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? Within the three capital punishment essays by George Orwell, H.L. Mencken, and J.A. Parker, an underlying persuasive tone can be found. In each of the three writings the author is attempting to sway the reader’s attitude to some degree through similar, ye ....

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.... at peace with their own emotional feelings concerning the issue of capital punishment. This feeling might also be accompanied by confidence about the subject in its entirety, including both opposing sides. Parker uses many statistics and facts to get his point across without hesitation or restriction as is well illustrated by his second paragraph starting off, “In recent years, few murderers have been executed. In 1957, when 65 executions took place, the nation witnessed 8, 060 murders. In 1981, when 1 execution occurred, there were 22,520 murders.” This type of reference, which Parker uses quite frequently throughout his paper, directly rei ....