Persuasive Essay

Below is a conversation between a 56 year old male and his doctor. The patients’ favorite activity is sitting on the couch watching sports while eating snacks. He tends to be sitting down a lot and does not participate in any physical exertion. Until today he was unaware of his cholesterol situation and how it can affect him. Doctor: Good Morning, How are you today? Patient: Good, I’m here today to get my bloodwork results. Doctor: Ok, Great. Let’s take a look. I see that we did a cholesterol…

Almost six years ago Sylvia, a very good friend of the family, came to my wife and I with a very serious problem that she needed assistance with. She discovered that although she was on birth control, she found herself pregnant with her sixth child. Sylvia was married but her and her husband struggled with the fact that he had just lost his job and they were barely making it with the children they already had. They knew they could not provide the kind of life for the child they wanted so they…

Federal taxes are used to fund the government. Federal taxes are income taxes, money taken out of your paychecks to fund the government and government projects. This country is run on the American dream. The right to make as much money as possible in this country if that is desired. The pole to the top is a long journey. The wealthy have to work night and day to get to where they are. Normally individuals are rewarded for accomplishing their goals. They are taught from when they 're young…

Lasting 12 years, the Holocaust was the mass genocide of Jewish people, Jehovah’s Witnesses, homosexuals, and gypsies. It was estimated that 11 million people died during this time period, 6 million of which were Jews. The name Holocaust comes from the Greek word ‘Holokausten’, which means sacrifice by fire. According to most historians, the Holocaust began on April 1st, 1933, when Germany, under Nazi control, passed the first anti-semitic law, effectively boycotting all Jewish run businesses.…

In a world where terrorism threatens people 's lives every day, many may turn to military force in order to prevent terrorism from spreading, but this is just fighting violence with violence, so it is time to attempt other more peaceful tactics in order to end the war on terrorism. We see everyday how terrorism is effecting the lives of people all around the world, whether it is on the news, online or reading it in a magazine or newspaper. With the threat of terrorism all around us, it is…

As you were growing up how would you describe it? All fun and games, with no worries at all? Going to school making friends and going home telling your mom all about it and seeing her smile because how happy she sees you. As a child you go with the flow, you really don 't know exactly what is going on but you confide in your parents and they are to know what is best for you. But do all parents know what is best for the children? Do they know what they are doing to them when they put their girls…

Ever since the early 1920’s Diamonds have became the most valuable rock known to westerners. The side most people don’t know about is what happens in the region most of the diamonds come from. From the mass murders to the underage children working for less than a dollar a day. The system is weekly regulated and more than 30% of the diamonds bought don’t have legal papers of placed mined. Diamonds are also smuggled from different places by minors and back dowered by guards and armed forces. The…

Introduction: I. Attention Getter: One of the biggest problems in the world today is homelessness. There are millions of people without home around the world right now. One of the most shocking facts that are more than a million of the homeless is kids. More than a million kids are on the street without a place to live. While most people take what they have for granted, there are kids that need help to get off the street. II. Thesis: The StandUp For Kids organization is significant part when…

Socrates: Let me pose a situation to you, Pentheus; imagine there are people in a cave. These people have been there since childhood, with their bodies shackled so that they can only see that which is right in front of them. They are unable to turn their heads, and know no world except that which is in front of them. Pentheus: I can imagine this, of course. Socrates: Now imagine that there is a fire roaring behind them, and that this fire casts a light onto the wall of the cave in front of them.…

“The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness” - John Muir. For a young Chris McCandless who was unsure of his identity and struggling with family issues, it makes sense that he turned to the outdoors in an effort to find clarity and purpose. Chris grew up in a fairly wealthy home, with a seemingly ideal life. His parents gave him everything he ever wanted and more monetarily, however there was always a disconnect between them. After his father’s affair, Chris seemed to view…