theHarryPotterstories,clearly need nosubsidyatallbecausetheauthorshave
becomerichthroughtheirwriting.
Viewsonwhatgood qualitywritingmeanswillvarywidely,andsoifanyauthoristo be
givenmoneyforwriting,thenthe decisionwould haveto bemadeby acommitteeor
panelofjudge.An
individualopinionwouldcertainlycause disagreementamongthereading public.
Sample 151
Internationalentertainers,includingsportspersonalities, oftenget
paidmillionsofdollarsinoneyear.
Inyourview,withwidespreadpvertyintheworld, arethesehugeearnings
justified?
Youshouldwriteatleast 250 words.Youshouldspendabout 40 minutes onthistask.Youshouldgivereasonsforyour answerusing yourownideasand
experience.modelanswer:
Thesalariesofmanysingers, dancersandsportspeoplehaveincreased outofall
proportioninrecentyears,whilein placeslikeSudan peoplearestarvingto death. I do
notbeleivethatanyoneshould beabletoearnsuchenormoussalarieswhansomany
peopleintheworldarelivingin poverty.
Oneafthefactorswhichshouldaffectwhatapersoncanearn oughtto bethe
benefitofperson'sworktosociety.Itis unreasonableforafamoussingerto beable
toearnfarmorefromanevening's
entertainmentthan,forinstance,amedicalscientistwho developsanewdrugwhich
producesatreatmentforacommon disease.Thepopstarcertainly hasavalue
insociety, butthevaluein noway
exceeds, orevenmatches,thevaluegainedfromasuccessfulmedication.
Secondly.work doneshould bepaidaccordingtotheamountofeffortandskillthatgoes
intoit.Nobodywould denythatafamouspersonworkshardandisskillful, yetsuch
peopledo notworkany harderthanthousand ofotherworkerswho have noclaimto
fame.Yetmarketforceare
suchthatthesesuperstartscan obtainmillionsofdolorwhileotherunknown people
sometimesearnlessthanthey needtosurvive.
Finally,itshould bepossiblefor governmentstoworktogethertoensurethatthe
amountofmoneyincirculationshould bemoremoreequallyandfairly
distributed.Thisseemsonlyfairgiventhattherearesomanysuffering.