Is humanity capable of peace? Why do we kill men and women of peace and then make heroes of them?

-Include a focused thesis, in the third person, at the end of your introduction. Also, include a ‘hook’ to engage your reader in your first sentence (see Raimes, pp. 35-37)

-Support your thesis through the use of specific examples and evidence: your own experience or others’; evidence from the reading– You must include one piece of evidence from the reading;– examples from current events, history, or sophisticated reasoning to prove your point.

-Number your pages, give your essay a title, and double space please.

-Word requirement—750-1000 words

Readings used: Don’t worry about years —unless there is a year on the excerpt we’re using

Thoreau—from Walden, 1854—editions—1950, 60, 70

Machiavelli—from The Prince, 1513

https://www.sparknotes.com/philosophy/prince/

Orwell—From 1984, 1959

Chekov –From The Short Stories of Chekhov, 1916-1923