William Armstrong Persuasive Speech

Today we are here to discuss the matter of the death of a local child. William Armstrong's death was caused by none other than his own brother. Brother had always thought William to be an embarrassment and was willing to do anything to end the humiliation. He had accumulated a plan to kill the child. Brother was compassionate and kind to his brother only when he wanted to be and would change his attitude whenever he thought right. It has been found that Brother did kill William Armstrong. Since before William could walk, talk, and even crawl, Brother wanted to get rid of him. His first comment that makes me suspicious is when Brother said “They named him William Armstrong, which is like tying a big tail on a small kite. Such a name sounds good only on a tombstone.” (Hurst, 1). He sounded like his brother should have been dead the second he was born and that his name meant nothing other than something to put on the tombstone. Before Brother even knew what William was, he had already wished him dead. He later stated “It was bad enough having an invalid brother, but having one who possibly was not all there was unbearable”(Hurst, 2). He was using possibly invalid information towards his reason to have his brother deceased. Once William grew older, it was a false assumption that he was not “all there”. The plan was simply stated as such. “I began to make plans to …show more content…
Brother has shown the least amount of affection to William Armstrong and has killed a boy who kept his own life even though the doctors said he wouldn't. Brother has always wanted to see William dead. Brother had left him and caused his death. This was no coincidence. I believe he has been planning to kill his brother from day one. He has showed him the great aspects to life that only he could show him, but he then took those away from him and used them to get rid of him. William Armstrong was killed by his