America’s Responsibility in a War Not Our Own

Authors

Rebecca Ehnert, Cedarville UniversityFollow

Department or School

English, Literature, and Modern Languages

Essay Genre

Research

Instructor's Note

In this persuasive essay, Rebecca sets up a duel argument: the US was partially responsible for the plight of the Mayan people in Guatemala, and, thus, is responsible to provide aid. Notice how she supports and refers to those arguments throughout the essay, never losing sight of her purpose in writing. Using references to her thesis like, “obligation to help,” “should provide continued assistance,” and “must take responsibility,” to support the first half of her argument and “America’s obsession with ending communism,” “the American-backed army targeted the indigenous people,” and “partially responsible for the economic hardships” to support the second half of her argument, Rebecca supports her thesis well.

Copyright

© 2015 Rebecca Ehnert. All rights reserved

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.

About the Author

Rebecca Ehnert is studying Spanish at Cedarville with a psychology minor and is in the honors program. She enjoys academic writing including research papers. She likes to travel and hopes to work in a cross-cultural ministry setting.

Recommended Citation

Ehnert, Rebecca (2015) "America’s Responsibility in a War Not Our Own," The Idea of an Essay: Vol. 2, Article 15.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/idea_of_an_essay/vol2/iss1/15