Communication Issues
“Successful conversations require a give and take between both people”(Robison 11). In the novel, Look Me In the Eye by John Elder Robison, the main character, John Elder expresses the difficulty of interpreting the meaning of what it is like conversing with people. Throughout the novel John talks about what struggles he faced when talking to people and making new friends. John always knew he had issues socializing and connecting with other people, and I feel I also have issues too sometimes. I feel as though I cannot start a good conversation with people, unless I know them very well, without being awkward. Additionally, I have issues talking about any topic that I do not enjoy or actually care about as does John …show more content…
That is, I can understand that it’s a shame that those people died in the plane crash. And I understand they have families, and they are sad...” (Robison 33). His logical empathy led John to have some awkward social encounters in his life. Similar to John, I have a sort of logical empathy when it comes to people I never knew or will know, and unfortunately I have to keep my mouth shut around my parents because they just really cannot accept that I do not empathize for people I do not know. I, thankfully, have found that many of my classmates, who I am now friends with, also have logical empathy, which has been a huge help because I don't have to worry about offending them with some of the content we talk about.
Look Me In the Eye by John Elder Robison, is probably one of the best books I have ever read. This novel has opened my eyes about people who are a little different; I have a newfound respect for people with cognitive disabilities. I am not going to lie, I always looked at cognitively disabled people differently than most people, and I feel bad now that I did that. I related to John on many levels but by far the similarities we had most in common were the social awkwardness and the logical empathy when it comes to people we do not know and have no effect on our
“Successful conversations require a give and take between both people”(Robison 11). In the novel, Look Me In the Eye by John Elder Robison, the main character, John Elder expresses the difficulty of interpreting the meaning of what it is like conversing with people. Throughout the novel John talks about what struggles he faced when talking to people and making new friends. John always knew he had issues socializing and connecting with other people, and I feel I also have issues too sometimes. I feel as though I cannot start a good conversation with people, unless I know them very well, without being awkward. Additionally, I have issues talking about any topic that I do not enjoy or actually care about as does John …show more content…
That is, I can understand that it’s a shame that those people died in the plane crash. And I understand they have families, and they are sad...” (Robison 33). His logical empathy led John to have some awkward social encounters in his life. Similar to John, I have a sort of logical empathy when it comes to people I never knew or will know, and unfortunately I have to keep my mouth shut around my parents because they just really cannot accept that I do not empathize for people I do not know. I, thankfully, have found that many of my classmates, who I am now friends with, also have logical empathy, which has been a huge help because I don't have to worry about offending them with some of the content we talk about.
Look Me In the Eye by John Elder Robison, is probably one of the best books I have ever read. This novel has opened my eyes about people who are a little different; I have a newfound respect for people with cognitive disabilities. I am not going to lie, I always looked at cognitively disabled people differently than most people, and I feel bad now that I did that. I related to John on many levels but by far the similarities we had most in common were the social awkwardness and the logical empathy when it comes to people we do not know and have no effect on our