An Introductory Essay to my Entertaining Essays.

First of all, I'd like to welcome new visitors: hello! And secondly, hello to those who have found this page due to my constant Facebook posts about it. Both you types of human beings roaming the internet and stalking this page are quite important to me, and you better believe it. Why? Well, because you have shown that you take an interest in delving deeper into my mind, and in essays.

Many people loathe essays. They loathe writing them, reading them, thinking about them or even saying or hearing the word 'essay'. You, though, my dear reader, do not qualify as one of these people, for obvious reasons, thus you cannot take any of the following words as anything other than humorous, or so I hope. Those people are fools! Why, essays form a large part of our communicative lives. I see essays as arguments. Every person can argue, unless of course they happen to have no tongue or vocal cords. People who speak different languages can even argue with one another, although they probably will not understand what either is saying - hand gestures, though, can assist them. Take, as an example, an Italian man and a Lebanese man. Both cultures are known for their violent hand gestures, thus they might be communicating successfully without at first realising it - however, if the Italian says something derogative about the Lebanese man's nose, then the Lebanese man will realise that he did so because both the Italian and the Lebanese men will point to their nose and make relatively the same gesture to imply the hilarity of its length or size. One can therefore claim that gestures can create accidental collaborative communication.

Another form of communication which utilises the use of essays is the grand social tool, Facebook. We have all sat through Facebook comment duels, either with or without the accompaniment of popcorn or other snacks. We have all found these comment duels, in one form or another, entertaining. And some of us have even been in these duels. Though they might not realise it, active duellers are using essay-writing techniques to bring their arguments forward. Even conversations which use barely any verified forms of punctuation or grammar, such as "u r stupid u cnt spel gramer" or "stp et mahn i trie evry tym" are argumentative, if they, per se, argue. What I am trying to say, be it that I may appear as Captain Obvious, is that all essays are arguments.

Reflect back to your high-school English classes - I will give you an example of one of mine. It was asked of us to respond to an essay topic about Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. I cannot remember the exact topics that we could choose from, but some would have been: 'Were Romeo and Juliet in love with one another or with the thrill they brought each other?' or 'Why are Romeo and Juliet's deaths seen as tragic? Discuss.' Whichever topic was chosen, had to be discussed. In a discussion, one makes claims and guides the reader back to the argument they are enforcing - and viola! An essay is born!

It is that simple. Essays, just like the act of reading, revolve around our everyday lives. And all those who deny it have no literary conscious state of being. The entire point of this first post or essay, though, is that, central to my theory that essays are arguments, I want to spend my spare time creating varied essays about varied topics depending on the interesting, thought-provoking, controversial events that occur in my long summer break. In doing this, I will ensure that I am entertaining my fellow friends and strangers, perhaps even educating them, and keeping my mind sane and in a considerably intellectual manner, in preparation of my third year in an Education degree. 

With all that said, and if you actually have made it this far in reading, I ask you to please follow my blog if you have developed a keen interest in delving into my mind. Without further ado, I give you, Entertaining Essays.