Lesson 6

On page 118 of Writing Arguments are two pictures of John Walker Lindh, who is an American citizen, but was part of the Afghanistan Taliban. The first picture is of him clean shaven and a shaved head looking blankly as his picture was taken. The second picture is of him taken while he was captured in Afghanistan strapped to something, naked, and blind folded. He appears to be underweight in comparison to his picture that was taken when he was sent back to the United States.  The argument that is being made is that when the picture of him in an American prison clean shaven and obviously not being starved people call for him to be punished for him crime. When the photograph of him in Afghanistan strapped down naked and looking to have been starved, people may looked at that and see that he may have been punished enough and call for his release.

The slaughter of many exotic animals and a few that are endangered early this month was a horrible sight. Terry Thompson the owner of the animals chose to end his life, but before doing so chose to release the animals. Sheriff Matt Lutz gave the order to have the animals shot on sight resulting in the death of almost 50 animals. Now the being question is should people be allowed to purchase and keep these kinds of animals as pets. A lot of people are looking at this as an example as to why owning these types of animals and having them as pets is something that needs to be strongly enforced and hopefully abolished.

I think having visual images when trying to make a point helps the reader see where the person who is doing the writing is coming from. I think it makes more of an impact on the reader when they can visually see what it is that is being talked about by the author.