I denne study guide kan du få hjælp til at arbejde med emnet punishment or rehabilitation, som var en del af den digitale skriftlige eksamen i Engelsk B på HF den 4. december 2018. Vi giver dig et summary af Tekst 1, vi hjælper dig med at analysere Tekst 2, og til sidst kan du få nogle gode idéer til at diskutere, hvad formålet med at sætte kriminelle i fængsel er.
Eksamensspørgsmål
The texts in this assignment focus on punishment or rehabilitation.
1. Write a summary of “Do We Want Prisons To Punish, Or To Rehabilitate?” in about 150 words.
2. Write a short analytical essay (at least 300 words) about “Am I not human? A call for criminal justice reform”. You must focus on Marlon Peterson’s attitude towards prisoners. Include the following analytical terms in your essay: speaker, topic, appeal, intention.
3. Taking your starting point in one of the texts, discuss the purposes of imprisoning criminals. Use at least two phrases from the following ones in your discussion: though, whether, on the contrary, then, however, primarily, nonetheless, finally
In your essay you must include references to the text.
Texts
1. Matt Terzi, “Do We Want Prisons To Punish, Or To Rehabilitate?”, an article from Reverb Press website, 2015
2. Marlon Peterson, “Am I not human? A call for criminal justice reform”, a TED talk from TED website, 2017
Præsentation af emnet
Der er stor politisk debat om det amerikanske retssystem. USA har det højeste antal fængselsindsatte pr. indbygger i verden, men alligevel ender et stort antal tidligere indsatte med at begå nye forbrydelser. Derfor har nogen argumenteret for, at det amerikanske system har for stort fokus på at straffe de kriminelle, frem for at rehabilitere dem. Andre holder dog fast i, at det primære formål med fængselsdomme netop er at straffe, men denne holdning er med til at gøre det sværere for tidligere indsatte at vende tilbage til samfundet.
Mere hjælp
Hvis du har brug for mere hjælp, kan du læse vores vejledning til short analytical essay.
Uddrag
Nedenfor kan du læse et kort uddrag fra vores study guide til emnet:
Ethos
In the speech, Marlon Peterson appeals to ethos by depicting himself and the people he mentions as credible, caring, and understanding.
First of all, Peterson builds ethos around himself by being honest about serving time in prison: “I eventually served 10 years, two months and seven days of a prison sentence” (ll. 22-23). His honesty makes him credible. At the same time, it suggests that he knows the prison system from the inside and, thus, has enough knowledge to argue for his views.
Peterson also creates ethos by showing the audience that some people view him as a hero despite him being a convicted criminal: “She wrote: ‘When I become famous, I will tell everyone that I know a hero named Marlon Peterson.’ ” (l. 1)
Peterson also praises people in his parents’ country: “So people from Laventille repurposed the old drums left behind […], those people literally made music out of garbage” (ll. 15-17). This helps his analogy between the people of Trinidad and Tobago making music out of rubbish, and the people deemed rubbish by society who have been redeemed by rehabilitation.
