Reactions

My reaction to the essay piece? hmm...

Well, I'm going to choose the "Time and Distance Overcome" piece (mainly because it's the one I actually read all the way through) for this day's blog. It's very interesting because it's a general piece, starting at the beginning with a bit of history on the subject (telephones and their introduction into society), and ending with her relationship to it (along with her sister's). More specifically her relationship to telephone poles. The essay is very serious for such an "innocent" subject; I use innocent in quotations because it makes it NOT innocent towards the end. It's pleasing, in a sense, to see a change of opinion towards something so lack luster in everyday life yet, it means so much to her. From someone who doesn't really think to much on such a thing (as telephone lines/poles go), it's simply something to ponder and enjoy hearing about (NOT TO SOUND CREEPY OR DARK).

While I don't believe one can really "argue" against my reaction, mainly because it's an opinionated statement as well as "worldly" viewpoint, I feel like one could say that my opinion is to real for them. That someone does not enjoy hearing the truth, or rather that they cannot fathom (ooh big words) the possibility of something like that happening, let alone to them. I honestly do not know, maybe one is ignorant (not idiotic, I despise people getting those both confused) and doesn't know that a menial thing like a telephone pole is capable of falling and killing someone.