Assignment #4

Assignment #4

I had never really understood Sedaris' "Standing By" article. I had to listen to so many opinions from my peers in the class discussion. But still they never really caught my interest on something to write about, because it wasn't something that I felt from the text. After finding that the classes opinions didn't satisfy my needs to see what his controlling purpose was I had read the article at least 5 times. I had finally found something that I was interesting in writing about. Sedaris had put this article in a magazine and what from what I personally know, magazines are the center of drama or gossip. Since Sedaris comments on how people judge each other and complain about things that, they think they know how to do better themselves. I believe he points out two things we as humans tend to do conscious or unconsciously. It is who we are on the inside, no one can say they haven't judged someone. Maybe to people outside of their heads, but they soon realize that they are only lying to themselves. Sedaris hears so many complainants and venting that he felt that maybe writing about it would help him consciously and point out how we as humans criticize ourselves and others. We are no different from one another so why do we complain about everything, appearance, economy, political, and even family wise. I think Sedaris touches everyone conscious or not. Complaining is something that everyone does.  I believe he wants to point it out, I don't think he is trying to change the way we are its just something that had him thinking on why we act a certain way the way we do.