Monday, November 15, 2010

Essay 4 Ideas

In the novel I read, The Green Mile, I saw quite a few social issues and problems. The ones that stood out to me though, were between Percy and the other guards and how Percy did everything HIS way and didn't discuss it with the other guards. I also thought how Percy didn't wet the sponge for the inmate was wrong as well. The inmate who was guilty for the crime that John Coffey was convicted of, didn't get executed for it because John was black. All of these issues state there were many social issues. So I think I might discuss how innocent people go to jail and are convicted of crimes they did not commit. I want to show how it is very important that you do catch and punish the correct people, not just assume. Of course it isn't going to be a race issue as bad as it was in the book, which was based back in the slave times. Don't get me wrong, there are still race issues, but our technology has made it easier to catch the actual victims and not let us be able to accuse someone else of doing it. It still happens though, and I would like to elaborate on that more.

Essay 4

I think that for Essay 4 I am going to write a position paper. The main issue in “The Green Mile” is the death penalty, so I think I will write over that. I am going to have the position of being against the death penalty. I can cover many things if I use this, with the main issue of killing someone even though it may be to keep someone safe. It is not right for someone to take another’s life when it is not your choice or decision. A life for a life is not a good rule to live by. I think I will have to begin a new essay, because there is not really any technology in “The Green Mile” besides the electric chair. The electric chair is not really a big enough technology issue, but it can be discussed in my essay about the death penalty. There are many ways to give out the death sentence, but why use the electric chair? I hope that I will have enough information to write a six page paper over the death penalty, but maybe I will find some other death penalties that were common during that time. In my first position statement paper, I was already against technology. After reading this book, I am even more against technology, because it is used to take away a life. I may use a little bit of that essay, but I think I am going to mainly write a new essay over the death penalty.

Position Statement Essay 4

I am going to expand on Essay 3- Social Problems. The essay is about Drug Abuse and the effects on the family. I have found through research that there is so much more information available. I take a personal interest in this social issue because I have a sister that has lived her life abusing drugs. Her bad choices have landed her in the hospital due to a stroke. Now, she is having to rely on us, her family, to help her.

Essay 4

I think what I am going to do is to expand on my 3rd essay over teenage trafficking. I will try to find even more harsh cases over the mental, physical and emotional sides over this abuse. I know that there are TONS of examples over trafficking including stastics, reports and interviews, specials on big time channels, articles, etc. I know that I can make this essay even more intense and show parts of the King novel that I read, Misery, and the social issues involved. There are bits and pieces of the novel that show how Paul, the hostage in the novel, and how he is forced(almost like trafficking) to write a book for his capture, Annie. If he does not do as she demands, he gets punished severly, almost like a prostitute in a sense. This essay will be more in depth and more points of interest than essay 3.

Essay 4 Position Statement

The government should implement the death penalty, based on the sole reality that some inmates are just too dangerous to be kept in the system.

position statement

I think what I am going to do is expand on my essay #2. Genetic experimentation has many more interesting facets like cloning. I think I can expand on some subjects to make a pretty decent paper.

Jin's Essay 4

The novel that I've read was Misery. The social issue of that book was the crazy pyschopathic woman name Annie who held Paul as prision in her own house; keeping him as hostage to write her a book. There are many crazy people out there in society. We need to help those people either to recover from it or put them somewhere where they can't hurt themselves or other people.

essay 4 ideas

My first impression on essay four was “OMG”! I don’t know how to approach the topic and not sure of what’s being asked also what should be obvious to me are the social issues found in the book from our novel group. The book itself is awesome and I can pick out some social issues in the book it’s just the book didn’t going into detail about the particular situation and for me to try to write a six to eight page say about so therefore I want to make sure I know what’s being asked of m so I plan to get with the my professor and hopefully by doing this I can get started on my essay since the holidays are quickly approaching. The annotated bibliography also confused me a great deal hopeful with the professor discussing this too I will know what’s expected of me. With this essay I have to start from scratch because my previous articles didn’t have anything to do with child abuse or alcoholism so I’m pretty upset about this but hopefully once I get started everything start to flow together. Child abuse seems like an interesting topic I plan to stick with this and propose a problem solution essay for essay four

Essay 4 Ideas

I am not quite sure yet on what I want to write about for essay four. I think with the novel that I read, it is going to be hard to find a social issue to write about. I do have some ideas in mind that could potentially be a topic for me to talk about, but I’m not sure if they are really relevant to the novel I read. Two of the social issues that were discovered in the book are everyone’s need to fit in and the greatest one of all, cell phone usage. Out of these two issues, the one that I think I am most likely going to write about is cell phone usage. I was doing some research on this topic and actually found out that this is a pretty big social issue. Cell phones were the main topic of the novel Cell obviously, so I think this would be a great topic to talk about since it relates so much to the book. So many people spend so much time on their cell phones daily that it just can’t be healthy for you. One way cell phone usage can have a long lasting effect on your body is through over exposure to radio waves for a long duration of time which in return can only heat up the body tissues. Another way cell phones affect our health is by talking on the phone or texting while driving. So many people are killed each year by car accident related deaths. I’m sure you hear all the time on the news that someone was texting while driving and wasn’t paying attention and ended up killing someone or even themselves. This is a sad, but very true fact. I am hoping this essay topic will turn out to be a good choice, but let me know what you think!

Essay 4 idea

I am not sure what I would like to talk about in this essay. The topics on social issues are very broad. While there are several to pick from discussion and research could prove to be a challenge. None the less I  would like to dicuss the lack of humanity in the world today. I believe that this will cover a lot of issues and not really certain how or what focus i will take. Maybe i will change the whole topic and talk on crime in America.This issue in particular is on the rise and seems to focus on home invasion in this area. I could talk about addidction as a social issue in todays society. It is almost normal to have an addictive personality. I have learned that that is part of my personality and have to be careful of things that I engage in. This type of personality makes it easy for people to become addictive to some or all things. Obesity is also a subject that I find interesting. Obesity is a number one killer of americans young and old. Just a few ideas hope to chose rather quickly and create a great paper.

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Essay 4 Ideas

For this essay, I want to write about the positives and negatives of nonprofit organizations. Several nonprofit groups help a lot of people that aren't able to help themselves. They can provide food or care for special-needs groupds; sometimes they can provide monetary funds or skilled volunteers to raise awareness. But there's also a flipside to this argument. Many nonprofits in the last decade have been exposed for misappropriation of funds, using their organizations as pass-through devices to make money or filter profits from other companies, and paying outrageous salaries to friends or family members.

The state of Texas has different governing bodies and auditors for different types of nonprofits; for example, a foster care program would be overseen by the Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services, whereas the Bay Area SPCA would be handled by a more general office like the Secretary of the State of Texas. These governing bodies are, as you can imagine, inundated with work and unable to keep a good handle on each and every nonprofit. Sometimes, nonprofits get out of hand simply because the person who started their own doesn't have a good handle on rules and reporting expectations. Sometimes the answer is a little more sinister since nonprofits are relatively easy to launch.

My position on this essay is that nonprofits are generally good, but there should be resources and support for the officers and directors of these groups that are easy to access. It woud be wonderful to develop a better system for the state to effectively track these groups, but we are a long way off from that. Once the red tape is minimized, state agencies will be able to regulate more efficiently. As things stand now, offending nonprofits typically don't find out they've done anything wrong until several months (in some cases, years) after the fact.

Essay 4

I am thinking of talking about education. I'm going to go in the direction of taks testing. Does taks testing take away from the students learning other vital information? I heard that some students stress over these test, and have a hard time passing them. I know the teachers are under a lot of stress as well. Some school have went as far as offering bonus to teacher that are able to have their class successful pass taks testing. I would also like to find out what is the importance of these test, and how it really helps the students. The test would only make sense if it covers everything that student cover thought out the year. I think that the only way this test could be affective is it covers material they learned all year long, and it was done twice a year. The other question in my mind about schools is do we label out students to fast. I know that some student have disabilities but ADD and ADHD, and a few others seem to be quick labels that are used. I feel that if student are misbehaving we need to label them and give them medications. I understand that sometimes it's true and student need medication, but when are we over using it? I know also some parents can push for it as well but we as a school should push unless that is the only option. I know our school have a few different issue that could use some tacking, so my essay will hopefully do just that. I know schools do a lot of good for the student like programs that assist with need families, credit recovery programs and all the sports stuff the kids just enjoy. We will see which direction I take follow all my research on both topics.

Essay 4

My topic for Essay 4 is how woman are portrayed in the media and also how they are treated when they are a victim of violence. These two go hand in hand because the media is the leading cause of the way women are treated as victims in court by the way women are shown in the media. Women who have been the victims of violence are often treated as if they deserved the crime that happened to them. Most women are treated guilty until they can prove they are innocent of leading up to the violence against them. Even when women are cleared there is still usually doubt directed toward them still. It is easier for a man to accuse another man of a crime and not be looked at as if he provoked the crime of attack. Statistics show that it is easier for a man to be looked at as innocent in the event of rape than the woman who accuses him. Women are viewed as objects in adds and this leads to the violence. It is very clear that the media shows us all that it is a man's world in everything the print from adds of perfume to commercials. The media uses women to sell sex in just about every product we view. If you look at the way women are portrayed in any event in the media, it is always subtle and submissive. Even in politics women are down played so to speak. Even young girls are shorter than boys and in a passive poses instead of the active or bad boy poses men and boys are displayed as. The media needs to stop using them as sex objects playing down women.

Essay 4 Ideas

In my essay 4 I'm going to be writing about the death penalty as used in the novel The Green Mile. I am going to be writing a position paper where I will be against the death penalty. I feel this topic will be pretty easy to write about because there is so much being said on the topic. I feel it will be esy to find many facts to support my reasoning. There are many reasons why people should be against the death penalty and why it is wrong to execute another human being. A few reasons I will be discussing are; the religious issue, it's unconstitutional, the cost, and the possibility of someone being falsely convicted. About 95% of the United States believe in God therefore why is this even legal in our country. When it comes to the cost of the death penalty it cost at least 1.25 million dollars more than a case resulting in a sentence of life in prison without parole. Lack of belief of our judicial system has made it hard to feel confident in sending someone to death row. As King wrote in his novel The Green Mile, John Coffey was sentenced to death row for two accounts of rape and murder he didn't even commit.