An introvert is someone who prefers calm, minimally stimulating environments. Steven Conrad the writer of the movie based the movie on his own life. Conrad said, "It's really about a guy who wants to get the courage to ask a girl out on a date." "He just has to go around the world to do it." This is, in fact, the second film adaptation of James Thurber’s 1939 short story The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.
Susan Cain begins the introduction to her book by stating that one of the most well know woman, Rosa Parks, was an introvert. She also informs the us that one out of every two or three people we know are introverts;however, we are not aware of it, due to the fact that our society values the extrovert ideal and those who are inverts must conform, In chapter one, Cain discusses in great depth how the ideal self in our society shifted from serious, disciplined, and honorable to gregorius, alpha and comfortable in the spotlight. According to Cain, we shifted from a society that values actual character to one that only values personality.
Extroverts can be some of the best people you meet. They have plenty to offer and thrive at the attention of others. However, being introverted can be just as great. In a society where being extroverted is the ideal, it can be very difficult to be an introvert. Susan Cain argues in her Ted Talk, “The Power of Introverts”, that introverts can share many brilliant ideas with the world and should be encouraged and celebrated for who they are.
Evidently being introverted in today’s society is not praised as much as being extroverted is. The main answer she gives to the question is whenever introverts feel as though the cause important. She introduces the idea of core personal projects which inspire the introvert enough to act out of character to get the job done and satisfy their need for
Susan Cain demonstrated in her book, Quiet: The Power of Introverts In a World That Can't Stop Talking, the ability of reserved, restrained people have to compared to those communicative people despite what many people believe. The author of Quiet: The Power of Introverts In a World That Can’ Stop Talking, Susan Cain started her career in “corporate law and consulting” (Lit Lovers). Cain studied at Princeton University and Harvard law. She worked many years in “corporate law and consulting” from working as an attorney to becoming the president of The Negotiation Company. After many years in this career field, Susan Cain left her career to become a writer within her home alongside her family.
Every individual goes through different experiences that mold them into who they are. The combination of their genetic makeup, the environment in which an individual is exposed to, peers, culture, and many other factors determine who they are as an individual (Twenge & Campbell, 2016). This is also what is considered to be an individual’s personality. It is the greatest influence on how an individual will react in any given situation; not everyone will react the same in any situation. Personality is the recurring patterns of thoughts, behaviors, and feelings that can be seen across all situations and time (Twenge & Campbell, 2016, p. 6).
Author Susan Cain seems to have a never ending array of anecdotes and studies to share when it comes to her nonfiction novel, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking. Throughout her novel, Cain is consistently shedding light on the misunderstood concepts of introverts with studies and interviews from qualified individuals. Furthermore, she includes anecdotes that not only engage her audience, but provides support for her thesis and creates an organization of text that harmoniously functions. Cain’s audience is further engaged with questions and self-tests that give a further insight into their personality and understanding of, making her novel a unique experience in itself. From the start of her novel, Cain makes
Others may stare into space and daydream, but I stare into space to have conversations… with myself, that is. I would not consider myself an introvert because I am relatively loud-spoken; however, there is no degree of focus and calmness that I cannot achieve when I talk to myself. I do not talk to myself loudly, of course, and I do not think to myself. I simply play out a two-person conversations in my head, that is how I think. This long-brewed skill is especially relevant when I am taking a multiple choice test because it is like getting a second opinion on an answer without an actual second opinion.
He acknowledges that introverts tend to formulate their ideas in their heads before saying them unlike extroverts who think out loud and formulate their ideas with talking to other people. So as a mentor, a teacher should understand that just because a student is quiet does not mean that they are disconnected from the discussion or just don’t care enough to participate. It means they process information differently. Knowing and acknowledging the two different learning styles will lead to success of all students instead of just the more extroverted ones. To add to that point, Susan Cain, author of Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking and co-founder of the Quiet Revolution even narrates that, “One of the most interesting findings, echoed by later studies, was that more creative people tended to be socially poised introverts” (Cain).
Introverts act as mavericks, tending to converse with others with deeper connections whereas extroverts form more superficial connections with a greater number of people, which seems almost quixotic. It 's especially important to consider the arguments constructed in this book in the frame of a child. Introverted children should be exposed gradually to the world of extroversion, but should not be pushed past their limits otherwise they may "feel emotionally threatened" and associate school with negative emotions. Instead, they should focus on their deepest interests and try to attend a school that suits their personalities, with understanding teachers an integral element of the
Yet when they are judged by people it is because of the observations those people have had which lead them to judge someone in a certain way. Outsiders are simply misunderstood. It is impossible for outsiders to be misjudged because they are clearly judged by people already who just don’t understand them. Most if not all people have felt some sort of exclusion at some point in their lives. These experiences can either lead us to be more of an extrovert or more of an introvert.
Just because stereotypes are placed on the extremely high class and the extreme low class, it doesn't mean that they can't go against the stereotype that’s placed on them. In the book The Outsider, by S.E. Hinton, Ponyboy and his friends are greasers who struggle with lack of money. A typical greaser is a person that greasy hair, smokes, doesn't try in school, doesn't have a job, and will stay in one spot for the rest of their lives. The Socs consistently try to get into fights with them whenever they get the chance because they are from two different social classes. The Socs look down upon the greasers and think they're stupid, non emotional, and could never do something good.
Extroverts will likely recognize the behavior described in their friends and family, and be reminded that while extroversion certainly has much to offer, so does introversion. This is a book that intends to improve all aspects of life through appreciation of diverse skills and tendencies, a book that simultaneously calls out the flaws in our culture and shows us the way to fix them. This is a book for everyone, loud or
She also uses the example of a Harvard Business school student who is cast off by his peers due to being an introvert in a mainly extrovert
In our modern society, confident and assertive individuals seem to be favored over the shy and solitary introverts. The society refers introverts as anti-social, tedious, solitary, aloof and give countless negative nametags and they create stereotypes to extroverts. Yet, just because introverts are shy and quiet, that does not always define that non-introverts are superior than introverts. In the past and present, numerous talented people who are known to be introverts changed and impacted the world. From Steve Wozniak, the Apple co-founder to the one of the greatest intelligent scientist, Albert Einstein, they broke the stereotype towards introverts and demonstrated that even shy people can have great leaderships and abilities to influence
