Entry 23: Address an Issue

What issue is important in your community today? Select an issue you feel strongly about and write about it. Use Thoreau's "Resistance to Civil Government" as your model (from your American Lit Textbook). Argue for or against a particular solution to the issue. Be aware of the kinds appeals you are using: Emotional appeals can be powerful, but logical ones will provide stronger support.

• One of the most important issues in our current community is the issue of littering. Everywhere we go, there is always a sign of trash and garbage on the floor, or anywhere else it's not supposed to be in. One solution to this problem is to create a law that goes against littering: if you little, you will have to pay the fines, and if you are unable to pay the fines, then you will have to go to jail. Also, to make sure that this law can work, more trash cans should be placed out so people actually have a place to throw their trash - this will decrease the incentive of throwing trash on the floor and instead allow people to throw the trash in the trash can. An example of this is Singapore. Singapore is not only a beautiful place because of its monuments and other beautiful landscapes and artificial achievements, but it's also a beautiful place because it is very clean. There are no trash or garbage on the floor, there is no gum stuck to places (which is extremely disgusting), and everything looks organized. Would you want to live in a dirty place or a clean place? Of course a clean place! And all you have to do is to through trash in the trash can!