Fall Argumentative Essays Samples For Students

Famed basketball player Chris Herren endured a great deal of controversy and criticism over the course of his career – infamous for his drug addiction and abuse, his surprising candor about these issues make him unique among professional sports players. Chris Herren’s heroin and painkiller addictions made his journey an incredibly tragic one; despite his successes, notoriety and incredible heights with the Boston Celtics, his American Dream turned into a tragedy. The tale of Chris Herren is one of a young, talented upstart who was unable to handle the amorality of the professional sports world – as his fame increased, the temptation to ...

Rome was actually the greatest empire in world history. It rose from a simple beginning to a wealthy and powerful empire. Before its fall, it had 80 million people with its territory stretching from today’s Scottish board all the way to the Persian Gulf (Ermatinger, 12). Different historians have listed reasons that led to the decline and eventual collapse of the great empire. These reasons include, rise of Christianity, military decline, attacks from foreign tribes, economic decline and division of the empire into the Western and Eastern blocks among others. This essay will argue that it was possible to prevent ...

INTRODUCTION

Wong Kar-Wai is a director based from Hong Kong, who is hugely respected as not only a director, but an artist who is constantly mentioned by critics and film enthusiasts alike. Although many of his films did not go on to become big as other major films in the Box Office, Wong Kar-Wai's films have begun to be well known for breaking the contemporary style of Hong Kong cinema.

For many years, Hong Kong filmmakers followed a set system of rules in the genre and narrative forms to fit their own personal style; still, they were considered as being nothing more than a ...

Albert Camus’ novels The Plague and The Fall both have significant things to say about the human condition, though they take somewhat different strategies for telling them. The Plague uses a wide variety of characters, with no explicit narrator until the end, to tell the story of an entire town’s struggle against an infectious plague that wreaks havoc on the town of Oran. In The Fall, Jean-Baptiste Clamence is the clear narrator, the book taking the form of long monologues that brings the reader into the conversation with him. The characters of The Plague, however, are all at least ...

Drugs such as marijuana and cocaine and amphetamines and heroin together with drug-addiction are correlated to crime in a number of ways. Being a criminal offence to use, to be in possession, to produce, or to dispense these drugs, they are categorized as prohibited. The upshots of usage of drugs, including aggression, including robbery to obtain funds to acquire drugs, including aggression against competitor traffickers, affect the society every day and are criminal effects. A number of treatment alternatives are on hand to tackle inmates' requirements and conditions in the correctional system. Drug treatment programs in correctional centres most often than ...

Health Insurance in the United States was implemented as a means to help individuals as well as families to cope up with the rising medical expenses. The annual report by has stated that the number of individuals seeking health insurance coverage (public) has seen substantial increases since 2010. This finding is in line with the assumption that the rising medical assistance costs have been putting a tremendous amount of pressure on people. They have been finding health insurance as the only viable solution to meet their medical expenses. But paying for insurance is not a relieving matter either (especially ...

Introduction

This essay focuses on the archetype of a character in the novel ‘white teeth’ by Zadie Smith. Archetype is a certain example of anything in a book. For example the archetype of faith is Abraham (Lane 94). In the novel ‘white teeth’ I find Alfred Archibald Jones to be boredom itself. The character forms the major part of the novel. He appears in the very first part of the novel and the last part not to mention his constant appearance in between the novel. For a character that forms that major part of the novel, he should be more ...

Of all wars to have been conducted by the USA, the war on drugs is the least promising, with government and law enforcement agencies fighting it in a losing battle. When American authorities got it going some 4 decades ago, it was doomed to be a losing war for a number of reasons, of which one is a historic precedent never taken into consideration. It is well-documented that the only lesson we ever learn from history is that we do not learn any lessons from it at all. However, what America should learn is that conventional tools of mandatory bans and restrictions imposed ...

The decision on whether businesses should consider the purchase behavior in the prediction of life changes is relative. This is because; the purchasing process by a consumer is a complex issue that can be influenced by both the internal and external factors. Behavioral changes by any consumer can be attributable to external factors (Duhigg 13) such as peer pressure, or internal factors (Duhigg 14) that may aim at preventing the life changing event from occurring. The two factors, which are both the internal and external factors, can affect the demand of a given commodity by a consumer in stores such as wall mart, ...

Introduction

The emergence of cases of bullying among youngsters aged eight to sixteen has never been more prevalent than it is already today. It has been reported that an average of 47% of students going to public schools experiences either or both forms of bullying today. It seemed as if in the past, some cases of bullying have not been reported, nevertheless, this is not enough to say that times have already changed and somehow such changes have actually created a massive adjustment on how the concept of bullying is realized and understood as a major problem in the society (Patterson, 2005). ...

While many, including teenagers, parents, teachers and counselors, can have long-lasting arguments on whether high-school students should have love relationships, it will not change the fact that the students will keep on dating and breaking up. Another inevitable truth can be found in statistics: only about 2 percent of high-school sweethearts marry after graduation (Manning). Nonetheless, although the early relationships between two most likely immature people will probably result in heartbreak, they can also have a very good impact on adolescents by preparing them for adult life and helping them figure out what they want and do not want in a ...

Determining whether or not technology use in the classroom is positive for the children in the classroom has been subject of debate for many years. Since technology has become more available and much cheaper to install and use in the classroom, many teachers have been utilizing different technologies as teaching tools in their classrooms. Whether or not the use of technology in the college classroom does more harm than good is debatable, and both sides have excellent arguments for and against the use of technology in the classroom. While technology has been a central factor in many sectors including business ...

Determining whether or not technology use in the classroom is positive for the children in the classroom has been subject of debate for many years. Since technology has become more and more available and much cheaper to install and use in the classroom, many teachers have been utilizing different technologies as teaching tools in their classrooms. Whether or not the use of technology in the college classroom brings more harm than good is debatable. While technology has been a central factor in many sectors including business and education, this debate has taken center stage with the growth of new and ...

Explore death in Nanboku's play, Yotsuya Ghost Stories and Kyoden's Straw Sandals. How does death function within each work, and what issues arise among characters when confronted with death?

Introduction

A ghost story or stories of violence such as The Straw Sandal and the Yotsuya Ghost Stories are pieces of dramatical fiction that happens to join the supernatural or the belief in the supernatural with the realism. Even though Yotsuya Ghost Stories focuses more on the impression of ghosts and also the supernatural, and The Straw Sandal connects more with a contemporary fee, each story still focuses around the subject of ...

This is to you little Angles out there who feel that you have everything going for you in this world. So far, life must have been quite soft on you simply because you have been under the wings of your parents receiving maximum protection. You have grown used to a peck on the cheeks as a sign of goodnight, being tucked in bed by daddy and having him read a story for you as you slip into slumber land. Seeing that you have been so pampered, you tend to think that the world is a perfect place to live in. I am not a ...

When Worlds Collided: The Fall of Constantinople and the Byzantine Order

The conquest of Constantinople in 1453 by the Ottoman Turks brought the final curtain down on the Roman epoch, of which the Byzantine Empire was the final, glorious manifestation. When Constantine the Great established the city of Constantinople in 330 A.D., he re-constituted the old Roman order along a new East/West axis. Henceforth, the beleaguered empire would be administered from two capitals, but few could foresee that this arrangement would create a religious and political schism that would make rivals of the two great cities. Gradually, the Byzantines eclipsed Rome by virtue of Constantinople’s mighty walls and the city’s ...

One of the generally established positions considering the scientific revolution of the XVII century is that the European science (primarily related to the classical natural sciences) originated from it. It is interesting that it emerged at once in the interrelation of all components: theoretical knowledge, its rationale and mathematical description, experimental testing, social structure with network of scientific communication and public application. Among the phrases that can best show the way of thinking that started acting at that time, there is one William Gilbert wrote in his Preface: “LIFE is a Chemical Process: In that of every Individual there has ...

Falling in love can be just as powerful as sniffing a line of cocaine. In fact, studies have shown that the effect cocaine has on the brain sometimes provokes similar chemical reactions as those caused by the feeling of being in love. However, despite love sometimes being classified as a natural stimulant, it could also be harmful to human health in certain situations. And given such similarities, the neural enhancement of both these stimulants should be taken both cautiously and seriously. In the scientific and common literature, love is almost always regarded as being a benefit to a person's ...

There have been dozens of amazing and fascinating cultures that have existed throughout history, many still exist today, while others fell or faded in the past. Cultures all across the globe introduce people to unique and diverse traditions, social norms, laws and belief systems. Religion has always played a huge role within cultures. Some are more familiar than others. The Ancient Greeks are remarked for their art, architecture and philosophy, but their Gods have, also, been adopted into the modern paradigm. The Greek pantheon of Gods has been popularized in literature, television and film. However, there are other pantheons ...

Introduction

Growing up in a poor urban area, it is difficult to make ends meet. An autistic and handicapped child is very stressful for parents and family members. While autistic individuals are relatively high-functioning, they have great difficulties socializing and interacting with others. The fact that an autistic person is furthermore confined to a wheelchair and cannot walk is stigmatizing enough in elementary school, but the learning disability is even more of a challenge. Although they are capable of learning and many are highly intelligent, they have obvious learning differences and must go at their own pace. Most would perform ...

Inflation is the continuous increase in the general price levels of commodities in the economy over a period. It is identified with the market fall of the value of money in a particular economy. This recurring price increase erodes the purchasing power of money creating economic distortions and uncertainty (Sargent 2002). Inflation may also be described as a sudden increase in supply of money in a given economy. This results to each unit of currency buying fewer commodities thus a reduction in the purchasing power per unit of money. It can also be viewed as an increase in the supply of money at a rate ...

Horatio Alger's ideas and ideal about the American Dream was drafted at a time when social scientists were discussing the survival of the fittest. Nonetheless, the story of Ragged Dick shows that Alger was just as concerned about social responsibility and stewardship. Ragged Sick was Alger’s most famous work at the time and the author's name has since become synonymous with moral values in the United States, especially as they pertain to politics. Alger wrote about one hundred novels and stories for juveniles, which were originally published between the 1850s and 1900. Horatio Alger is now possibly better known ...

The “Catch me if you can” movie is one of the most outstanding movies built on a true story. This movie revolves around Frank Abagnale, junior who genuinely adores his parents. Frank’s father is a conman, with several victims in different scam instances. As Frank grew up, he is aware of the existence of scam business. At the age of 16, Frank’s parents get choose to divorce, and Frank is requested to make the one he would leave with after the divorce. This becomes a terribly hard decision for him, and he runs away from any of the parents. ...

On the 20th of March, 2003, the Unites States of America launched an offensive against Iraq. This war was called as “Iraqi Freedom Operation” and led to the defeat and eventual capture of the Iraqi President and Baath Party leader Saddam Hussein. The war lasted only ten days but the consequences were far reaching, echoes of which can still be felt today. It has also proved to be a long, protracted and expensive war for the US with many analysts terming the situation as a quagmire for the US as well as its allies. It was the second war that the ...

Education is a conventional mode of receiving knowledge needed for people to pursue professional aspirations. What shape such aspirations are schools that narrow children’s scope of interests, determine the areas of expertise and, most importantly, provide with knowledge. To make school environment better in terms of efficiency, school officials came to introduce class differentiation years ago. The system of single-class schools had not regained its popularity with American parents until 2000s. On paper, single class schools handle the problem of bullying, however, not necessarily. Better school performance and mental skills development are believed to be the case in such ...

One of the often heard advices people attempt to adhere to is seizing every moment in life and living the life to the fullest. From time to time people give unwanted advices, introducing the rules of life and reality. Are there really set rules that will guarantee a happy and successful life? Should people follow rules and concoct dreamy ideas about love, life, and relationships? Many are so caught up with life’s events and try to capture the meaning by encouraging people to embrace the now and plan about the future. Movies have a way of describing life in a very ...

Internet Censorship

The internet is the most resent large-scale communications medium that impress two-way communication. It provides an opportunity to people to say or create something and transmit to millions of people around the globe. Many people around the world believe that the internet should provide a platform where information follows freely and easily. However, since the first existence of the internet there have been efforts to censor it, that is, to control or suppress information published and accessed by the internet users. In other words, the internet, the ultimate source of information, has led to new opportunity for censors who prefer ...

Introduction

This application addresses the arbitral proceedings initiated by the International Association of Pharmaceutical Workers (henceforth referred to as “the Union”) on behalf of Clark Kent (“the Griever”) against Wayne Biotech Enterprises (henceforth referred to as “the Company”). The company wants Clark Kent’s immediate dismissal to be upheld by the arbitrator. The first grievance, which was filed on December 6th, 2013 on the grounds of termination without just cause, was followed by the filing of the second grievance on December 19th against the management’s decision to promote Edward Nigma. The following is a rationalization demonstrating the company’s position ...

The paper describes the Byzantine Empire at the time of Justinian; in relation to it, the paper explores the powers reflection in law, architecture, and art, it describes Western Europe under the rule of Charlemagne (747-814). In the Early Medieval times when the focal power demonstrated ineffectual and was not ready to secure the subjects, feudalism, created with subjects (vassals) swearing constancy to capable master for insurance in return for military administration. As the administration weakened further, the masters picked up control of more grounds and more men ready to battle for them; thus, their energy developed. Manorialism created ...

There are many societies all over the world that have created different programs and paths that they set out to follow in the quest for a more peaceful society. The peace that the societies search for may differ from one society to another. However, these societies always have in mind the creation of a perfect place to live in where there are little or no problems where every member of the society lives in unending bliss. Many scholars have named this method of society creation as utopianism. Utopia emphasizes on different aspects of the society as the architects of the type ...

“We thought we knew what we meant by the expression “Being” but now we are perplexed.” Heidegger quotes from Sophist by Plato;
Despite the strong synonymy of the term Dasein with Martin Heidegger, this fundamental concept in existential philosophy was used by several philosophers before his treatment. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel notably assigned the meaning of “existence” or “presence” to it. However, Heidegger’s interpretation has attracted more relevance, as a way of ones involvement with and caring for the immediate world that frames his life; whilst remaining alive to the contingent element of that involvement, the priority of the ...

Plagiarism can be loosely defined to imply to the deliberate act or instance of using, reproducing or closely imitating literary works, published thoughts or ideas, in print or otherwise, of other authors without their express or implied authorization or knowledge and passing the same off as your own. It includes the deliberate and intentional exact copying of someone’s work knowing that the same is inappropriate; mistaking another person’s legitimate work for common knowledge; unintentionally forgetting to cite someone’s work whenever used or referred; and intentionally or unintentionally citing someone’s work in a manner that is misleading. ...

Even thought the phrases ‘victim of ambition’ and victim of fate’ appear inconsistent with the character of Macbeth, elements of both ambition and fate surface in his life. Although it appears that Macbeth might have always preconceived the desires to be king, this is not revealed until he meets the three witches, who prophesize that the ball is set in motion thereby bringing his ambitions to light. After this meeting with the witches, several instances of both fate ambition and fate mold Macbeth’s character. By the end of the play, though his wife’s ambitions and the prophetic ...

Global climate change is one of the biggest problems facing the world today. Between the excessive consumption of non-renewable resources that many industrialized nations are guilty of and the growing environmental problems of waste management, the environment of the planet has been changed completely. Whether or not this change is reversible is still debated by scientists; one thing that is for certain, however, is that if care is not taken by everyone on the planet, the changes that have occurred in the past few hundred years will become permanent. Reducing the carbon footprint of every individual and company on ...

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy”.
- Martin Luther King J.r.
It is not difficult for a man to decide what he wants his life to be, what’s difficult is figuring out the things that he is willing to give up in order to live the life of the person he chose to be. A son may choose to be to be the person his father was once was, for a father is a hero to a son seeking to ...

Neoliberalism is responsible for most of the economic problems we are experiencing today. This paper concurs with the argument. Ideally, neoliberalism refers to a new form of liberalism. Neoliberalism was popularized in the 1930s with the intention of deregulating markets. It essentially refers to the reduction of government action in the market. This leads to free enterprise where private players are let to determine their own destiny with minimum government involvement. Ideally, markets need an amount of regulation and the consequential deregulation has seen a stretch that is too thin than what implementers bargained for. This paper seeks to argue that ...

Analysis of Love

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Abstract

Love is extremely difficult object for psychological analysis. About Love says a lot - frequency dictionaries of modern languages ​​attest to, this is one of the most commonly used words. At the same time, as noted by J. Cunningham and John Antil, all this is true for anyone wanting to also love still less than any other aspect of reality can be described in sufficient detail in the framework of a single discipline, it requires the knowledge of interdisciplinary studies, including data and methods are not only psychological, but also sociology, biology, ethnography, history, ...

Abstract

Gun control is one of the most important political issues of our time. It has been shown time and time again from unbiased studies that the correlation between gun ownership per capita causes homicide rates by guns to increase. The issue is muddled though because of the powerful gun lobby and a media that lacks in its journalistic coverage on the issue. These factors combine to bring The United States to it’s current political stalemate on the issue.
Since the tragic events of Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14, 2012, the issue of gun control has resurfaced ...

Introduction

This essay considers and discusses the potentially positive effects of curfews for teenagers; i.e. do they keep teenagers out of trouble? Whilst it is not possible to keep teens under observation 24/7, hence it could be said that they will get into trouble at other times of the day, even at school or college for example, is there a special benefit in restricting their movements late at night?

The Arguments

A positive view of the need for teen curfews was offered by Rabbi Shmuley (2010). In his opinion curfews can help engender a sense of responsibility in teenagers by imposing discipline and supervisory ...

The phrase “drug testing” indicates the examination of biological products to locate drugs along with their metabolites within the human body. Tests for urine are very common along with hair, saliva and sweat. Breath tests are common in case of alcohol . The impact of the degeneration of society can be felt in recent times in various aspects of the lives of individuals, including the workplace. The use and abuse of drugs has become increasingly common in the workplace in order to cope with anxiety and stress. As a result, employers resort their staff to frequent urinalysis tests to counter the ...

Abstract

Physician –assisted suicide or euthanasia, which means terminating a person’s life, painlessly, with a ‘humane’ motive of putting an end to his suffering, has been going on for centuries. Though it is practiced widely, it is a highly debated issue and there is a lot of controversy surrounding it. In some countries, it is legalized, whereas it is still considered to be illegal in many other countries. However, today, most of the population, including the society as well as physicians, are in favor of this practice. If the benefits and harms of the practice are to be weighed, practicing euthanasia seems to ...

On the day Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated on June 28th, 1914 in Sarajevo, it could not have been known to anyone alive at the time how vast the scale of consequences would become. But the balance of power among the European nations had been offset in recent years and decades due to various events that placed various pressures on the nations involved and set the stage for the large European conflict that was to come. While the war was certainly by no means inevitable, the rising pressures within the various nations as well as increasing pressure between the ...

Management of Diabetes Mellitus Type 2

Argumentative essay
Management of Diabetes Mellitus Type 2

Introduction

Diabetes mellitus is one of the most common chronic conditions, affecting about 7% of the Australian population (Lamoureux et al., 2012). Many of the lifestyle habits and choices of people today – obesity, sedentary lifestyle, cigarette smoking, and hyperlipidemia, and low-fiber diet – are modifiable risk factors for diabetes (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2013). Environmental and social determinants for diabetes include family history, ethnic background, highly stressful lifestyle, low socio-economic conditions, adverse childhood experiences, and malnutrition in early childhood (Raphael et al., 2010).
The management of diabetes includes, apart ...

History of the English Language

The English language is one of those languages with a strong history of origin and development (Coulmas, & Watts, 2006). The language started with the arrival of Germanic tribes in the land of Britain around 5th century AD. The invaders mainly the Angles, the Saxons and the Jutes, displaced the natives who later settled in what is today Wales, Scotland and Ireland. The Angles who originated from “Englaland” spoke the language “Englisc” which is the origin of today’s English (Coulmas, & Watts, 2006). There has been several attempts to standardize the language throughout its developmental stages including the current modern language. However, ...

Vegetarianism, in essence, is the voluntary abstinence of a person from eating meat products such as poultry, red meat as well as sea foods. Vegetarianism may also involve the abstention from animal slaughter by products such as animal derived gelatin or rennet. Vegetarianism (lacto) first records can be attributed to the ancient Greece and India during the 6th Century BCE (Spencer 34). Vegetarianism is actually a very popular individual choice for many families or individuals. Vegetarianism has been shown to have tremendous health benefits as a practice, and is often employed as a more ethical and sustainable diet than carnivorous diets. It is a ...

D.W. Augsburger found that women and men do have fundamental differences in how they regard violence and conflict resolution, with women preferring methods of negotiation and nonviolent resistance to the use of physical force and coercion. Because of differences in culture and socialization, women simply lacked political, economic and military power in the public sphere while they wielded considerable influence in the private and domestic world, especially as the ‘power behind the throne’. As societies become more urban and industrialized, though, with more educational and economic opportunities for women, these distinctions may change. After all, there is no realm ...

Analysis of the House in E. A. Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher”

Edgar Allan Poe’s renowned short story, entitled “The Fall of the House of Usher,” is a story with typical characteristics of the Gothic genre, depicting an ancient, crumbling mansion, whose inhabitants haunt its hallways and rooms, and where the protagonist enters the scene, in an effort to save the damsel in distress, Madeline, from an early entombment done by her ill brother. However, in an effort to buttress this idea of claustrophobia and an unspoken, unmentionable terror, Poe depicts the Usher house as an indivisible part of the inhabitants themselves. The house is not only their dwelling place, it ...

The term ‘Intellectual Property’ or IP has gained tremendous importance in modern times. Judiciary systems are becoming increasingly concerned about criminal as well as civil laws pertaining to intellectual property. The scope of such laws would extend to a wide spectrum and could have a deep impact on economies and individual industries. One such industry to be impacted is the gaming industry, particularly video games and virtual worlds.
The gaming industry has witnessed fast paced evolution in the past two decades. Video games today are played through gaming consoles as well as on PCs and mobile handheld devices including cell ...

China was fairly a unified country during the onset of the imperial times. Integration of china was facilitated by a number of factors such as, commonly well embraced cultural practices, well understood political orientations that, facilitated order and tranquility and a fairly strong social and economic foundations.
Even though, China had little tranquility before the formation of its republic. It can be argued that it was fairly unified. This is due to the fact that, it was not characterized by chronic divisions. Moreover elements that breed divisions in most states were lacking. For example, sssssthere was an absence of ethnic tensions and ...