Prepare the essay Struggle for a Peaceful World - Marx-Ket

Prepare the essay Struggle for a Peaceful World - Marx-Ket, concise version 1

Structure:

  - Part 1 (from the beginning to 'lose the ability to live better'): Nuclear war poses a terrifying threat to the lives of all humanity.
   - Part 2 (continuing to 'return to its starting point'): Arms races are extremely costly, contrary to reason, depriving the world of many conditions for development.
   - Part 3 (remaining passage): Opposing nuclear war, protecting peaceful life is the urgent task of all humanity.

Guidelines for drafting

Question 1: Argument and reasoning system of the text:
- Argument: The threat of nuclear war is endangering all human and terrestrial life, therefore, fighting for peace, preventing and eliminating the risk of nuclear war is an essential and urgent task for everyone, all humanity.
- Reasoning system:
    + The nuclear arms race deprives the world of the ability to live better. Evidence: a comparison between the costs for social sectors, medical aid, support for agricultural production, food, education... with the enormous costs for the arms race, nuclear weapons, thereby demonstrating the madness, irrationality of these activities;
    + The arms race not only goes against human reason but also goes against the laws of natural evolution, uncivilized, contrary to the progress of human society;
    + Therefore, we must oppose the arms race, fight for a world without weapons and a peaceful, just life.

Question 2: In the opening paragraph of the text, the author very specifically pointed out the threat of nuclear war to humanity and life on Earth by providing concrete arguments. The author begins the article by identifying a specific timeframe and presenting specific nuclear warhead figures with simple and clear calculations. The direct presentation of the issue and the author's very clear, strong evidence has attracted readers, leaving an impression of the gravity of the issue being discussed.

Question 3: Through rigorous argumentation, clear evidence, and validation, the author has illustrated the wastefulness and irrationality of the arms race. Specifically:
- Logic: 'Its mere existence, the potential apocalypse lurking in the warheads, has already deprived us of the ability to live better.'
    + Evidence of UNICEF's unimplemented programs due to lack of funds;
    + Evidence of healthcare;
    + Evidence of food aid;
    + Evidence of education;
- Crucially, in each evidence presented, the author has provided specific comparisons to highlight the irrationality of the arms race. The specific data in each comparison alone is highly persuasive.

Question 4: If nuclear war were to occur, it would destroy, wipe out the evolutionary achievements of human civilization as well as the evolutionary process of life, nature on Earth. The warning from author G.Macket has posed an urgent task before all humanity. That is, we must unite, resolutely prevent the risk of nuclear war, and strive for a peaceful world.

Question 5: The text is titled: Struggle for a Peaceful World, because the purpose of the author is not only to point out the nuclear threat but also to emphasize the task of fighting to prevent that risk. The title reflects the basic argument of the text, as well as serves as a slogan, urging, directing humanity towards a proactive struggle.

In the realm of practice

Reflecting on the text Struggle for a Peaceful World by writer G.G. Marx-ket

The writing Struggle for a Peaceful World by Marx-ket rings an alarm bell about the nuclear war, a serious threat to life and the development of humanity. Nuclear war is not only dreadful like a pandemic, capable of wiping out life on this planet, but it can also regress our lives to the Stone Age, annihilating all civilization in millions of years. Due to the cost of the nuclear arms race, we are deprived of the opportunity to develop our living conditions. If the money spent on the arms race were used in other areas such as healthcare, food, education, then over 500 million impoverished children would live better lives, more than 1 billion people and 14 million other children would be protected from diseases, ... This article presents sharp arguments, making it impossible for us to ignore the great threat weighing on the future of humanity, we must act to protect a peaceful and beautiful world without nuclear war.
Meaning - comments
    After studying, students realize the urgent current issue of humanity, and of each individual, thereby learning to love and cherish the lives they have. The lesson also fosters in them the spirit of advocating for peace, a quality necessary for modern humans.

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In addition to Preparing for a Peaceful World - Marx-ket, students should explore other compositions in Grade 9 Literature such as Preparing for Dialogue Principles (Continued) or the section Preparing for Practice Using Descriptive Elements in Expository Texts to reinforce their Grade 12 Literature knowledge.
 

Preparing for a Peaceful World - Marx-ket, short 2

Question 1:
- Argument: Nuclear war is a dreadful threat looming over all humanity and life on Earth, thus striving to eliminate that risk for a peaceful world is the urgent task of all humankind.
- The argument system is quite comprehensive:
+ Nuclear weapons stockpiles have the capability to destroy the Earth and other planets in the solar system.
+ The arms race has deprived billions of people of the chance to improve their lives.
+ Nuclear war not only goes against human reason but also against the natural order, opposing evolution.
+ Therefore, all of us have the duty to prevent nuclear war, to fight for a peaceful world.

Question 2:
- The author starts the article by specifying the time and providing specific figures of nuclear warheads with a simple calculation.
- To illustrate the horrific destructive power of nuclear weapons, the author also presents theoretical calculations:
=> attracting readers and creating a strong impression of the gravity of the issue being discussed.

Question 3:
- Providing aid to 500 million impoverished children only costs $100 billion. It's an unimaginable sum of money. Yet, it's equivalent to the cost of 100 B-1B bombers for the U.S. or less than 7,000 intercontinental missiles.
- Protecting over 1 billion people from malaria and saving more than 14 million African children only requires an amount equal to 10 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers of the U.S.
- Addressing malnutrition for 575 million individuals only needs funds for 149 MX missiles; just 27 MX missiles are enough to cover essential farming payments for impoverished nations to secure food for the next four years.
- Only two nuclear-armed submarines are sufficient to eradicate global illiteracy.

Question 4:
- Nuclear war defies human logic because if it happens, it will obliterate all the achievements painstakingly built and created by humanity. It also contradicts the logic of nature as it destroys nature, reverting the natural evolutionary process to square one.
- We must unite, resolutely thwart the threat of nuclear war, and strive for a peaceful world.

Question 5: The document is titled 'Struggle for a Peaceful World' because it opposes the nuclear arms race. The author's stance is crystal clear: condemning the nuclear arms race.

Practice: Express your thoughts after studying the text 'Struggle for a Peaceful World' by G.G. Machette.