Persuasive Essay About The Halloween Dinner Party

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About a week ago I sent out a Facebook invite to a few of my greatest friends to come over to my house for a Halloween dinner Party. I am so excited for today is a day that we all get together over one of my famous home cooked meals. I am making my famous creamy vegetable soup that they have been begging me to make since we last hung out. I am just hoping that they do not have one of their heated conversations again period, let me tell you comma. They love to argue and get their points across.
Since it is close to Halloween, I got my aspiration from the movie The Nightmare Before Christmas. I even have the Boogieman hanging from the chandelier above the dining table. I also have a coffin table cloth covering the table with Jack and Sally …show more content…

Lewis gawped at The Dalai Lama for a few seconds before blurting out “Oh, so you think you have a right to HAPPINESS” (229)? Everyone looked at Dalai Lama as he was silently staring at C.S. Lewis, I looked at them both thinking "Here we go again".
To release some tension, I quickly looked at Gretchen Rubin shouting “I love your costume! What made you think about being a bag of money?”
Right as Gretchen was about to speak, Dalai Lama interrupted her by replying “Your state of mind is key, and I do have the right to be happy” (24). I was about to speak up until. Thomas Jefferson shook his head at me to not interrupt, as did Howard Cutler.
I sat back as Giles Fraser blurts “At least he is reclaiming his happiness by socializing among people who give him the right to express his happiness” (262).
Knowing how Cutler is, he replies “I agree with Dalai Lama on this because happiness is determined more by one state of mind than by external events” …show more content…

not arguing about HAPPINESS! This is supposed to be something that makes you guys HAPPY to be here with friends and socialize with people other than our coworkers.”
As I was about to sit down, Howard Cutler gestures “Well happiness is a hot topic. We are always questioning what HAPPINESS is and its derivation. The Dalai Lama and I had many discussions about the sources of happiness, and he always has a positive answer for everything. Yes, it can be a heated topic but we all have our own opinions about the meaning of HAPPINESS.” According to Cutler, he thinks “Sooner or later our overall level of happiness tends to migrate back to a certain baseline. Psychologist call this process adaptation” (22).
Then I ask, “Okay so what do you each think HAPPINESS should look like?”
Giles Fraser clears his throat before uttering “Ha-ha well, I think HAPPINESS should be people conversing on groups at social events than taking pills that are SUPPOSED to make you think that you are happy now”

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