Rebuttal of a Mermaid's Tale

Rebuttal of A Mermaid's Tale

To start before providing the background this article rebuttal opens with a description of the key terms for the argument. The following intends to prove Kristen's new findings of Christopher Columbus and his mermaid sighting written in his journal have an influence on her belief that mermaids exist. This is debatable and reasonably controversial (Moore, Parker, & Rosenstand, 2009). Using her words from her story the rest of this paper attempts to show how her knowledge of Christopher Columbus and the mermaid sighting do not prove mermaids exist. Next, the reason that Kristen's knowledge is fallacy and last what kind of influence her claim has on readers and audiences when they read the stories in this fashion (Cheesebro, O'Conor, & Rios, 2010).

Tales of faerie, timeless myths, and legends, appeal to the basic human desire for dreams and fantasy. Author Kristin leads the way in popular and global culture with her Tales of Faerie blog. She helps writers and audiences imagine the clandestine fascinations from the world of stories and tales (Campbell, Martin, & Fabos, 2010). Despite her talent Kristen's new findings do not prove mermaids exist.

In Kristin's Historical Evidence for Mermaids Part I the opening paragraph reads the one thing she never knew-Christopher Columbus wrote in his journal that he saw a mermaid ("Historical Evidence for Mermaids,"2012). At this point in her story her words are descriptive of new findings but she quickly adds modern scientists claim he saw a manatee. She offers an observation that implies the experts are wrong by saying that at the exhibit the experts would superimpose a picture of a manatee over a mermaid to explain the confusion ("Historical Evidence for Mermaids,"2012). She concludes that she does not see any resemblance so maybe Columbus needs glasses. Her conclusion is a statement fallacy. A statement of conversion similar to saying she has learned something new about the subject, has better information, and rejects the other way of thinking (Moore, Parker, & Rosenstand, 2009).

In the opening paragraph of part II with a claim of value, she appeals to her readers that they should agree with her new belief. Her writing is stronger in persuasion with an undeniable excitement form a viewpoint of a new conversion. She writes as though she is an expert saying although modern scientists would scoff at the idea mermaids are real; However, Christopher Columbus claimed he saw a mermaid. Christopher Columbus! If he claimed he saw anything else, everyone would believe him without question ("Historical Evidence for Mermaids,"2012). The experience of her new conversion with her example of Christopher Columbus's authority leads the readers to think mermaids exist. Her statement is an appeal to false authority (Moore, Parker, & Rosenstand, 2009). To say