<p>I think I might not have addressed the topic clearly...
Without giving away the topic, I'll use a hypothetical scenario to substitute.</p>
<p>Does _______ make people happy?</p>
<p>Thesis: _______ increases welfare of humanity
P1: ______ in process of natural selection is good because man can evolve
P2: Proctor (in the Crucible) must unhappily deal with the limited ______ within Puritanism
P3: _______ in democracy allows people to have all of their interests heard...democracy has survived for a long time as a result.
Conclusion: _______ is inherently good.</p>
<p>My main concern isn't so much my addressing the __<strong><em>, rather if I addressed the happiness portion. I only used the word happy once in my essay, when saying that lack of _</em></strong> = unhappy (Proctor). The democracy example alludes to it, in that I state that people can have their interests heard...which should make them happy. But evolution just said that we evolve...which is good...which makes people happy.</p>
<p>Since I didn't explicitly state some of these words, will this be seen as off-topic? or poor analyses? If I put happiness in the essay a few more times, I know it will get a 12 (good writing otherwise, 2 full pages). My essay would more fit a "Is ______ good" assignment.</p>
<p>Does anyone have any past experience with writing "off-topic" essays that don't address the entirety of the question explicitly? Could I still get a 12?</p>