The article “One Nation Slightly Divisible” by David Brooks was mainly about the distinct lifestyles that two obvious classes live in, though in the same state or country. Brooks describes Franklin County as a completely different world from Montgomery County. Franklin County is considered Red America and Montgomery County is considered Blue America; both refer to the 2000 presidential election. It is not necessarily a negative aspect that there are such deep differences between Red and Blue America. Red America lives by the simple things in life, rugged, humble, small, close community while Blue America is busy, independent, individualistic, sophisticated, and incredibly modern. I found this article to be very true, however in some ways biased
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He states “[…] hair cut […] as a mullet […] to show how hard they work, so they will often have a gigantic wad of keys hanging from a belt loop, a tape measure strapped to the belt, a pocket knife on a string […]” (584). This makes all these men sound like the same repair man. But he then remarks that men who work indoors wear “[…] slacks, which they bought at a dry-goods store, best known for its appliance department, and a short sleeved white Van Heusen shirt[…] Their image projects not ‘I work hard but ‘I am a devoted family man’” (585). Later, he compares how Blue America people drive to work;"people who went to business school or law school need a lot of headroom. They buy humongous sport-utility vehicles that practically have cathedral ceilings" (585). Brooks goes on to say, "Small-headroom people tend to have been liberal arts majors and have liberal arts jobs. They get passive aggressive pleasure from demostrating how modest and environmentally sensitive their living containers are. They hate people with SUVs[...}" (585). I can identify with this quote because I mayself am a liberal arts major and I do not like enormously unnecessary
He states “[…] hair cut […] as a mullet […] to show how hard they work, so they will often have a gigantic wad of keys hanging from a belt loop, a tape measure strapped to the belt, a pocket knife on a string […]” (584). This makes all these men sound like the same repair man. But he then remarks that men who work indoors wear “[…] slacks, which they bought at a dry-goods store, best known for its appliance department, and a short sleeved white Van Heusen shirt[…] Their image projects not ‘I work hard but ‘I am a devoted family man’” (585). Later, he compares how Blue America people drive to work;"people who went to business school or law school need a lot of headroom. They buy humongous sport-utility vehicles that practically have cathedral ceilings" (585). Brooks goes on to say, "Small-headroom people tend to have been liberal arts majors and have liberal arts jobs. They get passive aggressive pleasure from demostrating how modest and environmentally sensitive their living containers are. They hate people with SUVs[...}" (585). I can identify with this quote because I mayself am a liberal arts major and I do not like enormously unnecessary