In chapter eight of Steven Pinker’s book, The Language Instinct, he mainly focuses on the relationship between languages spoken and where they derived from. While doing this, Pinker leaves out a few key parts of writing. These mistakes create a snowball effect of confusion for the reader, as they are led to twists and turns, not knowing exactly where they are headed. Even though people continue to be confused, they have learned to trust in Pinker’s intellect and his way of thinking, which can cause people to be led blindly through the first parts of the chapter, Tower of Babel. Even though Pinker is a successful writer he still makes a few mistakes here and there that can leave the reader feeling lost while reading his works. A thesis statement
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The Tower of Babel is mentioned in the chapter of Genesis in the Bible stating that in the tower only one language is spoken. “And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech” (Pinker 1994). This example is given as an introduction to the chapter by using this story to lead into the topic of many languages deriving from a single language. This introduction could be confusing to some because some people may not be religious or know the Bible well enough to compare the Tower of Babel to language and …show more content…
While doing this, Pinker leaves out a few key parts of writing, such as a thesis. He also leads many of his readers to dead ends on their thoughts and makes assumptions of knowledge. These mistakes create a snowball effect of confusion for the reader, as they are led to twists and turns, not knowing exactly where they are headed. Even though Pinker is a successful writer he still makes a few mistakes here and there that can leave the reader feeling lost while reading his
The Tower of Babel is mentioned in the chapter of Genesis in the Bible stating that in the tower only one language is spoken. “And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech” (Pinker 1994). This example is given as an introduction to the chapter by using this story to lead into the topic of many languages deriving from a single language. This introduction could be confusing to some because some people may not be religious or know the Bible well enough to compare the Tower of Babel to language and …show more content…
While doing this, Pinker leaves out a few key parts of writing, such as a thesis. He also leads many of his readers to dead ends on their thoughts and makes assumptions of knowledge. These mistakes create a snowball effect of confusion for the reader, as they are led to twists and turns, not knowing exactly where they are headed. Even though Pinker is a successful writer he still makes a few mistakes here and there that can leave the reader feeling lost while reading his