{*L needs a life}

i have a paper due in an hour and a half. im skipping my class right now to finish said paper. frankly i dont know what im supposed to be writing about. 4 pages of what Dr. C? you tell me!
(HAH! RHYMER!!) i should write a poem... anywho, heres what i have so far. ideas? opinions? rants and raves? you let me know

David Brooks takes a lighter note on the differences in America in his eye opening essay. He discusses what is different in the way lives are lived rather than the political views people may have. Although this essay does have a political background it isn’t full of the visuals and emotions that many of the recent political essays have. The emotions that he brings to the essay are that of amusement and delight instead of those of disgust and resentment. It is amusing in the way that Mr. Brooks describes the way working men look. He discusses those who work outside (making the reader think primarily of Red America) with the following description:

“The outdoor guys wear faded black T-shirts… and wrecked jeans that appear to be washed faithfully at least once a year. They’ve got wraparound NASCAR sunglasses, maybe a NAPA auto parts cap and hair in a short wedge up front but glowing down over their shoulders in the back – a cut that is known as a mullet, which is sort of a cross between Van Halen’s stale and Kenny Roger’s, and is the ugliest hairdo in the seventies. [They] are heavily accessorized, and their accessories are meant to show how hard they work… Outdoor guys have a thing against sleeves. They work so hard that they’ve got to keep their arm muscles unencumbered and their armpit hair fully ventilated.” (391)

This statement has humor in it to one who has experienced it first hand. When reading this statement I thought of more than one friend who had a parent who looked nearly exactly like what David Brooks describes. He also goes on to describe how the indoor working Red American man looks. It basically is the same look except that cheap slacks replace the worn jeans and white T-shirts replace the black. The outdoor working man looks to be tougher, but Brooks found that they are usually the most devoted community members.


well arent i just little miss good quoter?





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