Hands Argumentative Essays Samples For Students

Modern fiction has often been marked by experts as being defined by the rise of first-person narration. First-person narration offers a variety of advantages to the author, but in addition to having advantages, it also offers unique pitfalls for writers who are utilizing it when they are creating fiction. The problem with the first-person narrative is that the “I”-- the speaker, the narrator of the piece-- must be compelling and believable, even if he or she is unreliable as a narrator. Everyone has an internal monologue, and if the narrator’s internal monologue strays too far from what is believable ...

“Each day, more than nine people are killed and 1,060 more are injured in crashes that involve a distracted driver” (cdc.gov). However, driving and talking on the cell phone tends to be habitual among drivers, who, for various reasons, chose to do more than just driving, when in front of their car’s steering wheel. Although many might claim that it is easy and safe to both drive and talk on the cell phone, especially when using hands-free devices that allow the driver’s hands to be on the steering wheel, driving and talking on the cell phone at ...

Leonardo Da Vinci was an Italian painter who was born on 1452 and passed on in 1519. Da Vinci is often described as the face of a renaissance man. He is most famous for the painting Monalisa and the Last Supper. As famous as he was as an artist, Leonardo Di Vinci was also famed in the areas of science, philosophy, and literature. Contemporarily, Leonardo Da Vinci’s has been a subject of debate among scholars. Leonardo was born as an illegitimate son in a north Italian village to a successful Florentine and a peasant woman. Leonardo grew up with both his father and ...

As of 2010, the current U.S. population is around 310 million people. According to Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Bureau, approximately 45 % of American households, which are represented by over 65 million people, who own a total of more than 200 million firearms. Every year the amount of arms in private hands continuously increases by 4.5 million unit (Kleck, 1997, p. 45). The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution of 1791guarantees Americans the right to keep and bear firearms. There are a number of federal laws, regulating ownership and use of firearms, however, every American state establishes the majority of gun ...

Since its existence, money has been a powerful tool, whose significance depended on the attitude of the money owner to it. Without the attached value, money is a neutral means for survival that is used to ensure the access to the necessities. However, when in hands of people with different personalities, goals, aspirations and views, it can become a positive or a negative influence on one’s own life and on the lives of many people. It can be used to provide immediate help, food, clothes, a roof over one’s head and to finance professional projects, hobbies and recreation; however, at the same ...

Introduction

People have guns for their own protection. The guns in private hands are mainly used for protection in their home states. The firearms are categorized into three; handguns, rifles, and shotguns. These firearms when in hands of people, who are not careful or those who lack adequate skills, will cause damage to the society. Many deaths have been reported all over the world due to inappropriate use of firearms. On the other hand, many have argued that, when confronted, they use the guns for self-defense.
Public shootings have also been on the rise and this has attracted many ...

‘Instructor’s Name’

Pro Gun laws 2nd amendment
There are no two arguments that America loves its guns. The history of this great country is full of episodes of guns being used to defend not just lives, but also defend the values of this land – liberty and equality. The second amendment too acknowledges the need for gun possession for ensuring safety of its citizens. But in no where, in the law books of this country, it is written that, guns should be distributed without any checks.
Easier gun accessibility would increase the chance of gun distribution among criminals and the ...

The use of cell phones while driving has long been a standard issue with the law and drivers. It is widely considered to be a dangerous practice to use a phone while driving for the obvious reason that it detracts from your concentration and means you are more likely to cause an accident as a result. Internationally, a lot of countries have begun to make using a cell phone while driving an illegal act, however in the US, it is only several states who have fully banned the activity. More states have implemented more specific laws such as novice drivers and school bus drivers as ...

1. Mandatory Minimums
Mandatory minimum sentencing has been used for hundreds of years to lock those who commit crimes away for a guaranteed amount of time or to guarantee that the person in question receive a minimum fine. Initially, mandatory minimum sentencing conventions came about at the same time federal crimes were invented, with the passage of the 1790 Crimes Act (“History of Mandatory Minimum Penalties and Statutory Relief Mechanisms”). The modern version of mandatory minimum sentencing laws have come to only be applied to certain types of crimes, such as drug crimes, weapons charges, criminal possession of pornography, ...

Racism has existed for many years. We encounter racism on a daily basis and we cannot ignore this issue. It is changing our lives, it can have an influence on our decisions, it can make someone’s life harder. I strongly believe that you cannot judge people by appearance, by belonging to some race. We may do this every day, but are we right to do so? I mean nobody can select the race or appearance, it is not our choice. I do think it is incorrect to consider that you are better than somebody just because you have ...

Issues of Vietnam – Single Party System

Issues of Vietnam – Single Party System
Throughout the history, political regimes underwent a transformation. In the present era, states are inclined to give preference to democracy since monarch system has been outdated. However, the political legitimacy of different states remains controversial. Vietnam’s political regime remains to be a controversial issue in the international politics. Since 2008-2009, Vietnam’s political legitimacy has emerged one party state.
Political legitimate preference of Vietnam is under conflict because of interests and preferences of the locals that vehave created the political unrest. The present argument paper aims to analyze issues of Vietnam’s ...

‘Instructor’s Name’

‘Subject’
Gun control vs. gun right
“We have to try and stop this. It will be a long journey involving the personal choices of individuals and families, public discussions, mental health reforms, a change in the culture – you name it.”
“I want people to be afraid of the fact that this could happen to them. But it’s real. It doesn’t have to be understood to be real.”
The above words were uttered by Peter Rodger, father of Elliot Rodger, who killed six people in Santa Barbara, and Peter Lanza, father of the Sandy Hook killer ...

Introduction

The contents of automobile ads in the past sixty years reflect the changes in society. Companies make huge investments, utilize sophisticated technologies, and make use of very persuasive language to market existing products (Green, 2012). In the automobile industry, advertising is a key strategy to promote and sell cars, trucks, and accessories. According to Georgano (2013) “the advertising industry and the automobile grew up side by side and each was a major stimulus to the other” (para 1). For the past sixty years, there have been changes in automobile ads, not only in the contents but also in their platform of ...

The Vietnam War is widely acknowledged as one of the most contradictory wars in American and worldwide history. It has been a historical incident whose causes, effects, interpretation and role in the evolution of world affairs has never stopped causing heated debates, still leaving lots of questions unanswered or half-answered. Like any contradictory event, the Vietnam War hurt lots of people, destroyed numerous human lives, tore America apart in terms of its heated supporters standing against its heated opponents and brought nations on the front step of dealing with one of the world’s worst historical pages. If history is ...

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 ...

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 ...

Introduction

Gun control refers to any policy, law, proposal, or practice designed to limit or restrict the production, possession, shipment, importation, use, and/ or sale of guns or the other firearms by the private citizens. In most cases, these guns are long guns, handguns, and personal firearms. Gun control policies and laws differ largely around the world. Some countries have put strict measures to limit possession of guns. United Kingdom is one of the countries. On the other hand, countries like the United States have modest limits on possession of guns. In some countries, gun control topic is a source of ...

The works of Ray Bradbury have long been held up as examples of speculative fiction: the forms of genres which, generally, encompass a wide range of imaginative features. His work often presents common themes such as those with pertain to the future, space, science fiction and the dystopian qualities of future societies. For example, in Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury discusses a future society where books are banned: presenting the reader with a hint of anti-meta narrative, given that the book is the very thing in the readers’ hands. This also represents Bradbury’s most famous work: it is universally accepted as being one ...

CHANGING LIVES WITH CELL PHONES

A phenomenal innovation in this age of technology is the mobile phone or the cell phone. Cell phone usage has entwined our life in the belief that all technologies make lives easier, better or more efficient. Amongst all mobile technologies, cell phones have become part and parcel of our lives such that many of us cannot think of life without a cell phone. For some people, the cell phone is simply a “phone”. However, for many, a cell phone means so much more. This is in light of the amazing usages of the cell phone today. The cell phone ...

Beowulf is an epic poem written in the medieval time. The main theme of the poem is the struggle between good and evil. A courageous warrior engages in a battle with dragons and other supernatural creatures from hell. People are united by this common predicament and join hands to fight the monsters from hell.
Beowulf is driven by the pursuit of fame. He travels to a foreign land to prove his bravery by facing a supernatural monster. He prefers to face the monster with bare hands to wielding a weapon. Only a man driven by the pursuit of fame and glory would risk ...

The two protagonists of Homer’s Iliad and Shakespeare’s Coriolanus present similar sentiments. All three of them were great leaders of men and valiant fighters. It is unfortunate that these men were dragged into situations from where there could be no escape as they were, and had to live up to their heroic statures. There was a huge burden placed on them by their respective followers during war that they paid no heed to the consequence they would face when they faced off with their enemy. Therefore, there is no doubt that all the three of them; Hector, Achilles, ...

The world is a very different place than it was when people first came out of medieval times. If a person from that period were to step into today’s world, they would surely die from fright. Many people do not go to church and democracy has long since replaced the monarchies of that time. However, if they were to read popular literature and watch popular television shows and films, that individual would find themselves right at home. Conversely, a person who time travelled from the edge of reason might find this world to be a cultivation of their ideals. People are all ...

The following paper highlights the role of words or language in the life of the major character Liesel. The introduction shows that general background of the paper and the overall setting of the novel. Zusak integrates his voice in the novel as he use Liesel to show the difference that word make in the lives of individuals. The paper also compares the way that Hitler uses words to manipulate the German people against how Liesel uses language to ease the burden of the characters she interacts with. In addition, there are the influential factors that play an integral role ...

Orwell’s essay ‘England Your England’ written in 1941 is typical of the confusion that is felt by individuals and the whole of the country in uncertain political times. George Orwell attempts to set some kind of direction for the country amongst all the confusion of war. England was being bombed by the Germans in WWII at the time. This paper will argue that the central thesis of the essay was that English patriotism and loyalty exists in different forms depending on class in normal circumstances. As a collective idea, it is far more complex and is undergoing transition. For ...

Introduction

The word segregation is commonly used to describe the obligatory separation of certain ethnic group based on the racial prejudice. The racial segregation in America was viewed as a discriminatory practice that oppressed the African American. This is because it was associated with the consequences such as perpetual urban poverty, lack of affordable houses, and economic oppression of the minority community. Although this led to the Civil Right Movement in the history of America, the segregation practice prevails in the present lives and is mainly affecting the American minority groups. For instance, from the education perspective, the African-American student experiences ...

Family is a fundamental unit that shapes our identities in life. Every individual is born of a family. The cohesiveness of the family unit is integral in make sure that an individual is able to obtain the family values. Members of the family have a better understanding of an individual’s strengths and weaknesses. Based on the level family support, individuals are able to either embrace or shun their families’ values. This argumentative essay seeks to explain how family traditions and cultural legacies contribute to and or inhibit an individual’s self-identity. This paper will also include what I know about my ...

Video games have become an integral part of our life, taking an important place of the leader among the many ways of the organization of youth recreation. It is especially important thus to understand their influence on people, especially kids. Virtual reality beckons with its limitless possibilities, and computer entertainment industry each year presents gamers more and more new games, from which it is simply impossible to refuse. However, about the dangers of computer games trumpeting all around - and particularly concerned about the issue of violence in video games and computer addiction of parents whose children spend all ...

In today’s society, technology reigns supreme in the minds of children. One only has to turn on a computer, and instantly one is connected to individual who are thousands of miles away. In addition, technology allows for the transmission of information and provides a number of other much needed information. No one is immune to technology. Many individuals admire and respect the use of technology in the society as it is beneficial. Without the advances in technology over the years, the world would not be as productive as it is at the moment. Nevertheless, with all the positive impact of ...

Have you ever tried walking into a community and feeling different, most likely apart and isolated from the people living in there? Have you ever realized how it is to live a life that is founded on doubt and distrust? While the saying “no man is an island’ continues to echo to remind the society of what is meant by fellowship and being there for the people who might need the help. Nevertheless, in reality, such concept of fellowship has already gone awry, especially at the point where people have learned how to live with themselves as much as they have ...

Introduction

In today’s modern society, life after graduation is certainly one of the greatest puzzles of life. Because of the extreme job competition, many underprivileged students who were not able to continue their education up to college may end up looking for a job as their primary source of income. There are companies who offer jobs that specialize in operating heavy machinery and doing jobs which are related in everyday living such as cooks, computer technician, carpentry, artisans and many more. There are also high school students who work part time in order to earn money for their education by ...

Question one

Both Machiavelli and Locke agree to some point that indeed “men of ambition and talents” are needed in order for a society to thrive. Each person came up with his own theory identifying the role that people of such characters play in the society, citing their advantages and disadvantages. To them, the existence of such people plays different roles in the establishment of the preservation of the political climate and discipline in the real world. In order to identify the best thought of the roles played by these people, one must establish which of them suit the real world as ...

After the economic crisis broke out in 2008, what economic system is best for the country, especially for the bank, becomes a hot topic between people. According to what we learned from the Great Depression, the British economist John Keynes state that government intervention can help a depressed economy through monetary policy and fiscal policy (Krugmanand Robin). Also, from what Keynes said and from the great depression, it also tells that too much freedom on the market will produce exactly the opposite results. Similar situations as to banks, during the recession, if the government can give the assistance at the moment, ...

Introduction

‘King Lear’ is one of the luminous literary works of William Shakespeare. Shakespeare wrote this tragic play several centuries ago. ‘King Lear’ portrays the bitter truth of the society and various noted intellectuals consider this play as a rare literature that has ever been witnessed. George Bernard Shaw writes, “No man will ever write a better tragedy than Lear” (Shaw 23). This paper intends to argue for the possibility of greed of a family member or any person to destroy the whole family. In ‘King Lear’, greed is the cause of family tragedy hence the paper will argue on the positive and ...

President Herbert Hoover was born from a relatively humble Midwestern family in Iowa. His father was a blacksmith. As an administrator, Herbert Hoover considered himself progressive. His ideas were encapsulated in what was called the “new era” politics. His premise was on American individualism that argued for less regulation from the government. Hoover had a sterling reputation having been a successful an entrepreneur. The crash of the stock market of 1929 happened after a series of tough financial times. The fall of real estate prices, the reduction in demands of American produce declined due to recovering European manufacturing industries. The depression was hard time. ...

Education is one of the core contributions toward an individual's path for a thriving future. We all know how imperative school is for ourselves and for the younger generations as we all take what we learn to progress as individuals and as a nation. Ironically, despite the awareness on the importance of possessing a good education, we still face a number of flaws in our society's education system that could put a hindrance on a bright future for students. With lack of attention to this subject, our education system is bound to diminish. Such is the dilemma and great concern of Michael Moore, a flourishing American ...

Introduction

Owning a gun and protection from crime are issues that bring a lot of controversy in the elite world of thought. It is correct and at the same time wrong to conclude that, the growth of the number of citizens possessing firearms is instrumental to the reduction of crime rates in the nation. This is an idea that has been in debate for many years without the possibility to having the right colors on the topic. The rates of criminal record a reduced amount of crime as the people with the ideas of crime fear the encounter of a permitted gun holder who ...

What is game? A game is an emulating process that comprises of different things such as skill, chance(luck), and this activity is held according to the set rules for entertaining purposes of players.
Games are around us since the dawn of mankind, however, they have changed drastically over the years and nowadays, people prefer to play games online on computers, gaming stations rather than board games or outdoor activity. The influence from video games is harmful, therefore, time spent with computer should be under the control.
Computer games have become part of our lives. According to ...

Bowling for Columbine is a classic Michael Moore film which demonstrates the power of the game of bowling as an alternative for target practise. The Columbine High School massacre is the basis behind the film and Moore shows that the culture of guns in the US has ruined the fabric of this society.

Thesis statement:

Gun control is an important and very sensitive issue in the United States. Michael Moore’s film parodies the American fixation with guns and cites several cases where the usage of guns has gone out of hand in parallel with a perceived bowling incident before the Columbine School ...

for Euthanasia

Protecting the Right to Act Autonomously: A Philosophical Argument for Euthanasia

There is a long tradition of support for voluntary euthanasia in Western civilization. The ancient Greeks and Romans “did not believe that life needed to be preserved at any cost and were, in consequence, tolerant of suicide in cases where no relief could be offered to the dying” The ancient schools of philosophy, the Stoics and Epicureans, believed that an individual who no longer wanted to live and chose to commit suicide should be supported in their decision. Thomas More, writing in the 16th century, foresaw a utopian community in which individuals suffering from intolerable pain and burdened by ...

Attitudes toward and opinions regarding stricter gun control laws in the United States seem to be growing following the dreadful reality of the recent Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting ("edition.cnn.com"). There now seems to a nationwide discussion going about regarding the issue of stricter gun control as if it is the solution to prevent such tragedies in the future. People on the news and everywhere else have started talking about the second amendment of the US constitution, which states that “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and ...

When the first congress on alternative medicines was organized by the Faculty of Medicine in the University Of Rome in the year 1973; private practitioners from across the world presented more than one hundred and fifty brands of alternative medicines (Whistler 14). The congress, which sought to establish the validity and effectiveness of alternative medicines established that most of the alternative therapies were indeed functioning and that they could be tested and proven scientifically. Some of the therapies were found to be common in more than one community with most of the communities coming from the Asian continent. The ...

In Chapter 4, the primary argument is that it is not possible to believe in God as a sort of supreme entity that evolved from other forms in what C.S. Lewis calls “the whole show” – in other words, Nature – but rather that one must believe in God as a Creator independent of creation. Any Naturalist attempt to insist that God is a force that grew from within Nature is self-contradictory, in Lewis’ opinion, because of the difference between Reason and Nature.

One of the only areas of separation between human abilities and Nature is Reason. The examples that Lewis uses to make ...

The perception of God have changed over time as scholars continue delving more and more into the religious studies. This has led to a misconstruction of who God is as people continue making his identity so complex and hard to understand (King 409). Such complexities have changed the understanding of the value that man has for God. This essay seeks to prove that above anything else, God values humans more than anything.
This alone gives the idea that God has a great value for the human beings. Al the other creations He made by word of His mouth. He could ...

The internet has brought about the possibility of networking easily. Everywhere and literary everything that a person does calls for some private information to be released. This therefore calls for concern on whether the information can be accessed by any interested party after one has released it. It is possible for a person, company or organization to access real time information from anywhere around the world all thanks to the internet. It is for this reason that many people have embraced it, more so the social media. But there is one dark cloud that has ever seems to be hanging on ...

Introduction

Autism refers to an intricate developmental disability (Bryna, 2008, pp 24). It is known to appear in children within their first three years of life. This developmental disability is normally caused by a neurological disarray which affects usual brain function. It thus affects the development of a child’s social and communication skills. Children who suffer from autism experience challenges with non-spoken communication, various social interactions as well as other activities which involve elements of play (Bryna, 2008, pp 27). Children are social creatures who require interaction with other people in order to flourish and grow. Socializing enables children to laugh, ...

The death penalty is given for a variety of reasons that vary from state to state. Examples of acts that can earn a criminal the death penalty include murder of an on-duty police “officer or judge, murder for hire, murder committed in connection with a rape or kidnapping, murder committed during certain drug offenses, murder committed while the defendant is already serving a life sentence, and murder during a burglary or home invasion” (Tuohy). These crimes are definitely vicious and must be punished appropriately. If a person has no problem committing the above crimes once, what is to stop them from committing these same crimes ...

Ever since the media became an important fixture in modern life, there has been a strong debate regarding what the media should be able to cover or discuss. The WikiLeaks scandal of 2010 is a perfect example of the government attempting to stifle a media attempt to release secret documents it did not want revealed – these documents were thought to be potentially embarrassing and incriminating, citing the government’s involvement in unsavory acts during the Iraq and Afghan Wars. Many have wondered whether or not things like this are right to release – whether or not the government should censor the material and prevent ...

Introduction

The debate about abortion has been going on for the last few decades with some groups supporting its legalization while other groups claiming that abortion should be banned. Every school of thought has convincing reasons why or why not abortion should be legalized. For instance, in the United States the debate about legalizing abortion started in 1960s when different states started to repeal their laws concerning abortion which had been banned there before. The US Supreme Court also ruled that the decision by various states to ban abortion was not in line with the constitution. In other countries like ...

Keeping guns at home for self defense should be legalized. However, with the possibility of uneducated individuals getting access to guns, the positive aspect of this undertaking is lost. In this case, the gun owner alters negatively the security assurance of the people they are in contact with; the uneducated gun owner turns into a real insecurity. Generally, the household of the uneducated gun owner is at high risk of getting harmed by the same gun.

What would happen if an intruder laid hands on the gun of the beholder? It is true that lack of supremacy over the gun ...