Changing The World One Human At A Time

emotional, connotative diction that he knows will have a significant effect on his readers. “Yet,

Changing or getting rid of something in the world is a strong power, you have to be wise on what you choose. If you could change three things in the world what would you change? Getting rid of tea, winter, and change the use of cell phones would make my world better.

In the essay Wallace uses pathos throughout the essay to appeal to his audiences emotions. The interesting aspect of the essay is that it is published in a gourmet magazine

Among those writers was S.E. Hinton, who’s realistic fiction novel, “The Outsiders,” seized the truth of the 1950’s. Demonstrating my effects drove the plot as the protagonist, Ponyboy Curtis, grappled the harsh reality of being apart from both society and his own gang (shmoop.com). Hinton strived to prove how greasers of the time suffered the agony of my existence. Cold, punitive, and desperate were the lives they lived, as outsiders exiled from society. Despite the odds and my attendance in the novel’s theme, the characters conquered the situation and weren’t weakened by pain, but used it to grow and learn. Most victims fall to weakness in bleak moments, but the survivors and fighters utilize the experience to their advantage, to grow stronger. Defeat is common while I am present, but a route of escape from the dark can be discovered by real people with the aid that literature

emotions felt by characters in the novel. His use of language in this way helps convey his

Fiction has been around for centuries, feeding the imagination of young and older minds. Usually when people read a fictional story, they don’t think about the connotation the story tries to convey. But every story has a message, and whether it be big or small, it takes a complex, deeper thinking to be able to find that message. It is apparent that the reason we study fiction is to be able to find that deeper thinking within ourselves and enrich our imagination.

The "Sociological Imagination" is a concept first used by a well-known sociologist, C. Wright Mills, in 1959. In Mills ' article, "The Promise," indicates that, "The sociological imagination enables its possessor to understand the larger historical scene in terms of its meaning for the inner life and the external career of a variety of individuals"(Mills, 3). Sociological imagination helps individuals to contemplate their own troubles in a deeper level and view their daily routines in an entirely new perspective. Sociology imagination has also helped people to connect their personal troubles with societal issues. In the article, “What Can We Do? Becoming Part of the Solution.” by Allan G. Johnson, a well-known author, novelist, and sociologist, indicates that, “Privilege is a feature of social systems, not individual. People have or don’t have privilege depending in the system they’re in and the social categories other people put them in.” (Johnson, 650). In this article Johnson encourages people to comprehend social issues and to create a new path that directs to a possible solution to social problems. In the article, “The Forest, The Trees, and The One Thing,” also by Allan G. Johnson implies that practicing sociology could create solutions to social problems. Sociological imagination encourages people to look outside their norms and look at the root of an issue rather than what is present.

Wallace employs a large expanse of literary strategies in order to emphasize his main purpose. The most prominent of all of his strategies is his use of anecdotes, dispersed generously throughout his speech. His most recognizable anecdote holds in it the underlying truth that will be shared later on in his speech. Wallace begins with “two young fish swimming along, and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says, “Morning, boys, how's the water?” And the two young fish swim on for a bit, and then eventually one of them looks over at the other and goes, “What the hell is water?”” (Wallace 1). This anecdote helps to ease the listener or reader into a comfortable mood to take on the powerful topic discussed later, that peoples realities are often hard to see and talk about. Anecdotes can be found scattered throughout the entire speech, though the first is the most recognizable, Wallace chooses to use a more serious anecdote to convey the intense and serious tone of his topic. He tells of “an average day... you work hard for nine or ten hours, and at the end of the day you're tired, and you're stressed out, and all you want is to go

In his 1945 study, Ray Ehrensberger states an orator must “First tell ‘em what you’re gonna tell ‘em; then tell ‘em; finally, tell ‘em what you told ‘em” (p. 102). Wallace opens with an ironic analogy which, in itself, contains the “kernel of truth” he is trying to communicate. A young fish asks another “What the hell is water?” (Wallace, 2008, para. 1) This scenario is chosen purposefully because it is simple and relatable, which enables Wallace to present a new perspective on a familiar concept. Wallace later explains that point of the story is that “the most obvious, important realities are often the ones that are the hardest to see and talk about,” (Wallace, 2008, para. 2) and repeats this thesis throughout the speech. In the last few lines of his speech, Wallace again states his message in simple terms of the importance of awareness. He reminds the audience that awareness of what is “so hidden in plain sight around us” (Wallace, 2008, para. 11) is essential and that we

One Nation: What we can all do to Save America’s FutureSteven HaoIntroductionBen Carson is a great American success story. His rise from poverty in Detroit, MI to become a prominent physician and ultimately run for the Republican Party nomination for President of the United States as an African-American is truly inspiring. His latest book: One Nation: What we can all do to Save America’s Future is Carson’s blueprint on what infrastructural, cultural, ethical, and moral changes American citizens need to make to improve the overall quality of life in the United States. Although Carson’s book seems ambitious in its attempts, the author does a solid job at creating a detailed plan that is not only prescriptive in its instructions, but descriptive

He describes what an average day might be like for the newly aged adults, working for hours at their difficult job. Once the work day has ended, they will be fatigued and longing to go home, have dinner, and relax. Only, there is no food in the pantry, so they must venture to the grocery store. In public the adults will endure bumper to bumper traffic, listen to loud, rowdy children, and tolerate a store full of tired, hateful people, just the same as themselves, who all stand in clogged lines waiting to check out and escape the chaos as fast as possible (Wallace 3-4). Wallace tells his audience this is the time when they, as a single person in this mass of commotion, should choose to be aware. He suggests dismissing all pessimistic thoughts and negative attitudes so that then the young adults will be one step closer to turning off their natural default setting (Wallace

David Foster Wallace has a remarkable way with words. His descriptive language guides each detail, but the stories themselves seem to leave a longing for more. More answers, more reasons, more explanations. Just a need for more simply because the relationship that develops within yourself during the story can leave a hunger like no other. The emotion that escapes from the pages are real, every day emotions. They are thoughtful, sometimes cruel, but true emotions experienced by real people every day. They tell the story of life, not of a fictional happy ever after that is unattainable. In his interview With Larry McCaffery, David Foster Wallace says, “Serious art … forces you to work hard to access its pleasures, the same way that in real

David Foster Wallace was an intelligent, self-motivated individual that brought the complex inner thoughts of the human mind to the forefront throughout his body of literary work – establishing human reactions and emotions (on the pages) in a unique manner that has fundamentally dubbed to be a genius of his generation.

Ever wished you could change the world? If I were ever given the chance, I know just what I’d do. I would eliminate all un-prescribed drugs, alcohol, and bullying, because it ruins lives and hurts families. Why can people stop. Well, here’s why.

To make this world a better, safer place to live, there are really two things that stand out. The first is that we need to promote in whatever way possible the idea that we are all human beings and they we are in this together. The world and its resources need not be a zero sum game. Too often, we are divided by race, class, gender, nation-states, religions and we forget that we are all the same inside, that we all want the same things, and that this world has enough resources for everybody if we work together. Conflict, war, and strife are the things that make this world unsafe, more than anything else. It is estimated that 5.4 million people at least were killed in wars between 1955-2002, to say nothing of the conflicts before and after (ScienceDaily, 2008). Millions more are injured and displaced as the result of such conflicts, to say nothing of the negative impacts on economies and the lives ruined as a consequence.