Jonathan Haidt

Consumerism is one of the biggest and most difficult problems the world faces today. The high demand in trending products, as well as food, has led to more challenging problems. Naomi Klein in her book, No Logo, talks about the poor treatment workers receive at the Export Processing Zones (EPZs), which is where brand companies produce all their products in a much cheaper way. Besides workers at EPZs, there are also people who work at the slaughterhouses and are mistreated as well. Eric Schlosser…

Dilip Chitre creates a stark impression of the isolation of old age in his poem ‘Father Returning Home’ by showing his fathers’ estrangement from society and his own family. Chitre conveys this isolation by using literary devices such as similes and repetition, and addressing themes such as modernity vs tradition. The poem begins when a father is waiting outside for a train which will take him home. We know this as it says ‘My father travels on the late evening train’. Already by labelling the…

Ruled by the Emotions Once we start loving someone, we never treat them the same as others. Along with other people, we can also get strong feelings towards animals. In the article “Let Them Eat Dog,” Jonathan Safran Foer provides a critical point of view on the contemporary taboo about eating dog. On the other hand, comedian Rob Delaney gives us an insight to struggles of various kinds of addicts in his essay “Drugs Will Kill Your Friends.” Writing about controversial themes by using the…

event. Other times, perhaps they can’t communicate their thoughts to one another out of fear of hurting the person on the receiving end. The case could even be that people may be unable to verbalize what they need to say to one another. Often in Jonathan Safran Foer 's novel, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, characters tend to have a difficult time communicating with each other, whether in speaking or writing. The themes of fear, love, and mortality all contribute to the miscommunication…

Have you ever been in a situation that you feel like doing the right thing, even when others might do something different? Everyone has courage, but what is rare is when people actually show it. In The Diary of Anne Frank Play (written by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett) the Frank family, the Van Daan family, and Mr. Dussel are all Jewish people who need to go into hiding to stay safe during World War 2. Miep Gies is one of the people that helps hide them. Miep shows courage by helping the…

"Hiding/Seeking," A Rhetorical Review Do you know how the food you eat is produced and where it comes from? Have you ever considered what you are eating may have an effect upon your health? Do you really care? These are the issues that author Jonathan Safran Foer brings to light in his literary piece called, “Hiding/Seeking," from his excerpt “Eating Animals”, a triad of three separate genres about the conditions inside the American commercial farm, or “Factory Farm”. Most people know factory…

Writing is an effective way for people to cope with tragedy. In Jonathan Safran Foer’s novel, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, three characters, Oskar Schell, his grandmother, and his grandfather are each experiencing grief and are trying to cope with their personal tragedies. Written after the events of September 11th, readers of this novel are exposed to a melancholic yet intricate story about dealing with any sort of tragedy. The first main character in the novel is Oskar Schell, a…

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, by Jonathan Safran Foer, tells the story of a young boy with, what readers can assume, Autism whose Father was killed during the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. Oskar, the young boy that the novel is centered around, finds a key in his Father’s closet and makes it his mission to find out what this key, the last ‘clue’ his father left him, opens. Oskar is dedicated to his mission as he walks all the way to Staten Island, the Empire State…

from seasonal and occasional depression. However, almost every person has experienced the guttural feeling of grief. Jonathan Safran Foer, author of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, is a mastermind at depicting grief through the eyes of others. Oskar, a nine year old boy who lost the most important person in his life to 9/11, has been trying to find a reason to keep living. Jonathan Foer details Oskar’s journey of depression and emotional growth to show the harsh reality of dealing with…

Foer’s novel Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close contains important themes that must always be remembered. In case of an emergency, this novel must always be kept on hand. After the terror attacks on September 11, 2001, many people lost loved ones and had to cope with their losses. Similar to after a zombie apocalypse, people will be distraught after losing loved ones, and must find ways to grief and accept their losses. The social, cultural, and historical content within Foer’s novel must…