Summary Of Just Flow With The Brooks

Just Flow with the Brook In modern society, a vast majority of writers seem to focus on the increasingly cliché idea of individuality independent of societal pressures. However, just occasionally, a truly skilled writer comes along with a breath of fresh air, and a, though ironic, truly unique way of presenting how certain aspects of society must change in order to remain relevant. Most interesting of such a presentation includes all of the confidence and accusations required to change aspects of society, without the inclusion of over the top ridicule. Among his biweekly articles in The New York Times, David Brooks uses logical evidence to appeal to his relatively educated audience, rhetorical questions to explicitly point out the flaws of older ways of thinking, and

Such inclusion of specific, well thought out rhetorical questions demonstrates the explicit reasons that readers should agree with Brooks, regardless of previous opinion. For example, in one of his more politically centered pieces, Brooks asks the reader “How does the [G.O.P.] view leadership? [With] ignorance and inexperience” (“The G.O.P.”). Though initially, the question seems unnecessary, it in actuality adds to Brooks’ overall political facet of his message: that the party must shift its leadership in order to match shifts in society over time. Furthermore, Brooks begins discussing the shift of the drastically impoverished man within society, asking the reader “How did this delightful man emerge from this horrific childhood?” (“The Things”). By explicitly asking his audience how such an remarkable man could shift from the little boy living with a ghastly childhood, Brooks forces his readers to realize that the man shifted in order to become a better version of his former