Brooks and Barbara's connections

  Before coming in to class I was having difficulties finding the connections between the two articles. After I relooked at both articles over and over again I got a couple of connections of the two articles. Then when we went to class and everyone brought their own ideas about what connection these two articles had. When reading the two articles together in class I gained a lot of new information about how the articles connected because when people bring their ideas together it all start to make sense little by little. Talking about it in class was a good way to help me better understand the different ways they connected, everyone had little information and slowly it was like finding all the pieces and putting them together to find that connection. The two articles we were focusing on was the “It’s not About You” by David Brooks and “Confessions of a Quit Addict” by Barbara Graham. One of the connections were the variety of choices they both had and by having too many choices it made it hard for them to just stick to one. This connection was in my interest because this is true in real life, when we have too many options just to make one choice can be difficult. As compared to having just two options it makes it a little bit easier for us to choose because it narrows the options. Another connection these two articles had was they both talk about self-destructor. David brooks isn’t talking about himself directly of experiencing self-destructor but Barbara is, and somehow these two connect because they both talk about how it affects people. This class helped me understand abstract and concrete ideas because it something that always pops up and we end up talking about it. The more we talk about it in class the better understanding I get of these two terms. We discussed how Brooks article mainly is about abstract ideas like worry, anxiety, freedom, happiness, and purpose. Meanwhile Barbara’s article was more concrete and little abstract. Barbara gave specific, concrete examples in her article, she had loads of examples throughout her article.  For example, she talked about quitting which is abstract, but then later in the article she listed down what she quit throughout her life. Barbara quit multiple jobs, her marriage, and college. In conclusion, these two articles spoke about different topics but in a way had strong connections between the two.