Empathy is something that connects us to others that are different from us. In “Mysterious Connections That Links Us Together” written by Azar Nafisi. When Nafisi thinks about empathy at the same time she thinks about Huckleberry Finn and the runaway slave, Jim. Huckleberry Finn knew if he helped Jim, he would burn in the “everlasting fire.” Because Huckleberry had empathy he decided to help Jim. Nafisi’s story “Mysterious Connection that Links us Together” has reason and facts, emotions, character and values.
Nafisi connect with the audience by using her experience about herself being expelled from the school she was teaching at. But people had empathy and helped defend Nafisi. From there Nafisi understood how empathy can really impact people to help other people of different culture, race, etc
Nafisi also supported her argument with Cultural assumptions and Values and at the same time she is establishing credibility. The facts were from culture and history. For example, she used her culture about how women dressed. She also explained what would happen if Iran women didn’t dress improperly. Nafisi never experienced it for herself but she put herself in their shoes. Everything Nafisi said in her argument is honest and true.
Also Nafisi supported her thought about empathy with the well-known story Huckleberry Finn. Using Huckleberry Finn, a story that everyone knows and read once in their lifetime. Nafisi helped us people who don’t analyze movies or books very well, that Huckleberry Finn does tell us that empathy does impact people. In the story it teaches us a lesson that empathy impact us even when we don’t know it.
In this short argument, Nafisi made a lot of points about empathy. Now as I look back, all those time I see a homeless person or a person who needed help I always felt bad for those people. Sometimes I would help. That is empathy. But the sad part is not everyone has empathy. Some people have the heart to just walk on by and not even help at all or do something awful to the person in need. If just somehow everyone had empathy. Would the world be a better place? Or would it be the same? This is a kind of question that no one will know.
“Mysterious Connection that Links us Together” by Nafisi. Imagination can lead you to learn empathy. Empathy is something can save the world. We just have to pass it on through words, pictures or sign.
I think that is true by how, empathy is something that can save the world.
ReplyDeleteI agree; I hate it when I see so many people passing a person that needs help. I tend to help if it is pretty obvious. At least, people who have empathy will always feel good after helping others.
ReplyDeleteLot of people walks by a homeless person who needs help because perhaps they are afraid to help. Maybe they do have empathy, they are just afraid to help the homeless person.
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