Is compromising a good or bad thing?

When people think of the word compromise, we usually think of it as a bad thing. However, this wasn't always the case. In the past, it was good to compromise and people had positive connotations with the term. Senator Henry Clay made a compromise in the past which helped America avoid a civil war. Some consider this bad and some consider this good. That's because by compromising, Senator Henry Clay increased how long slavery lasted but at the same time, he was also able to avoid bloodshed. Whether compromising is a good or bad thing, it has raised controversy because some people believe that compromising means that they are losing out and not necessarily getting what they want. An example of such would be a small child only gets candy when she answers a riddle correctly. By doing do, the teacher is able to get the child to answer the questions and the child is able to get candy AFTER she has answered the question. Both individuals sacrifice something in order to create middle ground. Another example of compromising would be deciding what days to work throughout the week. The student would have to compromise with the boss to decide what days to work and figure out what days that they are definitely unavailable. That is all for this week.

Until next time :)

Money is the source of all evil?

William Hazlitt is a nineteenth century author who wrote an essay called, "On the want of Money". This piece was evaluated in class and proposed the question, "is money the root of all evil or is it a source of happiness?" In my opinion, i believe that money can be a source of happiness but at the sane time,  it may also be the root of most evil actions. This is because, money can allow a person to feed their loved ones and help sustain life. However, many people consider selling things in the black market, selling drugs, buying drugs, and gambling just for the sake of money. Money can invoke greed and make people develop a higher self esteem and ego. In this case, money can cause people to do thinks that can be considered immoral or inhumane. In Hazlitt's essay, he provides the reader with many examples about life would be for a person that is considered wealthy versus a person who is considered poor. Hazlitt says, "To be in want of it, ... is to live out of the world, or to be despised if you come into it; it is not to be sent for to court; ... it is to be scrutinized by strangers, and neglected by friends" to describe what a deathly person can experience. On the other hand, Hazlitt describes a poor person by saying, "full of enthusiasm and extravagance in youth, ... or avoided by those who know your worth and shrink from it as a claim on their respect or their purse; to be burden to your relations, or unable to do anything for them; to be ashamed to venture into crowds; to have cold comfort at home". By saying this Hazlitt is trying to say that even though someone can have a lot of money, they might not necessarily be happy and vise versa for poor people. At the end of his essay, Hazlitt says "The wiseacres will possibly, however, crowd round your coffin, an raise a monument at a considerable expense expense, and after a lapse of time to commemorate your genius and your misfortunes!" By ending his essay with this sentence, he gives his readers the idea that at the end of the day, people will still talk about you whether you are rich or poor.  

UNITL NEXT TIME :)

Lecture on Visual Arguments

This week in class, we had a lecture on visual arguments. The essential question was "How do we effectively analyze the visual argument in various mediums?" The main example that was given was advertisements. We spoke about advertisements featuring celebrities, logos, pathos, ethos, and steps to "deconstruct" a visual argument. A few examples would be a Pantene commercial featuring Selena Gomez and X-out featuring Zendaya Coleman. According to Ms. Moccia, visual arguments don't have to be a paragraph and doesn't need a thesis; however, the image can still be read the same way text is read. An example of a visual argument that is not written as  paragraph would be the the fast food chain, Subway, where their motto is only a few words : "FRESH IS WHAT WE DO" (printed on all their napkins). Throughout the lecture, one of the things that caught my attention was that visual arguments are used to support claims and present new research. This surprises me since none of the other statements mentioned in the lecture shows that visual arguments can present new research. Therefore, my questions is, How can new research be presented based on visual arguments. Since we were mostly discussing advertisements, it made me even more confused how an advertisement such as a poster can induce new research. 

See you all next time!