How To Write A Mermaid Persuasive Essay
Austin Parker
Writing Composition II
Professor Grant Love
12 February 2014
Persuasive Essay
Man or Merman? Throughout world history many unexplained legends have been passed down to future generations. Stories such as the Loch Ness Monster, Bigfoot, and UFO’s have been passed down and followed by media. Mermaid stories seems to carry unignorable evidence relating towards the human existence.. Growing up, mermaids had been depicted in Disney cartoons; beautiful creatures with long luscious hair, and irresistible charm. Many people have always had a special knack for believing in aliens, ghosts, and mythical creatures, the things that are unexplainable to the human eye. Mermaid stories have a different approach to all the fairy tales, the mermaid comes along with real concrete evidence that could explain its possible existence. First off it is believed that the mermaid is a …show more content…
relative of the humans and branched off to live in the shadows of the sea. Second, the mermaid is a popular subject among many cultures throughout history. Lastly, the ocean is far big enough to hide any sort of species it doesn’t want us to find. Mermaids are real, and stem from human existence. There is a theory among scientists known as the aquatic ape theory.
It claims that humans went through an aquatic phase, living in the ocean, during evolution. The idea of mermaids is an extension of this theory, thinking that when returning to land some evolving humans were left behind, creating the mermaid race. This is meant to explain many of the factors that make humans so much different than any other land creature. For example, humans are the only creatures who strictly live on land with webbing between our fingers, much like flippers on our hands. Also when under water homo-sapiens skin wrinkles and prunes up which allows us to grab objects underwater with greater ease. As shown in humans subcutaneous fat, people insulate from cold water. Theoretically if one took a newborn baby and “accidently” dropped it in water it would be able to breathe under water, due to living inside the fetus where it learned to adapt to breath in fluids before it grows lungs. The evidence points towards humans having a very close affiliation to relative that lived underwater (Mermaids: The New
Evidence). As if genetics is not enough evidence of the existence of mermaids, history shows patterns also giving evidence to their existence. When taking a look back before the ages of email, Facebook, and Myspace there was caveman writings depicting detailed drawings. Scientists and archeologists found that in multiple cultures mermaids were drawn within these old forms of writing. They found drawings of cavemen on their walls with human features besides their dolphin like tails. Along with these North American drawings were scribes on Asian scrolls of the same creatures being hunted. In the famous story, The Odyssey, sirens resemble the same beautiful creatures who are almost impossible to ignore; their charm and the beauty of their voices possess the same cross between humans and dolphins. How is it possible that three strong cultures with no communication between one another seem to show signs of mermaid sightings? (Mermaids: The New Evidence). Humans have a nasty habit of killing, testing, and eliminating other cultures. Take the Japanese for example; they hunt dolphins by the millions, killing them for game and food. Where better for the mermaids to hide than the oceans? The Ocean takes up 70 percent of the earth, only growing larger with the melting ice caps. According to Jason Koebler of US News, “Up to two thirds of the plant and animal species in the world 's oceans may be undiscovered, according to the largest study of the oceans ' biodiversity ever conducted” (Koebler 1). With so much of the ocean’s undiscovered, looking for a species that doesn’t want to found, it is no big surprise that humans have yet to confirm the existence of mermaids.
With all this evidence claiming the existence of such a mythical species is it really possible to ignore their place in the oceans? Maybe one day if the earth is completely covered by water there is hope that humans can continue on through the scaly cold blooded brothers under the sea. Who knows; maybe one day Ariel will surface the earth. Until that day mermaids will remain like the rumor the old golfers tale of the ninth green at nine, there waiting to be discovered by every Happy Gilmore out there.
Works Cited
Koebler, Jason. "Two Thirds of Ocean Life Remains Undiscovered." US News. U.S.News & World kkkkkkkReport, 15 Nov. 2012. Web. 11 Feb. 2014.
Mermaids: The New Evidence. Dir. Paul Robinson. US News. U.S.News & World Report, 26 May oooooo2012. Web. 12 Feb. 2014.
Writing Composition II
Professor Grant Love
12 February 2014
Persuasive Essay
Man or Merman? Throughout world history many unexplained legends have been passed down to future generations. Stories such as the Loch Ness Monster, Bigfoot, and UFO’s have been passed down and followed by media. Mermaid stories seems to carry unignorable evidence relating towards the human existence.. Growing up, mermaids had been depicted in Disney cartoons; beautiful creatures with long luscious hair, and irresistible charm. Many people have always had a special knack for believing in aliens, ghosts, and mythical creatures, the things that are unexplainable to the human eye. Mermaid stories have a different approach to all the fairy tales, the mermaid comes along with real concrete evidence that could explain its possible existence. First off it is believed that the mermaid is a …show more content…
relative of the humans and branched off to live in the shadows of the sea. Second, the mermaid is a popular subject among many cultures throughout history. Lastly, the ocean is far big enough to hide any sort of species it doesn’t want us to find. Mermaids are real, and stem from human existence. There is a theory among scientists known as the aquatic ape theory.
It claims that humans went through an aquatic phase, living in the ocean, during evolution. The idea of mermaids is an extension of this theory, thinking that when returning to land some evolving humans were left behind, creating the mermaid race. This is meant to explain many of the factors that make humans so much different than any other land creature. For example, humans are the only creatures who strictly live on land with webbing between our fingers, much like flippers on our hands. Also when under water homo-sapiens skin wrinkles and prunes up which allows us to grab objects underwater with greater ease. As shown in humans subcutaneous fat, people insulate from cold water. Theoretically if one took a newborn baby and “accidently” dropped it in water it would be able to breathe under water, due to living inside the fetus where it learned to adapt to breath in fluids before it grows lungs. The evidence points towards humans having a very close affiliation to relative that lived underwater (Mermaids: The New
Evidence). As if genetics is not enough evidence of the existence of mermaids, history shows patterns also giving evidence to their existence. When taking a look back before the ages of email, Facebook, and Myspace there was caveman writings depicting detailed drawings. Scientists and archeologists found that in multiple cultures mermaids were drawn within these old forms of writing. They found drawings of cavemen on their walls with human features besides their dolphin like tails. Along with these North American drawings were scribes on Asian scrolls of the same creatures being hunted. In the famous story, The Odyssey, sirens resemble the same beautiful creatures who are almost impossible to ignore; their charm and the beauty of their voices possess the same cross between humans and dolphins. How is it possible that three strong cultures with no communication between one another seem to show signs of mermaid sightings? (Mermaids: The New Evidence). Humans have a nasty habit of killing, testing, and eliminating other cultures. Take the Japanese for example; they hunt dolphins by the millions, killing them for game and food. Where better for the mermaids to hide than the oceans? The Ocean takes up 70 percent of the earth, only growing larger with the melting ice caps. According to Jason Koebler of US News, “Up to two thirds of the plant and animal species in the world 's oceans may be undiscovered, according to the largest study of the oceans ' biodiversity ever conducted” (Koebler 1). With so much of the ocean’s undiscovered, looking for a species that doesn’t want to found, it is no big surprise that humans have yet to confirm the existence of mermaids.
With all this evidence claiming the existence of such a mythical species is it really possible to ignore their place in the oceans? Maybe one day if the earth is completely covered by water there is hope that humans can continue on through the scaly cold blooded brothers under the sea. Who knows; maybe one day Ariel will surface the earth. Until that day mermaids will remain like the rumor the old golfers tale of the ninth green at nine, there waiting to be discovered by every Happy Gilmore out there.
Works Cited
Koebler, Jason. "Two Thirds of Ocean Life Remains Undiscovered." US News. U.S.News & World kkkkkkkReport, 15 Nov. 2012. Web. 11 Feb. 2014.
Mermaids: The New Evidence. Dir. Paul Robinson. US News. U.S.News & World Report, 26 May oooooo2012. Web. 12 Feb. 2014.