Summary

The story primarily talks about the complexities brought about by the continuous process of maturity kids undergo as they go on with their education. This idea is more evidently portrayed by way of debate, which happens to be the one thing among many other things that these kids are particularly good at, and therefore it is through debate that they express themselves and show their true colors. It is where their individualities and characters are revealed, and it shows what hardships they really are going through, as most teens in school do.

The story starts with the main characters, having been just accepted at a fictitious Kenmont College bearing debating scholarships with them. They learn things together, fight, flirt and fall in love, and one of the three, the writer wannabe even died, suffering from the complexities of human affection and emotion.
Despite losing their comrade, they show up at the Supreme Court facing a perrenial debating champion favorite, and after showing their points and even revealing dark pasts and forgiving selves of their shortcomings, they emerge to bring the championship home. It is actually teamwork and the employment of logic and philosophy that takes centerstage in this beautiful work of art.

Favorite Character and Rationale.

It would of course be Monica. She finds a way to forgive herself and the world around her for everything she had to endure from the very unfortunate event that took place in her life in the past. Even though it is almost repeated under the hands of one of her teammates, she has it all utilized to her advantage at the present predicament - facing the Supreme Court in a battle of philosophies and principle via debate, the thing she loves to do the most.

Favorite Scene and Rationale.

Nothing beats the sweetness of victory. After managing to face their biggest and toughest adversaries in the field of debate, they emerge winners and owners not only of their possessions but of their lives. Their principles have been counted and they see nothing but lives to lead on their own very clearly ahead of them.

Five arguments to support the resolution of the immorality of abortion

1. Following a standard syllogism:
The law prohibits killing of human beings.Fetuses are human beings.The killing of fetuses is prohibited.The absence of any of the following: biological (human being), psychological (self-consciousness), rational (ability to reason), social (sympathy/love), or legal (being a human life form with rights) criteria of personhood does not make a fetus not human. It is not a limb that depends on the mother as to what to do about it, but it is rather an independent life form which depends on the mother for nourishment and therefore, survival. Somebody who takes the life of people who depend on him aggravates the immorality of the act, as to when parents kill children is much worse than when somebody else outside the immediate family does the killing.It may or may not be considered murder, since murder is legally defined as "illegal killing with malice aforethought." Abortion fails this definition since there is no evidence to suggest that expecting mothers feel malice towards their own flesh and blood.

2. Abortion is not a realistic way to deal with the complexities and hardships of an unwanted pregnancy. Things do happen, and we are being educated in the world in order to be able to cope up with whatever comes our way. If we ever learn to benefit from all the things we learn from growing up and the experiences that go along with it, we will find that all our experiences are actually designed to build us up, and not to break us down. They are supposed to make us tougher and ready against simply anything. Aside from that, we have other people who will support us in the form of family and friends.Unwanted pregnancies are of course unwanted, id est., unexpected and most would want to have it within wedlock. But due to the infirmity of the world we are privileged of living in, there are some things which just cannot be stopped from happening. It is when our strength and endurance are tested, and a good hands-on training in the world is a very effective defense against it.

3. In order for the unwanted pregnancy to be saved from the prospect of an abortion, fathers are supposed to stand up to what they have done and face the consequences of their actions. It doesn’t mean that because there are ways in to which they could be saved from shame and humiliation of their actions brought about by the technology in the ever-changing world, they can already make excuses to their, for the use of a more straightforward, crime.

4. On the other hand, the mothers who are supposed to be in charge of the welfare of the baby growing inside her womb, she should not be defeated by the predicament. She should be strong to face the hardship she yet have to endure because it is what’s given her.

5. Ultimately, every life is precious, and worth saving and worthy of their chance to find their place in the world and prove themselves to contribute to the betterment of the society they are in. the worst thing you can do to another person, aside from killing it, which is very manifested in the concept of abortion, is taking the fight out of him, which is the right to life. Life is precious. That’s downright true and not debatable. Heartless people do, but that doesn’t mean we should, either.