The more a statement is asserted, the more people believe in it. When using Henry James’ quote, “The first is to be kind, the second is to be kind, and the third is to be kind.” Quindlen is telling the new graduates of the most simple, yet difficult, (and by far the most important) trait they could hope to acquire. She is hopeful that their generation will reconstruct a world of spirituality and emotions rather than mathematics and logic. Quindlen is also confident that generation will do better than hers. She claims if they view race, gender identity, and sexuality the same as any other characteristics, and not as burdens, they will have done better. If men and boys see girls and women as their equals in every sense of that word, they will have done better. If they not only preach kindness but also practice and live it? They will have done better. Quindlen says these words multiple times to try and ingrain into the graduates’ brains that they have the potential and ability to do better, to change the world with purely who they
The more a statement is asserted, the more people believe in it. When using Henry James’ quote, “The first is to be kind, the second is to be kind, and the third is to be kind.” Quindlen is telling the new graduates of the most simple, yet difficult, (and by far the most important) trait they could hope to acquire. She is hopeful that their generation will reconstruct a world of spirituality and emotions rather than mathematics and logic. Quindlen is also confident that generation will do better than hers. She claims if they view race, gender identity, and sexuality the same as any other characteristics, and not as burdens, they will have done better. If men and boys see girls and women as their equals in every sense of that word, they will have done better. If they not only preach kindness but also practice and live it? They will have done better. Quindlen says these words multiple times to try and ingrain into the graduates’ brains that they have the potential and ability to do better, to change the world with purely who they