same city he was living in. Yet, out of the same community there have been …show more content…
Nevertheless, there is a turning point, as he states in his article, "Given the level of violence, one can hardly blame people for keeping their mouths shut, but we must also realize that if we don’t nip bad behavior in the bud, it only grows, creating more intimidation, and the vicious cycle continues". Here Carson agrees that it is ok to be angry and speak out about the issues yet, something should be done to end the dreadful behavior. while rejecting the act of violence, he lists several ways that factor in success regardless of the environment; he picks three reasons from the list and explains how the can bring a
The division of labor in the texts requires too much effort on behalf of the reader and too little on the writer because it assumes that the reader will supplement the reading with other resources. The credibility of the article is severely lacking as the author’s name is not listed, nor are any sources listed providing evidence to support that the methods listed in the article will work. This article relies on the assumption that the reader will not question the statements made, but if he or she does doubt the credibility, this could cause grave consequences, inhibiting the eventual goal of this text: lowering the instances of and surviving an attack. The stakes of this text being ineffective are: death, injury, rape, theft, and mental
In contrast, Kevin Drum, also a California resident and son-in-law to Harry, will not have to face such devastating and cruel choice of dying prematurely because in “2016 California passed the bill in support of assisted suicide” (Drum 30). Drum, who is also suffering from “myeloma” (27) and currently facing the fight for his life, finds comfort in knowing that when the time is right he will not have to die alone. As a result, the passing of the “assisted suicide” (Drum 28) bill will allow people like Drum to be aided by a physician in ending their suffering when the pain is too unbearable. The bill comes too late for Harry but Harry’s case highlights the need for such legislation throughout the nation. Consequently, the passing of this bill provides people with options and the confidence of knowing that when things are too much to handle there will be help available.
But I do not think he should be executed. I’m not a minister or a philosopher-and I’m not an anti-death-penalty crusader. But executing a murderer is just another kind of murder” (Welch). But the brother of Tom Hawthorne had a different view “He also took something from from the whole country-our sense of security. And he did it deliberately.
In the 1980’s a victim was linked to a string of murderers in the 1980’s. Lonnie Franklin is mostly known for being a serial killer, the Grim Sleeper. Throughout this documentary deviance is shown, one afternoon a man who worked for Lonnie who thought he was an insurance man received a car from Lonnie and he found splattered blood in the seats. Lonnie told his insurance man to set the car on fire and the man did so because nobody expected Lonnie to do anything that would cause harm and they never told him no. The environment Lonnie lived in influenced him, he lived in a very poor section of town, not many jobs, and bad schools.
In the article “Physician-Assisted Death in the United States: Are the Existing “Last Resorts” Enough?” Timothy Quill, advocated for PAD writes, “Patients who are worried about future suffering and wonder what options would be available to them”(20). One example is, people who undergo surgery for various reasons. Everyone knows that there are risks associated with any surgery and there are those who want to know what options are available to them should they become incapacitated in any way. In the article “The Final Decision; Quadriplegic MP Stevenson Fletcher Champions Physician-Assisted Death”, author Andrew Duffy describes how a young man named Steven Fletcher felt after a car accident left him unable to paralyzed from the neck down.
As Beatty burned, Montag not only resolved his issue, but also showed the other fireman his right to be valued. Therefore, in the face of a problem, people should have the freedom to seek a valid solution. Many times, that solution is violence; violence is simple, only requiring one to act. Furthermore, it causes an immediate change. However, even though using violence may make a situation seem better, rebellion
On August 22, 1924, the two rich boys, Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb are tried for the murder of 14 year old Robert Franks. Clarence Darrow presents a tiresome 10 hour speech after the young men confess their guilt. Under these arduous circumstances, the test to persuade the Judge to release these kids from their death penalty all relies on Darrow’s powerful rhetorical appeal. Darrow uses captivating rhetorical appeal in attempt to denounce these young men from the death sentence, but, more importantly, to oppose civil punishment for the future. While Darrow is fighting to save the lives of these young men, he is simultaneously in the midst of another battle.
The last month has been, to put it mildly, eventful in American politics. With the at-times hostile protests from leftists at the University of Missouri to GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump’s numerous controversial comments, November was marred by outrage from both sides of the spectrum with little room for nonpartisanship. But looking past these individuals, there was a lone bright spot, and it came from someone not known for his politics, but rather his music.
Huttmann’s argues in this essay that the person should have the right to choose to live or die if they are suffering from a fatal illness. And the author’s purpose within this essay is both personal and social. The essay starts with one of the audience of the Phil Donahue show shouting “ murderer” after Huttmann shares her story about mac , a cancer patient. Huttmann wrote this interesting introduction so she could draw the audience and show the effect of feeling of justification throughout the latter portion of this essay. That introduction leaves the readers curiosity about why are the people calling her mean names.
This vicious cycle continues entrenching attitudes among both sides. The result of all these is escalated violence, which claims victims from both
America is a free society, but the result of that is some people are unhappy with the laws put in place to ensure said free society. When that does happen, those people tend to resist the laws to show their discontent to the government. They can either violently resist, which is illegal and penalties are high, or they can peacefully resist. Peaceful resistance, or civil disobedience is quite popular and has proven to be successful. It is also legal and as long as you don't break any laws in the process, cannot be stopped without a valid reason.
A 20-year-old man killed 26. 20 of them were first grade students and the other six were adults. He then took his own life. This young man had a history of mental illness and it was too late to be addressed.
The possible legalization of euthanasia can cause a great disturbance in how people view life and death and the simplicity of how they would treat it. "There are many fairly severely handicapped people for whom a simple, affectionate life is possible." (Foot, p. 94) As demonstrated, the decision of terminating a person 's life is a very fragile and difficult one, emotionally and mentally. Nevertheless, it’s a choice we can make if it is passive euthanasia being expressed.
Often times, mindless conformity leads to senseless violence that could have been avoided with just a little more thought. In order to justify hateful and exclusive acts, the actions of people in minorities are often taken
He uses examples of cases in which people committed crimes involuntarily. Eagleman also cites examples of mental diseases in which the victims have no control over their impulses or actions. In other words, there are people who simply cannot stop themselves from making horrible or regrettable decisions. Therefore, this essay challenges the assumption that people have the power to choose how they live their lives and to make the right decisions at all times. Eagleman addresses the readers directly in order to be able to demonstrate that he understands that his readers will find his ideas radical.