Practice 16: My first outline

     Today we learned about outlines and having corrected an outline and created another from a text, today we were asked to create one of our own, only using the ideas of practice 3.

    An outline is like a scheme to show how the ideas of an essay work together; to do that, it is necessary to number them:

• Roman numerals (I, II, III...) for the main ideas
• Capital roman letters (A, B, C...) for more information
• Arabic numbers (1, 2, 3...) for details

    Nowadays we live in a society full of sins and the government sees the necessity of implementing surveillance to ensure the security of all citizens. Nevertheless, as a citizen, I consider that this measurement has many disadvantages such as the violation of people’s liberty, the money that is to be spent on equipment and the lack of trust that the government puts on their own citizens.

I. Introduction

    A. Nowadays we live in a society full of sins and the government sees the necessity of implementing surveillance to ensure the security of all citizens. 

    B. Thesis statement: Nevertheless, as a citizen, I consider that this measurement has many disadvantages such as the violation of people’s liberty, the money that is to be spent on equipment and the lack of trust that the government puts on their own citizens.

II. First main idea: Violation of people's liberty

    A. By prohibiting something, people will do it more

            1. Dry law

    B. Liberty is a human right and governments cannot take it away

III. Second main idea: Money spent on equipment

    A. That money could be invested in other things

            1. Education

            2. Health

            3. Promote the economy

    B. The world cannot afford to buy equipment

            1. Camaras

            2. Salaries for guards

IV. Third main idea: Lack of trust

    A. The lack of trust results in a society that will not trust the government back 

            1. 1984, George Orwell

    B. People will start to loose trust in other people because they could betray them

            1. 1984, George Orwell

V. Conclusion: All in all, government surveillance would only aggravate the social, economical and political situation the world is living for the reasons provided: The loose of trust not only in governments but also in the rest of the people and the economical cost of equipment and salaries to do this.