Topic Proposal #3

For this essay, I am going to do an extension on "A Modest Proposal" the issue that I am going use is the economy and its current state. President Obama has his idea on how to solve this problem, but I am going to use my own logic to come up with another way to "fix" the economy. A large percentage of the wealth of this country is tied up by CEOs of Fortune 500 Companies, Professional Athletes, Movie Stars, and Music Moguls. There is no doubt that this economic crisis affects everyone, however, it affects the middle and lower classes more. Let's just have that upper echelon of society give a mere 10% of their income to the government and let them invest that money in the future of the economy of this country. We should totally stop buying foreign goods and produce our own products "Made in USA." Another major problem that has been causing this economic crisis is an overuse of credit. We should take away credit cards all together. Cash and Debit cards should be the only sources of currency that are used in the US. Credit is a good resource to use, but we have shown that we can not responsibly use it. So we should just do away with it totally.

Philosophy of Hair

Why is hair important?

Why do people do dumb stuff with their hair?

As far back as Adam and Eve, hair can also be found. Upon the creation of man, he was not without hair. Portrayals of Jesus in portraits even have him with flowing lochs of hair. Back in the days of Colonial America and the American Revolution, high ranking officials and individuals of high stature with in society wore wigs of long white hair. Hair is important because it basically makes the man. A person that is confident in the way their hair looks comes off as a confident and happy person. I know in my day I have had some horrible hair days, and when I do have one, I just can not seem to be confident as a person. There is something about a new hair cut that can make a man more confident. Hair is so important because it can give a person that feeling of confidence to take on the world, with a new "do." To quote barbershop, "A man can change his life with a simple haircut."

Two Pieces of Writing That Moved Me(1 Funny)

1. I found this story to be interesting.
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2. This was funny...
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SWA #3: Topic Proposal 2

How is Stem Cell Research beneficial to patients with brain damage or brain disorders?
Stem Cell Research is using embryos that are donated to take the stem cells of the embryo and grow them. The scientists are taking these stem cells, which can differentiate between any if the cell types. This means they can turn into to any kind of cell if they are embedded with that type of cells. In theory, these stem cells can be transplanted into nerve, brain, and liver cells to promote the growth of these cells. Usually, these types of cells do not grow after they are killed.
I am focusing on the brain tissue part of Stem Cell Research. It has been said that Stem Cells have the potential to cure brain diseases and disorders by promoting growth among the cells present in the brain.

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Issues for Essay #2

1. Performance Enhancing Drug-use by Professional Athletes
2. Economic Crisis

Topic Proposal #1

Stooping to Conquer: Why Candidates Need to Make Fun of Themselves

What is the purpose of the argument? What does it hope to achieve?

This argument’s purpose is to tell why it is beneficial for a political officer to sometimes poke fun at themselves to relieve some of the pressure created everyday by the media. Some candidates do questionable things, and to help them deal with them and let the public see that are a normal, everyday person, they need to just laugh at what they did. In doing this, they are encouraging the public to laugh with them on this subject, not at them. This argument hopes to persuade the reader to believe it is beneficial for politicians to make jokes about themselves in the public media.

What shape does the argument take? How is the argument presented or arranged? What media does the argument use?

The argument takes the form of a few past occasions of political officials making fun of something that they did and how that later helped them recover popularity in the eyes of the public. Mainly, this argument is just a couple stories about candidates in the past that helped restore their names with comedy. Examples of what the candidates did was shown and explained how other individuals followed after them and restored their honor amongst society. The argument uses examples from television and newspapers.

Who is making the argument? What ethos does it create, and what values does it assume?

A writer from a newspaper wrote this article and formulated this argument. This creates a little bit of a question as far as the morals are concerned, because reporters most of the times are just looking for more people to read their material when they write it. The validity of the argument is somewhat questioned when the reader finds that it was written by a newspaper reporter.

SWA #2

Throughout the reading, I have found many topics that I feel strongly about, but the one idea that I feel the strongest about is the fine line between making people laugh, and pissing them off, or making them sad. “What most of us consider tragic is fairly static, though something tragic can be made funny by comic techniques such as repetition.” The main point I have chosen is that there is a fine line between humor and tragedy. One situation could be tragic, but change a few of the details around and that same story could be funny. This interests me because it is so true. When you think about it, a tragedy is something that makes a person sad or cry. Humor is something that also, in a way, can make a person sad or cry. People need to be able to understand what this fine line is, in order to be funny. Other people are in charge of what is funny, the person telling the joke has no control over what other people will think until he or she tells it. One must understand other people and how they could feel about a certain event. This text exemplifies my point perfectly. Cholesterol is the subject of this text. A lower cholesterol is better but down 280 points is extremely absurd. This same picture could be tragic if it said 280 points higher or something like that, but the author knows it is impossible for cholesterol to go down 280 points, so it is funny. I could use this comic to back-up my opinion about the fine line between humor and tragedy that is introduced in Laughing Matters on page 50-62.

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