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Catherine's Argumentative Essay

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A soft blanket of snow fills the road like an artist preparing a fresh canvas waiting for imagination to flow from his paint brush. Laughter fills the path as a group of children walk home from school. One of the children’s names was Catherine. She was basking in all the wonderful wintry-wonderland scenery. Instantly her feelings of awe and amazement were replaced by fear, replaced by petrifying fear, they were replaced by really, really, really petrifying fear. In the woods, a dark figure loomed about and then vanished. Alarmed, she pointed to where the dark figure was before it vanished. Almost at once she asked herself was this real or just a figment of her imagination? You decide.
Catherine chooses to believe it’s a ghost, but whether she should give this ghost food and a family heirloom is a tough choice to make. Some believe that Catherine should not have given the ghost food, while others suggest the opposite. Catherine should not have helped the phantom for three reasons: she was fearful, the potential accusations of others about her if the word gets out, and the consequences.
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Some would say that this man was in need a harmless. This phantom was probably just a lonely, helpless, and a pie hungry slave. Being an outsider he would try his best to not steal if necessary. Finally, he could find work and earn a living for himself and earn some respect for his name. I believe that this man had the capability to harm people of the village. He could very well capture Catherine and her friends and her parents would never see her again. She could also become a slave to the ghost or be sold as a slave. Catherine shouldn’t have given the ghost food for three reasons: she was fearful, the potential accusations of others about her if the word gets out, and the consequences. Catherine’s integrity was on the line and she would be endangering herself and others by giving the phantom food and a

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