Specific Purpose: To inform my audience of the vast affect of HIV/AIDS on society today.
Central Idea: Every indivual should know their status and know all the facts about safe sex and other options to protect themselves from this disease.
"By now you'd think people would know a lot about HIV, but they don't. I would never tell someone I was not close to. Even when I do feel close enough to someone to tell them, I wonder. Are they going to say, 'Get away from me! Don't touch me!' The truth is that people really do look at you differently when they know you are HIV positive. ... It is hard. But I know people's ignorance is not going to go away. I still think people are going to hate me or not want to be my friend when they learn I have HIV." ( Mclunddin, 2003, p. 36)
This quote comes from an eighteen year old female who's name has been disclosed, but this problem is not one that is affecting a small community but over one million Americans are infected with HIV or Aids and......
Join Now or Login to view the rest of this paper.
Approximate Word Count: 1274
Approximate Pages: 5 (260 words per double-spaced page) |