The essay by Peter J. Gomes, entitled �Homophobic? Read Your Bible,� can be analyzed in many ways. The essay discusses the issue of homosexuality as it relates to religion. The Baptist minister provides an unexpected approach to the subject. Mr. Gomes�s thesis statement in this essay is, �The army of the discontented, eager for clear villains and simple solutions and ready for a crusade in which political self-interest and social anxiety can be cloaked in morality, has found hatred of homosexuality to be the last respectable prejudice of the century� (�Homophobic� 414). This essay uses effective evidence to prove the thesis statement while also doing a good job of refuting opposing views. First of all, the evidence that is used in this essay is valid. In a formal argument, any assertion must be backed up with specific, compelling evidence that is accurate, timely, relevant, and sufficient. Such evidence can be data derived from surveys, experiments, observations, and first-hand field investigations or from expert opinion (White 5). Mr. Gomes mentions the verses in the Bible in which the information he is referring to can be found so that the reader can check the verse for themselves. This allows the readers to investigate deeper and form their own opinions. The evidence that he cites is taken directly from the Bible. The Bible is his primary source, not another person�s thoughts or another professor�s notes. In doing this, the information is more likely to be accurate and without bias. Three of the verses from the Bible that he cites are found in the Books of Kings I and II. After investigation, I found these verses to merely discuss prostitution, not homosexuality at all. And anyways, as M... ... middle of paper ... ...back� writing style allows the reader to follow his point closely without forcing it upon them. Mr. Gomes provides valid evidence to support his thesis statement in this argument. Overall, this argument essay is well stated and well written. WORKS CITED Gomes, Peter J. �Homophobic? Read Your Bible.� Good Reasons With Contemporary Arguments: Reading, Designing, and Writing Effective Arguments. Lester Faigley and Jack Selzer. 2nd ed. New York: Pearson, 2004. 412-14. Gomes, Peter J. The Good Book: Reading the Bible with Mind and Heart. New York: Morrow, 1996. �Peter J. Gomes.� 2001. Biography Resource Center. 17 Feb. 2004 White, Fred D., Simone J. Billings. The Well-Crafted Argument: A Guide and Reader. Boston: Houghton, 2002.
Gomes applies culturalism a great amount in this part. The four cultural events analyzed in this section are: Christians justification for racism and slavery, the history of women in the Bible and in the religious community, the treatment of Jews by religious peoples, and the general negative opinion of homosexualy amount Bible readers. Gomes explains that in these four events, people did use, or are using, the Bible to justify their hatred of different groups. He also brings up the fact that Christians and other religious people have since apologized for their treatment of women, African Americans, and Jews. By saying this he heavily implies his belief that, once again, Christians are going to be on the wrong side of the debate in regard to homosexuality. The section on homosexuality is the most relevant in this part as it is a current event that is still debate nationwide. In said section, Gomes analyzes the Bible verses that Christians believe to have homosexual implications. Eventually, Gomes uses his personal interpretation of what the verses could mean along with historical context, to explain that the Church should not harbor any hatred or negative opinions to those practicing homosexuality. The other sections of, “The Use and Abuse of the Bible”, give
Ramage, John D., John C. Bean, and June Johnson. Writing Arguments: A Rhetoric with Readings. 9th ed. Boston: Pearson Education, 2012. Print.
Brief Guide to Argument. Ed. Sylvan Barnet and Hugo Bedau. 8 ed. Boston: Bedford/ St. Martin’s, 2014. 125-128. Print.
The sociological symbolic interactionist perspective is a major microsociological perspective stressing the importance of messages from others and society, how people understand and interpret these messages, and how this process affects people’s behaviors (Farley and Flota 2012). Through this perspective, it is evident that people who identify themselves as homosexual often receive positive or negative messages from their families, especially parents. Most of their parents come from a very religious background or play an important role in the church and community. The people or children who are homosexual often look at their self image differently because of the messages they receive not only from their families, the Bible, but also from the people who hold picket signs showing hatred towards homosexual. The Church holds different values, also known as personal preferences, likes and dislikes, or judgements about what is good and desirable or bad and undesirable (Farley and Flota 2012), they often gain values from their religio...
Aubrey Drake Graham was born in Ontario, Canada. He first became famous for playing a role in the teen TV series, Degrassi in 2001. This went on for 7 years and slowly transitioned into what he is most know for now, rapping. With almost 2 million albums sold, 14 BET awards, 2 Grammy’s and a recent contract with Nike’s Jordan Brand has Drizzy Drake on top of the Hip-Hop world. The song “Look What You’ve Done” from the album Take Care, released November of 2011, is more emotional and personal than most Hip-Hop track. Those vibes are given off from the soothing piano playing in the background and the way he raps about his past. Paul Lester, musical journalist, suggests Drake's style is labeled as soft in his article, "Why do you hate me so much?" Lester goes on to say, " Drake's sound is labeled as "soft" for his genuine, merciful lyrics and soulful melody to most hip hop listeners. Drake has even described himself as "the first person to successfully rap and sing." (The Guardian) In my eyes this is the thing that makes Drake different from others and what makes people drawn to his music “Look What You’ve Done” by Drake, there is an obvious explicit message that he has many different people to thank in his life. Yet most people who listen to the song will not immediately recognize the implicit message that Drake's parents divorced when he was five years old so his mom raised him and was there for him a lot more than his father was. They may also not realize how big of a role Drake's
The music of rapper Aubrey Drake Graham, better known as Drake or Drizzy, has helped him to transcend the impoverished circumstances of his childhood life while giving him the opportunity to express his emotions, feelings, and impact of those circumstances on him.
Some people would say Drake would play to many slow temp music and would talk about his feelings to much in his music. I always thought this was the best part about listening to Drake he wasn’t like them other rappers that always talked about having lots or women and being rich all the time. He rapped about what he was going through and all the struggles he had to overcome to be where he is at today. I felt like this is what other artist should of done it would of made the fans feel more connected to them when they listened to their
Shakespeare uses the supernatural in Macbeth to help bring different aspects to the play. Throughout Macbeth the supernatural is seen through various apparitions, the witches and their prophecies and the disruption of the natural order following Duncan 's death. These supernatural events bring dimension to the play and helps the reader understand the play at a deeper level.
For one thing, Bieber should be deported because he broke the law. If a resident of the U.S broke the law, they would face serious consequences, which may lead to deportation if the person wasn’t a citizen of the U.S. For example, the article “Should Justin Bieber be deported?” by Frances Hannan and Jane Bianchi states, “Police detained the same man for throwing eggs at a neighbor’s house”. Throwing eggs at someone’s house is an offense. According to the law, a person has no right to infringe on another person’s property. As a result, the cost of repairing the house was twenty thousand do...
The most obvious interpretation of the witches is to see them as manifestations of evil in the world. They exist to tempt and torment people, to challenge their faith in themselves and their society. They work on Macbeth by equivocation, that is, by ambiguous promises of some future state. These promises come true, but not in the way that the victim originally believed. The witches thus make their appeal to Macbeth's and Banquo's desire to control their own future, to direct it towards some desirable ends. They have no power to compel belief, but they can obviously appeal strongly to an already existing inclination to force one's will onto events in order to shape the future to fit one deepest desires.
* The Aims of Argument. 4th ed Ed.Timothy W. Crusius and Carolyn E. Channell. New York:McGraw Hill,2003, 352-355.
"Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez's quiet withdraw in Stratford this weekend was shockingly disturbed by the undesirable vicinity of paparazzi," the announcement read. "This has deplorably brought about charges of perilous driving and ambush."
Miller has written for Newsweek, where this article comes from. He has also written writing handbooks, such as Motives for Writing (McGraw-Hill) and Hodges’ HarBrace Handbook (Harcourt College Publishers). He is an educator in argument techniques, writing Informed Argument: A Multidisciplinary Reader and Guide.
According to a Scholastic article writen by Frances Hannan "Police detained Justin Bieber for allegedly throwing eggs at a neighbors house, causing over 20,000 dollars worth of damage." What the author means by this is Bieber is highly immature and his actions show that he should not be allowed to stay in America. According to a CNN article,''Justin Bieber should be deported because he has caused a very high amount of damage, has been caught drunk riving multiple times, and more than 200,000 people signed a petition to have him deported.
Carson, D, & Moo, D. (2005) An introduction to the New Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan.