AP English Times

      The significance of corn-pone opinions is evident in past and present societies.   Renowned novelist, Mark Twain, in his essay, “Corn-Pone Opinions,” incorporates the rhetorical devices of anaphora and allusion to help the readers acknowledge the power of social influence on behavior. The artistic effects of Twain's writing are constructive to establishing the purpose of his essay.  Twain first uses anaphora while telling his story about a past encounter with a young black man and he introduces the idea of public opinions.  He reveals the idea that if a black man were to prosper, “he must train with the majority...he must think and feel with the bulk of his neighbors...He must restrict himself to corn-pone opinions...He must get his opinions from other people, he must reason out none for himself; he must have no first-hand views.”  The repetition of the words, “he must” emphasizes that because of public opinions, people think they have to act or ...

      Abortion is a procedure that millions of women go through every year, usually as a result of an unwanted pregnancy.  This is the equivalent of killing millions of innocent human lives.  Do you really want it be responsible for killing your own child?  According to the Mayo Clinic, a fetus has already developed its brain, spinal cord, and other organs by the third week of the first trimester. Therefore, you are not just getting rid of a cell, you are killing a human being.  Even abortionist are uncertain about abortion operations.  As Dr. Benjamin Kalish said, "Even now I feel a little peculiar about it, because as a physician I was trained to conserve life, and here I am destroying it ." Life is meant to be preserved, not destroyed, especially if the life has barely started.        Imagine feeling guilty for the rest of your life because of this one decision.  Guilt and regret are not the only things that come with ...