A lot of the things in Sedaris' article don't relate to me much but still do in a way. I have only flown 3 times total in my life so I have not fully experienced flying as much as others have. I have on the other hand heard a lot of stories from my friends when they come back from trips to give me details about the experience on planes which kind of makes me relate to Sedaris in a way.
He didn't seem to shy in his article to say how he really felt. He was very straight forward with his writing. At first, the way he was writing turned me off but then it was kind of helpful that he wasn't beating around the bush. A lot of writings that I've read have always been very filled with stupid none sense that didn't have any relevance to the story, which is why his writing was kind of refreshing.
I believe that Sedaris wrote this article because as we all know, everyone judges everyone. Whether we admit it or not we do it, and sometimes we don't think about why we judge or look into it or even think about it for that matter. As a result from judging someone, it sometimes makes it easier to push blame onto that person. Sedaris shows a lot in his article that we should not blame others for events that happened and that things sometimes happen for a reason. "We are forever blaming the airline industry for turning us into monsters….But what if this is who we truly are" (277).
Could you give an example for what you mean about Sedaris' straight-forwardness?
ReplyDeleteUnrelated, is that an elephant in the background?