OPINION PIECE
Last month, my grandmother was travelling by train on the way home after meeting up with a group of friends. That day, though, will be a day that will traumatise her up to this present day. As she was standing up from her seat, a man assaulted her; he shoved her onto the floor, bit her and kicked her. Now, whilst her trembling bruised body will gradually relearn to sit up and her swollen face will learn to eat normal food again, she cannot shake away the memories from that day. Her attacker, on the other hand, will not give a care to this random victim of his intentional harm and eventually it will only become another headline, another alleged assault, another statistic.
This traumatising event could have been prevented. The reality is that the perpetrator of the attack was already on bail for the assault of two paramedics December last year. Had he have any respect for the law, my grandmother will still be perfectly healthy. …show more content…
This issue had come to my attention at an event that occurred recently to a relative of mine. My main contention is that the current justice system fails to deliver justice and equality. I have written this piece from a first person point of view to deliver a more personal stance on the issue. At the same time, the writing is presented in relatively formal language in order to give authority to my voice and argument, positioning the audience to view me as well educated. The tone of the piece is mostly disappointed and confounded throughout, highlighting the frustration that I, as the writer, feels. Towards the end of the piece, the tone becomes more assertive and speaks with more conviction, making clear to the reader that I condemn the current justice system and demand change. It is written in present tense because the piece is concerned with a current
Last month, my grandmother was travelling by train on the way home after meeting up with a group of friends. That day, though, will be a day that will traumatise her up to this present day. As she was standing up from her seat, a man assaulted her; he shoved her onto the floor, bit her and kicked her. Now, whilst her trembling bruised body will gradually relearn to sit up and her swollen face will learn to eat normal food again, she cannot shake away the memories from that day. Her attacker, on the other hand, will not give a care to this random victim of his intentional harm and eventually it will only become another headline, another alleged assault, another statistic.
This traumatising event could have been prevented. The reality is that the perpetrator of the attack was already on bail for the assault of two paramedics December last year. Had he have any respect for the law, my grandmother will still be perfectly healthy. …show more content…
This issue had come to my attention at an event that occurred recently to a relative of mine. My main contention is that the current justice system fails to deliver justice and equality. I have written this piece from a first person point of view to deliver a more personal stance on the issue. At the same time, the writing is presented in relatively formal language in order to give authority to my voice and argument, positioning the audience to view me as well educated. The tone of the piece is mostly disappointed and confounded throughout, highlighting the frustration that I, as the writer, feels. Towards the end of the piece, the tone becomes more assertive and speaks with more conviction, making clear to the reader that I condemn the current justice system and demand change. It is written in present tense because the piece is concerned with a current