Assignment: Can Knowledge be a burden rather than a benefit? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on the issue, Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations.
Albert Einstein once said, "With great knowledge comes great responsibility." Meaning that knowledge can be harmful if the holder is not able to deal with what having the knowledge entails. We can see examples of this idea in history, sports and even in the economy.
Throughout history it has often been dangerous to be a holder of knowledge when living under a repressive government. Soviet Russia is the epitome of a repressive government that would have citizens killed if they had information that was in anyways threatening to the totalitarian government. Knowing too much in the Soviet Union could often lead to death.
Holding knowledge in the world of sports has also been shown to be potentially harmful when illegal practices within the sport are taking place. This is most exemplified with Shoeless Joe Jackson’s expulsion from professional baseball when prosecutors found out the he had prior knowledge of the throwing of the 1919 world series by the Chicago White Sox. Joe was a victim of knowledge and as a result his potentially hall of fame baseball carreer was cut short.
The Economy, in particular the Stock Market, is another world in which knowledge can be dangerous. Martha Stuart, a victim of knowledge, was told that a stock that she had invested millions of dollars into was going to crash the next day. Stuart was then faced with the dilemna between breaking the law or following the law and losing millions of dollars. Stuart choose the former and was caught, tried and convicted of insider trading and then sent to Federal Prison. Stuarts knowledge of the stock market forced her into an impossible situation.
The profound statement of Einstein holds true in all of these examples. In Soviet Russia knowledge can get you killed, in baseball; expelled, in the Stock Market; convicted.
Good essay. 10. Some of the sentences have poor structure. First body paragraph is weak and lacks specifics, especially compared to your other examples.
Assignment: Is conscience a more powerful motivator than money, fame or power?
The presupposition that conscience is a more powerful motivator than money,fame or power is categorically false.Although some romantic critics would argue that humanity still exists in the world,these critics are so dogmatic in their provincial ideology.Power can motivate people to go to great lengths to commit unethical acts.Three archetypes that demonstrate that money,fame and power are more powerful motivators than conscience are Animal Farm,Emperor Ashoka and the American 1%.
George Orwell’s Animal Farm depicts a dystopian society in which animals drive out the humans and rule themselves.All the animals are happy until a cunning pig named Napoleon becomes greedy and decides to rule all the animals.In his conquest to gain fame and power,he ignores the interests of the animals(except the pigs) and makes them work harder and imposes harsh laws.
The Indian emperor Ashoka,in 540A.D.,fought myriad wars in his conquest to gain more fame,power and money.In the process he killed millions of people and received a lot of criticism for doing so.Ashoka was born to the wealthy king of Meerut and instead of helping out the people of the kingdom,he went on to conquer more lands.
A recent survey in 2014 showed that the top American 1 percent now owns 40% of the country’s wealth and that the gap between the rich and the poor is continuously increasing.Instead of giving money for charity and trying to reduce the income gap between the public,the rich are opening up more business and trying to figure out ways to get richer.
Through a careful analysis of Animal Farm,Ashoka and the 1%,it can indeed be said that money,power and fame are the root of all evils and are detrimental for the society’s happiness and tranquility.
Please grade my essay and give me suggestions.
10-11. It’s pretty much perfect but I would put more of a conclusion if possible.