My topic for this paper consists of two interchanging ideas that develop as children and are essential as adults. The first thing I am addressing is the importance of loyalty regardless of any and all challenging situations. The second topic I will be addressing is treating others how you would like to be treated. The reason I felt it was best to discuss both of these topics at once was that I believe that one plays a significant part in the significance of the other. If we are loyal to someone we expect the same in return, and it is important not to take one person’s kindness for granted. It should be an endless circle of the right and kind behavior.   

My audience will be children between the ages of 5 and 15 (With a potential sub audience but I would like to discuss this with Mrs. Mcdonald.) The overall occasion of this paper is a Research Informed essay where we address behaviors, beliefs, and values that a group of people have using various examples in rhetoric.  The specific occasion is to teach young children about the importance of being a good friend and citizen.  The message I am trying to get across to the audience is that loyalty and “the gold rule” are two of the most important things in the all relationships. The first source I have below is the children’s story “The Bear and the Two Friends” which is used to teach about loyalty. The second is a children’s book on friendship and how to make it successful, while the final (The Golden Rule according to the Berenstain Bears) is a short story on treating others how you want to be treated. 

Three sources  

http://www.moralstories.org/the-bear-and-the-two-friends/ 

https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=OxtEBAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en 

https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=pf7BKyjMI40C&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en