Well-accredited journalist for the New York Times, David Brook's, in his opinion column “It’s Not About You”, emphasizes the over protection that parents and teachers fixate on college students. Brook's purpose is to bring society clarity by encouraging societies superiors to allow college students to have more freedom before they set their sails in treacherous waters. With this being said, Brook's uses pertinent diction and parallel structure to mock society’s tendency to coddle college students prior to their graduation.
Brook's begins his column indicating that “America’s colleges” have sent out yet “another class of graduates off into the world” but something still doesn’t seem quite right. Brooks believes that the "graduating class …show more content…
"Follow your passion... Follow your dreams and find yourself", Brooks stresses the excessive use of the word "your" found in commencement addresses at graduation ceremonies around the country, he believes "this mantra misleads on every front." David Brooks contradicts repetitive advice devoted to students before, during and after their graduation leading to the emphasis on the his inferior idea that when putting your mind to a task you lose yourself and from this omission you find out who you truly are. In Brooks mind set he sees himself as the only one who knows what is best for young adults and there is no other way. Brooks uses parallel structure to convey his overall point, he continually starts each paragraph with what "graduates are also told" and ends with a rebuttal, "But, of course,"... Like, "The graduates are also told to be independent minded... But, of course, doing your job well often means suppressing yourself." (2) This routine parallelism adequately places Brooks ideas inside of readers minds so they beyond any doubt know that the advice that has been received by college grads all these years is dishonorable. Also he aspires to have his ideas be seen by graduates all around the United States so they know that they are not the center of their own lives but a
Brook's begins his column indicating that “America’s colleges” have sent out yet “another class of graduates off into the world” but something still doesn’t seem quite right. Brooks believes that the "graduating class …show more content…
"Follow your passion... Follow your dreams and find yourself", Brooks stresses the excessive use of the word "your" found in commencement addresses at graduation ceremonies around the country, he believes "this mantra misleads on every front." David Brooks contradicts repetitive advice devoted to students before, during and after their graduation leading to the emphasis on the his inferior idea that when putting your mind to a task you lose yourself and from this omission you find out who you truly are. In Brooks mind set he sees himself as the only one who knows what is best for young adults and there is no other way. Brooks uses parallel structure to convey his overall point, he continually starts each paragraph with what "graduates are also told" and ends with a rebuttal, "But, of course,"... Like, "The graduates are also told to be independent minded... But, of course, doing your job well often means suppressing yourself." (2) This routine parallelism adequately places Brooks ideas inside of readers minds so they beyond any doubt know that the advice that has been received by college grads all these years is dishonorable. Also he aspires to have his ideas be seen by graduates all around the United States so they know that they are not the center of their own lives but a