Robert Caridi
CW1 Dr. Walts
“The Summoned Self” by David Brooks
Summary
The
Destination Vs. The journey
The main purpose of the text is to
show the difference between two different types of living. The writer describes
the path chosen to take the journey of life but in the end he is not interested
in the journey he is interested in the destination. The author starts out by
talking about the more organized version of life, then later switches to the
life that you basically fly by the seat of your pants. After explaining both
life styles the write compares the two lives and states how it doesn’t matter
which life you live as long as you reach the same endpoint. It is ironic that
he starts of his paper with the organized life then switches to the unorganized
life while still maintaining flow and organization in his paper. The examples
in the evidence are experiences that are happening in the moment but you cannot
look at the moment to see if you truly did a good job, you have to look back
well after the matter is over to truly evaluate your success of the event. The
author is trying to say that regardless of how you live your life you really
can only fly by the seat of your pants even if you are organized and prepared.
Life will throw many challenges at you and how you handle them will depict your
ending point in your life.
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