Rachel Kim
Professor Eun Joo Kim
Perspective on Humanities; Embodied Language
October 14th, 2016
Synesthesia; rational decision v emotional decision Emotion drives choices. When one is at a fork of decision, they have to make either rational decision or emotional decision. “Rational decision making is a multi-step process, from problem identification through solution, for making logically sound decisions”(Bound 1). However, emotional decision’s driving force is emotion at the time and thus results by vary by certain circumstances. Troung’s Bitter in the Mouth depicts emotion in decision making through Linda, a character who tastes every single word she hears or speaks . Also, Natasha Lvovich’s, a professor at Kingsborough Community College …show more content…
“My emotional lows and highs were therefore inexplicable and unpredictable to Leo” (Troung 77). Linda’s ‘emotional lows and high’ blinds her rational thinking, and emotion solely drives the ultimate decision. Thus, when someone is feeling very emotional, it is challenging to make a logical …show more content…
This book enlightened me about synesthesia and led me to change the perspectives towards synesthesia. Continuing learning from deaf culture, this really got me in to learning about synesthesia. While I was reading the book, I was curious about Linda’s emotional phase while having synesthesia. I definitely thought that different emotions would flow in me and in Linda, in same situation. After given free prompt, I started look into Linda’s emotional phase and those ultimate consequences of making those emotional choices. I gathered a lot of information and examples regarding emotional, choices, and synesthetic phase, but it was really hard for me collaborate them into one essay. But I remembered deductive reasoning that I learned, and applied the same concept to this
Professor Eun Joo Kim
Perspective on Humanities; Embodied Language
October 14th, 2016
Synesthesia; rational decision v emotional decision Emotion drives choices. When one is at a fork of decision, they have to make either rational decision or emotional decision. “Rational decision making is a multi-step process, from problem identification through solution, for making logically sound decisions”(Bound 1). However, emotional decision’s driving force is emotion at the time and thus results by vary by certain circumstances. Troung’s Bitter in the Mouth depicts emotion in decision making through Linda, a character who tastes every single word she hears or speaks . Also, Natasha Lvovich’s, a professor at Kingsborough Community College …show more content…
“My emotional lows and highs were therefore inexplicable and unpredictable to Leo” (Troung 77). Linda’s ‘emotional lows and high’ blinds her rational thinking, and emotion solely drives the ultimate decision. Thus, when someone is feeling very emotional, it is challenging to make a logical …show more content…
This book enlightened me about synesthesia and led me to change the perspectives towards synesthesia. Continuing learning from deaf culture, this really got me in to learning about synesthesia. While I was reading the book, I was curious about Linda’s emotional phase while having synesthesia. I definitely thought that different emotions would flow in me and in Linda, in same situation. After given free prompt, I started look into Linda’s emotional phase and those ultimate consequences of making those emotional choices. I gathered a lot of information and examples regarding emotional, choices, and synesthetic phase, but it was really hard for me collaborate them into one essay. But I remembered deductive reasoning that I learned, and applied the same concept to this