In This is Water, written by David Foster Wallace, the first paragraph consists of a short story about two young fish and an older fish. As the older fish passes by, he asks, “Morning, boys, how’s the water?” After swimming for a bit, one of the younger fish turns to the other and asks, “What the hell is water?” The purpose of this short story is to point out the fact that we are not always fully aware of our surroundings.
It is human nature to live in our own little bubble, to consider our own thoughts because they are the ones that we know. The only way that we are made aware of others thoughts are if they offer them to us freely. Without this offer, it is easy to believe that our problems are the only ones that exist in the world.
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It is human nature to live in our own little bubble, to consider our own thoughts because they are the ones that we know. The only way that we are made aware of others thoughts are if they offer them to us freely. Without this offer, it is easy to believe that our problems are the only ones that exist in the world.
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