In this assignment you will write an argument paper. In an argument paper you will assert a thesis. In your thesis you will take a stance either in favor of a position or against a position. You will support your position based in the readings and directly related to the reading.  You may defend your thesis in the following ways

1. provide a comparative examination of two or three different possible responses to your thesis and an explanation of why you have chosen to defend one position over the other. 
 2. provide a critical analysis of your own position which identifies potential weaknesses in the position and explains what makes that position nevertheless superior in some ways to the others considered; and  
3. apply your thesis to an everyday situation, work of fiction or film to demonstrate the merit of your position. 

This must be in the form of an argument form

From reading : http://classics.mit.edu/Epictetus/epicench.html 
Signature assignement paper:
“Epictetus says we are responsible for our own suffering. Why does he think this? And Why does Epictetus think that everything that happens is destined and good”