Analysis Of A Child In The Basement And Tom Shadyac's Film I Am

David Brooks, “A Child in the Basement” and Tom Shadyac’s film I Am brought up important questions we should ask ourselves. Brooks article compel readers or message is to have his readers to think about what is being done in others to maintain their happiness and whether or not to take an action or continue to live their daily lives. Similar to Brook, Shadyac shows us and pose questions what is wrong with the world and what we can do to make it a better place. They both resonate quite well but Brook and Shadyac approaches to showing us are quite distinct. Tom Shadyac film I Am, is asking the question what is wrong with the world and how can we make it a better place. Film starts off talking about Tom Shadyac and what drove him to make this film. Shadyac was injured during a bike ride which left him injured for several months and when he finally recovered he started to see things differently. One of the things Shadyac did to have his questions answer was to travel around the world and ask famous or notorious thinkers these questions. A lot of them talk about human beings being greedy and …show more content…
However, Brooks wants us to make a decision like others have before when they realize what it cost for them live their lives. Should we go out and try to help the people suffering to keep us happy, fed, safe, alive? Should we just abandon our society and find a place where peoples happiness doesn’t depend on others? Or should we just live out our lives the same as before despite gaining such insight? Brooks makes a good point in his article and there are many example throughout the world that supports that. One clear and easy example would be a mother or father with one or two kids. Those kids happiness depends on their mother and