Argument Readings Essay Example

who are permitted to have guns, because a gum is literally the power to kill”.

This essay kept my attention because it is something that I agree with.

In “The Last Word on the Last Breath” by Jan Hoffman, she was telling us her views on the right on who should determine when an ill patient should die. Her argument is one on both change and persuasion. She starts her essay by telling us about a 35 year old patient that had been in a vegetative state for 15 years (about half their life). This patient was dying but yet the family insisted that efforts be made to revive him.

After 15 minutes the doctors called the time of death.

Hoffman’s argument is “who has the final say over whether CPR should be attempted on a gravely ill patient? ” She goes on to tell us how the “misunderstanding of CPR itself can make a family’s agony worse. ” This essay kept my interest is something that I just had to deal with. I believe that the word should be with the ill patient and if that patient was not able to make a decision it should be left to the medical professionals. DNR is a game plan for the last 15 minutes of your life”, “Instead of talking about futility; we should be discussing what has utility, like pain management, comfort and closure. ” That is what needs to be thought about. In “The Return of the Happy Housewife” by Charlotte Allen, she was showing us the argument of persuasion.

Her writings have appeared in the Washington Post and Los Angeles times. She argues

that stay-at-home wives are happier then the ones that go to work.

She backs her argument by several statistics “52% of wives who didn’t work outside the home reported they were very happy with their marriages compared with 41% of wives in the workforce. I also found this essay to hold my attention. I unfortunately do not have the option of staying at home with my children since I am a single mother. All of these authors use outside sources to support their arguments which is important to their credibility.