Exercise 9
b. Strengthens. g. Weakens.
9. The central issue is whether Dr. Wacko’s occupancy of Mica Peak was open, notorious, and
hostile. For Dr. Wacko’s argument, note the fact that every evening for 20 years he could be
10. For Maxie’s argument, concentrate on the similarities between a home and a car (a car is an
extended living space with heating, air conditioning, stereo, telephone, etc.), the
dissimilarities between a plane and a car (greater difficulty in controlling, ease of crossing
international borders, greater danger in operating, etc.). Also, people outside U.S. borders