Identity Theft Argumentative Report

Identity theft is an important crime in society today and it needs to be heavily enforced and prosecuted. According to Transunion.com, As of 2015, 9.9 million Americans are victims of identity theft, with an incident happening on average every 19 seconds. This proves just how important of a crime identity theft is and that it should be better protected and have harsher consequences. The legal definition of identity theft according to Dakota Family Bank and Foundations of Computer Society is “the fraudulent acquisition and use of a person's private identifying information, usually for financial gain.” Identity theft is in relation to the crime of stealing as if someone is committing Identity Theft, then they are taking the name of someone
One of the opposing arguments that can be made for Henry’s innocence is that Henry isn’t technically a human. I disagree with this statement because Henry is able to do the same things that humans can do once he switched places with his victim: the new Aniday. After the switch, he took piano lessons, went to college, and even started a band, 3 things only humans can possibly do. So I believe the argument that Henry Day is technically not an adult is irrelevant, because he is able to live a sufficient life as a human. Another opposing argument that was made was that Henry Day wasn’t even a real person in real life, so that he couldn’t possibly be charged with a crime because he doesn’t exist. I again wholeheartedly disagree with this statement because that wasn’t the point of the trial. The point of the trial was to declare who was guilty within the realm of the story, and not relate it too much to real life outside of The Stolen
But even without the evidence from the trials, from just reading the novel alone, I would definitely find Henry Day guilty of identity theft. He is guilty because he knew that he was taking someone’s identity and he wiped away the talents and personality of the old Henry day and made his so called parents suspicious that he was an imposter. Oftentimes, changelings are afraid of typical humans finding out about their identity because they fear the consequences. And that is because that they know that there are consequences because they are committing a crime. So just because changelings have their own “changeling culture” per say of stealing people’s identity doesn’t mean they should be able to get away with it. Overall, I am positive that Henry Day is guilty of identity theft and he should be punished for his