Telephone poles is an essay written by Ezra Jackson. The essay deals with the invention of the telephone and the fact that there were many sceptical people who were against this invention.
Today we know that there has been a massive development in this field and we know that the development is still taking place at the moment. The Internet and the social network are just some examples of the massive development we have been seeing. Today we cannot imagine a community without telephones or the Internet. This essay by Ezra Jackson starts with “Of what use is such an invention?” (p. 1, l. 1), and that is the question we follow through the essay. Also, the essay makes a big deal out of the sceptical people back then and the consequences thereof. …show more content…
Back in 1876 the citizens could not see the many advantages the telephone would give them and how the telephone would have made a great impact on the world today. Back at that time the idea of talking and communicate without even seeing each other seemed very unlikely (The mind of a man who wanted to invent, more than the telephone, a machine that would allow the deaf to hear” (p. 1, ll. 17 – 18). There was a tendency for the citizens that a telephone network was unnecessary and a very stupid idea. The fact that this was the tendency is very ironic taken into account of the fact that we can’t live without a telephone in the world today.
Furthermore, Ezra Jackson makes a big deal out of the “War on Telephone Poles” as The New York Times reported it in 1889. Every time the telephone people would raise a pole, citizens would tear them down or protect their street in other ways. When Ezra Jackson tells about these actions to prevent the telephone poles, we hear about the president back then, Rutherford B. Hayes, who already had installed a telephone in the White House. This makes the sceptics seem even more against the telephone. Generally, Ezra Jackson has not a very sympathetic voice when she describes how the people removed the telephone
Today we know that there has been a massive development in this field and we know that the development is still taking place at the moment. The Internet and the social network are just some examples of the massive development we have been seeing. Today we cannot imagine a community without telephones or the Internet. This essay by Ezra Jackson starts with “Of what use is such an invention?” (p. 1, l. 1), and that is the question we follow through the essay. Also, the essay makes a big deal out of the sceptical people back then and the consequences thereof. …show more content…
Back in 1876 the citizens could not see the many advantages the telephone would give them and how the telephone would have made a great impact on the world today. Back at that time the idea of talking and communicate without even seeing each other seemed very unlikely (The mind of a man who wanted to invent, more than the telephone, a machine that would allow the deaf to hear” (p. 1, ll. 17 – 18). There was a tendency for the citizens that a telephone network was unnecessary and a very stupid idea. The fact that this was the tendency is very ironic taken into account of the fact that we can’t live without a telephone in the world today.
Furthermore, Ezra Jackson makes a big deal out of the “War on Telephone Poles” as The New York Times reported it in 1889. Every time the telephone people would raise a pole, citizens would tear them down or protect their street in other ways. When Ezra Jackson tells about these actions to prevent the telephone poles, we hear about the president back then, Rutherford B. Hayes, who already had installed a telephone in the White House. This makes the sceptics seem even more against the telephone. Generally, Ezra Jackson has not a very sympathetic voice when she describes how the people removed the telephone