Jet Ski

thoughts and experience of professionals. An evident technique Carr uses to show that the internet is changing our minds is figurative language. Carr explains, “Once I was a scuba diver in the sea of words. Now I zip along the surface like a guy on a Jet Ski,” (Carr). The combination of a metaphor and simile in the statement is used to emphasize that since the internet has erupted Carr’s reading skills have weakened. Before the internet, Carr believes he would think deeply about texts and…

pulls us away from being fully absorbed into what we read. There is one particular quote from the text that I think it could help to illustrate his point: “Once I was a scuba diver in the sea of words. Now I zip along the surface like a guy on a Jet Ski.” Carr also uses numerous scientific sources from neuro-scientists and experts to back up his claim, the point of view that I found the most interesting is from Joseph Weizenbaum, who argued how in history, other technologies have shaped the way…

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audience a troubled and anxious feeling to draw their attention into the text. Another example of pathos that really stands out is when he claims he was “once was a scuba diver in the sea of words. Now [he] zips along the surface like a guy on a Jet Ski.” He tries to hook the audience in by using this extremely detailed word choice to demonstrate how easily he used to be immersed in a book but now because of the Web, he just skims the readings. The use of the detailed language can be very…

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People have been so affected by the internet’s web, and have gotten themselves tangled in it. Humanity would be nothing like the way it is today without the internet. I have withdrawals when I don’t have access to the internet, it’s become ingrained into who I am. Nicholas Carr’s essay Is Google Making Us Stupid? provides us with a different viewpoint than our own. Carr, and the people he includes as anecdotes in his essay, are mostly writers. They use the internet for research on a daily basis,…

An article, from the book “They, Say I Say,” titled “Is Google Making Us Stupid,” written by Nicholas Carr, elaborates how the internet is changing the way humans think. Without research or evidence, Carr uses a play on emotion to draw in his readers. While using a collection of historical anecdotes, Carr argues that the internet has exploited the plasticity of the human brain. The brain holds billions of connections, formed by the neurons, which constantly change. Carr states “The human…

Analyzing Articles “The more they use the Web, the more they have to fight to stay focused on long pieces of writing” (Carr, 511). In “Is Google Making Us Stupid? What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains” Nicholas Carr talks about how the Internet has changed our way of thinking and comprehending information. He argues that while the Internet is nice to have as a reference it is taking a toll on our brains. Carr effectively convinces the reader that the Internet is affecting the human brain and…

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back” this is an example. He uses this to portray how hard the struggle is for him to read, and how he has to “physically’’ bring himself back to do the task. “Once was a scuba diver in the sea of words. Now he zips along the surface like a guy on a Jet Ski” . This is another example of pathos by using vivid imagery to attract the reader by displaying how he used to be fully immersed in a book but now due to the internet, he just skims the readings. Pathos can be very moving and persuasive and…