Sorry to be bothering you guys-- but I'm supposed to be coming up with a topic for a persuasive essay. Now, I've come up with a lot of ideas--most generic and boring-- but I wanted something original, and quirky. Does anyone have any suggestions? They would be so appreciated, you have no idea! Thanks. :)

Date: 14th January

Character: Edward

Stimulus: Sense v- Hear

I hear many things. A lot more than most people, certainly.

When I'm with the family, I am mostly rebuked. They are resentful and, though they try to hide it, they hate what I have effectively done to the family.

I'm not with them now, though. I can't be with them. It's too hard. For me and them, both. Jasper has a tough time of it; Alice suffers from visions of me attempting suicide. I won't go back there, and subject them to that. I owe them that.

I hear, now, the cries of children. Scolding parents. Busy professionals talking into phones. Teenagers arguing. Someone's walkman that's too loud. The waitress's poor attempt at flirting with a man at the bar. An elderly woman reminiscing to her friend. The tapping of a keys on a laptop. The odd note from a guitarist along the street. An argument in the flat on the third floor of the building I'm in front of.

And, somewhere, a confession of love.

I leave abruptly.