Persuasive Essay Samples

In our modern capitalistic world, the idea of doing something for free might sound strange. Western society has oriented itself on success and profit, people…

Over the last few months, billionaire businessman Donald Trump has taken the political world by storm after rising to the position of the Republican frontrunner…

The world is changing quickly, and what looked like a science-fiction fantasy is gradually becoming our current reality. It seems that progress spreads to all…

By Leon Botstein Marking anniversaries of the birth and death of historic figures, particularly in music, is somewhat akin to commemorating annually the date of…

Hillary Rodham Clinton might become the first female President of the USA–formerly being the First Lady, a senator, and the Secretary of State–as she is…

At present, the technological wonders people have read about in science-fiction literature are coming to life. Touchscreen cellphones, 3D-holograms, artificial intelligence, robots, and other novelties…

Original by Christopher Morley, with edits. Today, I intended to write an essay on laziness, but I was too indolent to do so. The sort…

The religious views of Charles Darwin, the venerable Victorian naturalist and author of the Origin of Species (1859) never cease to interest modern readers. Bookshops…

Parenthood is one of the most challenging responsibilities a human being can ever bear. It is also one of the biggest joys a family can…

Apart from the numerous benefits and conveniences people around the world can enjoy due to the Internet, there are also multiple drawbacks. Not all of…

The end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century are remarkable in terms of how beauty standards have become seemingly mandatory…

There is a popular stereotype about people living luxurious lives–or to be precise, about what they dress. Hollywood movies, novels about beaumonde, glossy magazines, and…

Since the times when Facebook and other social media networks gained popularity, the word “friends” has evolved. Along with the traditional meaning, it also started…

Throughout the recent decades, American youth seem to have become overprotected by parents, relatives, municipal services, and the society in general. The ways in which…

Mobility nowadays is a kind of a sacred cow for the western world. Being able to go anywhere and keep in touch with the rest…

Modern digital technologies today can easily substitute almost any analogue thing that people had been using for decades or even centuries. Bulky vinyl players have…

Although smoking tobacco is considered an anti-social and unhealthy habit almost worldwide, there are still countless smokers who continue believing that there is nothing bad…

Apple has continually been the company able to astonish and amaze. Its previous CEO and guru Steve Jobs was a genius of marketing; when he…

Wild nature is home for hundreds of thousands of species, many of which are exotic and/or close to extinction. Throughout recent decades, humanity has made…

Let us consider persons. Human beings will suit our definition of persons for now, but we will come back to this later. All persons are…