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“Always a Reason” The topic of this chapter is pretty obvious, reasons are bulls#*t, and you can’t deny it. Bernard Roth work at an ivy school for many years and wrote a book on how anyone can reach their goals. The chapter focuses on the one major downfall of young adults. He tackles the subject of how excuses affect your every day life. He recalls stories from his own life to show how they caused disruption in his life.
Mr. Roth has the authority and trust of a writer due to the years he worked at a very creditable ivy league school. The writer has a clear sense of ethos as he uses a personal experience from always being late to work and blaming it on the traffic. He knew that everyone else had to do the same thing and knew that the traffic would be a problem. “…, after a frantic hour of aggressive and dangerous driving, I would arrive with an apology…” (Roth, 39). He also states how the board chairman would dismiss his excuse and, in a way, say it’s okay. The chapter title really grabs the attention of the younger audience he is trying to reach. Is straight forward tone really helps nail town his idea.
That’s how he gains your trust. He lets you know all about him, so you feel like you can trust him. He really reflects on how the excuses effected his younger years and how owning up to his faults would have made him a much better man. “I felt guilty for always being late” his self-reflection made him realize how wrong it was for him to always misdirect the blame on to something they couldn’t put on him. Guilty is a pretty strong connotative word that he used to show how bad he felt about using so many excuses. These examples help create an argument in favor for his side. It helps show how excuses really change the way of life and the recoil it can have on your mental state. If you don’t change it quick you will make it a habit and it won’t get any