Essay introduction

Question

i need some help with my essay task in the introduction can i write a facts information about

alzheimer’s ? I can Also put my text here! Hope someone can help me...

Task 2: Ethical dilemma 

You are visiting a patient at his home. As you open the door, an instant smell hits you. You debate whether or not to enter the house, but decides to do so despite the smell. In the house you see a lot of open milk cartoons, rotting cat food, and dirty floors. The smell forces you to only breathe through your mouth. Then you see the patient. This is a man who probably have not washed himself in years. Your job is to clean this patient, but this patient does not accept your help. What do you do?

 

Write an essay where you discuss what kind of choice you would make in this situation. Use at least three arguments in order to explain your decision.

Answer 1

Hi Frithjof,

I also agree that the question focuses on the ethics of the situation and justifying your reactions in that moment. If insight into Alzheimer's is a reason for a certain decision, use it to support a choice. The introduction to this essay would not be the place to include this information unless your reasons for action are based on an Alzheimer's diagnosis that motivates your actions; the prompt does not include this diagnosis, so I would stay away from it.

Also, I would think about how long this essay needs to be. Is it expected to be in five paragraph format, with an intro, supporting paragraphs for each of your choices, and a conclusion? If so, I would describe your reaction to the situation in your intro, take one paragraph for each of your choices, (explained in detail with your reasons for each choice), and summarize your reasons and why they are the best in that situation in your conclusion.

Hope this helps!

Answer 2

Hi Frithjof,

First off I would like to ask and clarify, why do you want to include information about Alzheimer's? It seems like the Task wants you to focus more on ethics and not the reason why the patient might have ended up in this situation. It does, however, ask you to include three arguments on why you would act the way you do. You could possibly use the assumption that the patient has Alzheimer's in one of them.