A Pug's Life: Multum In Parvo

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Running head: A PUG’S LIFE 1 A Pug’s Life: “Multum in Parvo” Alondra Torres ENGL 1302.P11 Composition II-Rhetoric Instructor Moyle October 1, 2012 A PUG’S LIFE 2 A Pug’s Life: “Multum in Parvo” I bought my puppy when she was just seven weeks old. I had been wanting one for quite a while, so I thought, why not? I went to La Feria to pick her up. She was the cutest, smallest puppy ever. I feel in love with her as soon as I saw her. At first, she was really shy, and always sleeping, but once she got to…show more content…
Lunsford, Ruszkiewicz and Walters (2010) explain that a “meditative argument can be found in the stained-glass windows of churches and other public buildings” (p. 15). That can mean that some visual images cause peace of mind, like Sunshine. When I see my dog wagging her curly pigtail like crazy it makes me happy to know that she is excited to see me. My dog is also a stress relieving meditative argument. If I am ever mad or sad, I just pick her up to pet and cuddle with her if I ever feel lonely, which in terms calms me down. Another way she is meditative is that I know that she is going to be my dog for the rest of her little pug…show more content…
I took her to the veterinarian, and they told me that something must have poked her or scratched her little eye when she was younger, which caused her to get an infection. Her eye then began to scar, which caused the white spot. Ever since that point on, she can no longer see out of that eye perfectly, so now she has to have medication every day for the rest of her life. Although her vision isn’t perfect, she still has all of this great energy in her, which is amazing. Of course, because Sunshine is a forensic argument, she has to be a ceremonial argument as well. Lunsford et al. (2010) defines ceremonial arguments as: arguments about the present [that] are often arguments about contemporary values- that is, the beliefs and assumptions that are widely held (or debated) within a society. Sometimes called epideictic arguments or ceremonial arguments because they tend to be heard at public occasions. . . Ceremonial arguments can be passionate and eloquent, rich in anecdotes and metaphor. (p. 18) Sunshine is a ceremonial argument because she is exactly 12 weeks old today. She is also still blind and still taking medication for her
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