I am writing a debate on the topic, "Ultimately, Ed Boone is the most appropriate person to take on the role of Christopher's carer." We are positive and i would very much appreciate your thoughts on this topic. Also, if you want you could post some ideas on what you think the other team may say. Either way this is helpful to me. Thanks! :)
Well, why don't you start by posting the arguments you already have. Then we can all shoot holes in them and explain why they're wrong. :-)
Yes, what you want to do is brainstorm all of the arguments you might make and then expose them to ruthless criticism in order to discover and correct their weaknesses. Then you want to brainstorm all of the points the other side might make, come up with refutations of those arguments and then, again, expose your refutations to ruthless criticism in order to discover and correct their weaknesses.
Gee, thanks
These are arguments i thought the negative team may come up with and my response to them. Let me know what you think.
1) Ed Boone is not an appropriate carer for Christopher because of his violent and unpredictable behaviour.
The negative team believes that this behaviour would have an adverse effect on Christopher and consequently mean that Ed Boone is not suitable to be Christopher's career. However, for majority of the time, Ed Boone was patient and caring when dealing with his son. If we weigh up all the instances where Ed Boone has been tolerant and then the occurrences where he has had an outburst, the supportive , patient Ed Boone outweighs the latter. Even Christopher admits this on page 103, "Father is a more level-headed person, which means he doesn't get angry as quickly and he doesn't shout as often." Christopher then compares his mother as the opposite, "Mother had hit me sometimes because she was a very hot-tempered person, which means that she got angry more quickly than other people and shouted more often." This quote proves that Judy Boone was more violent and unpredictable than Ed Boone proving that Ed Boone is the most appropriate person to take on the role of Christopher's carer.
2) The negative team also stated that Christopher needs truth in his life and Ed Boone lied to him about his mothers death.
The affirmative does not deny that Ed Boone lied to Christopher regarding his mother and her relationship with Roger Shears , but we believe that this was done in an effort to protect his son from any feeling of hurt or rejection from his mother. Ed Boone did not want Christopher to think that his mother was shying away from responsibility and could not cope with her own son. Ed Boone always tried to do the best by his son and to protect him from harm or danger. As you all are aware, it is difficult to be truthful all the time and Ed Bone recognises this, "Life is difficult, you know. It's bloody hard telling the truth all the time." but he makes an effort to inform Christopher that he is going to tell the truth from that moment onwards. With this comment in mind, we can put our trust in Ed Boone that he has acknowledged his sons dependence and need for truth, and that he will continue to do the best by his son.
Did i mention that i am third speaker?
When a liar -- someone who stuck with a selfish and hurtful lie for years on end-- says that he will tell the truth from now on, we can put our trust in his word?
The Curious Incident of the dog in the nighttime- Need Points
So i have to write a literary essay for this book but i am totally lost:( I dont have an clue to what i am going to do this essay on! please could you give me some ideas and points to prove it?Thanks soooo much:)
If I give you ideas and points to prove it, I will have written the essay for you. Let's start instead with your reaction to the book. When you are reading it, or after you finish, what kinds of ideas has it given you?
Tell me about the first 2 or 3 ideas that come to mind when you think about the story, and I think we will be able to come up with some great paragraphs.
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