EXP #2
In “Love is a Fallacy,” author Max Shulman writes about two teenagers who make a deal involving: a girl Polly Espy and a raccoon coat. The character found Petey Bellows his friend laying on the bed with a really sad face. He thought that he is sick but Petey only wanted to have a raccoon coat. I asked why do you want a raccoon coat Petey replied because all the Big Men wear it. Character replied it is dirty and people don’t wear it anymore. Petey just said I want a raccoon coat and he would anything to get it. So they made a deal that if Character brings a raccoon coat, he will have a date with Petey girl. Shulman writes that character thought that Polly was very beautiful but was not smart at all, and he thought under his influence …show more content…
On the first date Character and Polly had under the oak and guy offered her to talk about fallacy. Polly really liked his fallacies but she was little confused as well; so they went on and on. After several dates character told Polly that they are good match. Polly replied that how can you think we are good match after five days together. The character tried to outsmart Polly by telling her “you don’t have to eat a whole cake to no if it is good.” Polly used all her fallacy knowledge that she learned from him against him. The character asked Polly why do you like Petey more than me? He continued saying that he is smart and Petey is not successful person at all. Polly replied Petey has a raccoon coat! Focusing on the one of the fallacies I want to talk about. It is where Character asked Polly that exercise is good that is why everybody should exercise. Polly said yes it is right! The character said, no Polly, some people with heart decease ordered by their doctors not to exercise. That is why it is important to specify that for some people exercise is good otherwise you will commit a Dicto Simpliciter(one of the …show more content…
It is about my family and relatives. My ancestors are from Middle East so my family and all relatives practice Muslim religion. However, because I was born in Russia, I have different views about the life and particularly all religions that exist on earth, or I don’t believe in religion at all! This is where my mom and I are having dispute. My mom states that because that all my relatives including my family believe in Muslim religion, I must follow it too. In other words, my mom says that I must follow this religion because the majority of my relatives believe in it. The argument starts from me saying that I don’t have to follow this religion just because my relatives and family including my mom believe in this religion. I try to tell my mom that approximately six billion people live on earth and they all believe in different religions or don’t believe at all. I tell my mom that even though majority of my relatives believe in Muslim religion they are not a majority of entire human population: therefore, they are not majority if we include all people on earth. Next, I say even if majority of people would believe in Muslim religion id does not mean that I must do the same. After the conversation and argument my mom gets mad at me she cant support her argument. Which creates another fallacy known as ad hominem abusive or personal attack. My mom states that because I don’t believe in religion, I am an
In “Love is a Fallacy,” author Max Shulman writes about two teenagers who make a deal involving: a girl Polly Espy and a raccoon coat. The character found Petey Bellows his friend laying on the bed with a really sad face. He thought that he is sick but Petey only wanted to have a raccoon coat. I asked why do you want a raccoon coat Petey replied because all the Big Men wear it. Character replied it is dirty and people don’t wear it anymore. Petey just said I want a raccoon coat and he would anything to get it. So they made a deal that if Character brings a raccoon coat, he will have a date with Petey girl. Shulman writes that character thought that Polly was very beautiful but was not smart at all, and he thought under his influence …show more content…
On the first date Character and Polly had under the oak and guy offered her to talk about fallacy. Polly really liked his fallacies but she was little confused as well; so they went on and on. After several dates character told Polly that they are good match. Polly replied that how can you think we are good match after five days together. The character tried to outsmart Polly by telling her “you don’t have to eat a whole cake to no if it is good.” Polly used all her fallacy knowledge that she learned from him against him. The character asked Polly why do you like Petey more than me? He continued saying that he is smart and Petey is not successful person at all. Polly replied Petey has a raccoon coat! Focusing on the one of the fallacies I want to talk about. It is where Character asked Polly that exercise is good that is why everybody should exercise. Polly said yes it is right! The character said, no Polly, some people with heart decease ordered by their doctors not to exercise. That is why it is important to specify that for some people exercise is good otherwise you will commit a Dicto Simpliciter(one of the …show more content…
It is about my family and relatives. My ancestors are from Middle East so my family and all relatives practice Muslim religion. However, because I was born in Russia, I have different views about the life and particularly all religions that exist on earth, or I don’t believe in religion at all! This is where my mom and I are having dispute. My mom states that because that all my relatives including my family believe in Muslim religion, I must follow it too. In other words, my mom says that I must follow this religion because the majority of my relatives believe in it. The argument starts from me saying that I don’t have to follow this religion just because my relatives and family including my mom believe in this religion. I try to tell my mom that approximately six billion people live on earth and they all believe in different religions or don’t believe at all. I tell my mom that even though majority of my relatives believe in Muslim religion they are not a majority of entire human population: therefore, they are not majority if we include all people on earth. Next, I say even if majority of people would believe in Muslim religion id does not mean that I must do the same. After the conversation and argument my mom gets mad at me she cant support her argument. Which creates another fallacy known as ad hominem abusive or personal attack. My mom states that because I don’t believe in religion, I am an