Nicholas Carr's Essay 'Is Google Making USupid'
Manpreet Dhillon
Professor Heather MacLeod
English 124
30 January 2015
Style: The Way Convey our Thoughts in our Literature
Style is the one distinctive factor that separates an individual from the proverbial herd. The fascinating aspect of literature is how it differs based on the style of the individual. In the essay “Is Google making us Stupid” the persuasive style of Nicholas Carr’s writing allows us to see his unique perspective. The use of his textual evidence, emotion, and incorporation of literary devices distinguish his unique style and provide a legitimate convincing argument.
The way Carr has incorporated evidence into his paragraphs allow for a concise argument heavily supported by information. The vast number of sources used …show more content…
Carrs biggest concern is that the internet is taking away from “deep reading” (92)by making information easily accessible. Carr through emotion and words makes it seem as though it is unjust to not fully read and understand the material and only skim through points of inquiries, and also feels that by just skimming the material it is taking away from the full extent of knowledge available. Carr does not go on tangents ranting about his emotion instead he uses his emotion to drive his work. For example when Carr talks about how the founders of google want to create an artificial intelligence such as HAL, his response was filled with sarcasm and doubt leaving a sense of uncertainty. This resulted in discretization of the google founders plans while enforcing his own. Additionally as the work progressed there was a transition made by Carr who began the essay using emotion neutral words but as he immersed into the topic started using words such as “scared” (100) or “haunted” (101) creating a stronger emotional connection. The use results in a more descriptive and relatable aspect in his
Professor Heather MacLeod
English 124
30 January 2015
Style: The Way Convey our Thoughts in our Literature
Style is the one distinctive factor that separates an individual from the proverbial herd. The fascinating aspect of literature is how it differs based on the style of the individual. In the essay “Is Google making us Stupid” the persuasive style of Nicholas Carr’s writing allows us to see his unique perspective. The use of his textual evidence, emotion, and incorporation of literary devices distinguish his unique style and provide a legitimate convincing argument.
The way Carr has incorporated evidence into his paragraphs allow for a concise argument heavily supported by information. The vast number of sources used …show more content…
Carrs biggest concern is that the internet is taking away from “deep reading” (92)by making information easily accessible. Carr through emotion and words makes it seem as though it is unjust to not fully read and understand the material and only skim through points of inquiries, and also feels that by just skimming the material it is taking away from the full extent of knowledge available. Carr does not go on tangents ranting about his emotion instead he uses his emotion to drive his work. For example when Carr talks about how the founders of google want to create an artificial intelligence such as HAL, his response was filled with sarcasm and doubt leaving a sense of uncertainty. This resulted in discretization of the google founders plans while enforcing his own. Additionally as the work progressed there was a transition made by Carr who began the essay using emotion neutral words but as he immersed into the topic started using words such as “scared” (100) or “haunted” (101) creating a stronger emotional connection. The use results in a more descriptive and relatable aspect in his