The year of the setting in
"Standing By" is 2009, which was the year after the election of
President Barack Obama. During this
time, many people complained and talked about their views. I
think Sedaris’ purpose of this text is to have us readers reflect on what and
how we should behave. Sometimes we all
do and say something we didn’t actually meant to say, but said it. We live in a society that judge and talk about
other people at an instant. Everything
affects everyone in one way, but it doesn’t mean we blame another for what
happens. This is one of the reasons that
I think motivates him to write this article.
Daily, everyone judge everyone;
walking to class, sitting in a bus, or standing in a line. We judge and possibly even blame one another
for any particular reason that we come up with.
Sedaris probably wants his audience to realize that things happen for a
reason, it doesn’t mean that it was the person’s fault next to you or in front
of you. When something happens like what
happened in the article, we all do go crazy and complain all we want for whatever
reasons. Time doesn’t stop, it keeps
going, but it doesn’t mean we rush. We
should take time to think how we should handle daily situations.
Sedaris did provide examples in the
article how we would get involved in something that we weren’t even supposed to
take a part of. We probably do love
being crazy like what Sedaris said and asked, “We’re forever blaming the
airline industry for turning us into monsters…But what if this is who we truly
are” (277). We don’t ever say that it’s my fault that I was running late, it
was the traffic fault. I mean
sometimes it might be, but if it happen majority of the time then take
responsibility. From this article, I
think he wants us readers to know how to handle a situation and think before
doing or saying anything. The form is an
article probably to make it short enough to be place somewhere when people are
waiting or doing something that would keep them interest.
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My question isn't regarding your thoughts on the writer. Rather, it's curiosity about the different colors you used.
ReplyDelete(First, I'm glad you use them.) Second, what makes you decide to make certain sentences certain colors? Do you want the readers of your blog to think certain things when you make sentences pink or red or blue?