EqualityArgumentEssay"THEYEARWAS2081,andeverybodywasfinallyequal."thesearethe firstwordsreadintheshortstory,"HarrisonBergeron"byKurtVonnegut.Thestoryisabouta futurewhereeveryoneintheworldis,"notonlyequalinfrontofGodandthelaw",butalsoequalin everywhichway,likeknowledgeandlooksandphysicalability.Inthestory,acoupleiswatching tvandwitnesstheirarrestedsonbreakintoaballetanddanceawonderfuldanceonlytobeshot deadbythehandicappergeneralherself.Thatleavesaquestion,whatthereadercaneasilytellfrom thestoryisthattheauthorbelievesthatequalityisabadthing.Toend,Ibelievethatequalityisnot whatweshouldneedonehundredpercentbutgiveeveryoneanequalchanceandseewherethey takeit.
Tostart,whywouldequalitybesobad?Fromthefirstview,equalitysoundslikeagoodthing Everyonegetsequaltreatment,pay,etc.Butwhataboutwhenaserialkillergetsthesametreatment aveterinarian.Howfairwoulditbeforsomeonewhosavesanimalslivestobetreatedthesame publicallyassomeonewho'smurdered,multiplepeople?Afterseeingthis,equalitycanseemfairly split,butthere'salsoadifference,there'sequalitythenthere'sequity.Equalitywouldbepeople treatedequal,especiallysociallyandequalopportunities,whileequityisdefinitefairnessThat meanspeoplebroughtdownoruptomeetthesamelevel.WhatIbelievewasexhibitedinthestory "HarrisonBergeron",wasnotequality,butactuallyequity.Thiscanbeseenbythembringing peopledownfromtheirabilitiesoruptomeetastandardtomakeeveryoneequal.Asthestory states,"Alittlementalhandicapradioinhisear.Hewasrequiredbylawtowearitatalltimes",that meanstheyarebringingsomepeopledowntothesamelevelbutatthesametimenotbringing peopleuptothatlevel."Nobodywasstrongerorquickerthananybodyelse",theideaofthis,in theory,seemsclever.Everyoneequalineverysingleway,evenmentally.Butthemorethereader maythinkofit,theyseelittleholesThere'snodrivetogetbetter,nodevotiontobeatsomething, there'sjustwhatitisandthereadercan'tdoanythingtoget
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DearTunxisCommunityCollegeHumanitiesfaculty,ThelastfourmonthsIhadbeenenrolledina CompositionIIcoursewhichIhavelearnedtowriteastrongargumentativeresearchessay.The content'sinthisfolderarethreeexamplesofrevisedessaysthatIhadwrotethroughoutthesemester. IwillsharewithyouallofmyreflectionsandinsightsofeachessayandwhatIhavelearnedinthe wholeprocessThefirstessaythatmyProfessorassignedwastobeonthecivilrightsMytopicof choicewasmusicanditseffectonthecivilrights.ThiswasanessaywhichIfirstreallystruggled becauseIdidn'tknowhowtotalkaboutsuchatopicinawaytoreallyarguemypoint.Istartedout byusingtheGaledatabasebutIwasn'tfindingspecificinformationthatwouldhelpsolidifymy essay.Iturnedtothelibraryandpickedup33RevolutionsperMinutebyDorianLynskey,which providedinformationofallthedifferentprotestsongsinthecivilrights,includingjazz,agenreof musicshowmorecontent
Myweakpointinthisessaywasfindingextremelyspecificsourcesofmytopic.Becausesocial mediaisstillarelativelynewandgrowingtool,itwashardtofindcredibleandresearchbased sourcesthatcouldbeusedtoarguemypointofview.Thismademehavetofindsourcesthatwere currentproblemswithsocialmediaandafewstudiesofitseffectsonstudentsintheclassroom.I alsohavealengthyintroductiontothetopicinwhichIuseapersonalanecdoteaswellas informationaboutwhatsocialmediaactuallyis.IincludethisinformationbecauseIbelievethebest waytoarguesomethingisbyfirstdefiningwhatthatthingthatyourarguingactuallyisandwhy youarearguingit.ThisismyfavoriteessaybecauseIbelieveit'sanon–traditionalresearchessay, butitstillarguesaverycomplexandrelevantsubjectthatisimportanttoyoung
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