Sister Aloysius's Essay: Non Sequiry Of

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Sister Aloysius uses a non sequitur and black and white fallacy to show that school is a place that needs authority. Aloysius does not like ballpoint pens and continues to enforce their ban. Scavenging through sister James' classroom, Aloysius found a ballpoint pen and informed James that it is "the easy was out." Not only this but, she the concludes that because ballpoint pens lead to laziness it "will have its consequences tomorrow." This statement is an example of a non sequitur fallacy. Sister Aloysius presents no logic or evidence to Sister James to support her conclusion. Ball point pens may or may not have consequences, but the evidence that the easy choice lead to that does not support her conclusion. Sister Aloysius exercises