My topic for this research paper is the controversy over the doomsday event of 2012. Many distinct and separate sources have predicted that the world will end on December 21, 2012. I plan to argue that this claim is true. I hope to persuade my audience that the world will end on December 21, 2012 due to catastrophic events.
The sources I found consistently defend the claim that the world will end on December 21, 2012. My most reputable source depicts the predictions of Nostradamus, a prophet who has correctly predicted many of our world’s catastrophic events. The Mayan calendar also support the claim due to the fact that their calendars end on December 21,2012. Chinese calendars also provide evidence to defend this controversy. I need to find more sources with prominent ethos in order for my agreement to be both valid and persuasive.
I may encounter problems with truly defending this claim because I do not necessarily believe that is it true. Also, since these are all predictions made by old sources, such as Nostradamus, I may have trouble convincing an audience that there is validity in my statements. There are also a great deal of sources that argue that the world is not going to end in 2012 and oppose the claim that I am trying to prove. This could be an issue if I am unable to find enough sources to bolster my argument.
