Rhetorical Analysis Of Pico Iyer's 'The Joy Of Writing'

In New York Times article, “The Joy of Writing” by Pico Iyer, Pico does a relatively interesting piece on some of the known problems with today’s technology driven world. Still, there were some underlying problems with the line of reasoning he was pulling in. For example, Pico Iyer failed to recognize each audience member as an individual and instead spoke as if we were a class of individuals. In the article Pico Iyer cites Nicholas Carr’s book “The Shallows” when pronouncing that “THE average American spends at least eight and a half hours a day in front of a screen”(qtd. In Iyer). This quotation falls into the stereotype that statistics and do not always endorse the fundamental point made by the author and instead just like in Iyer’s case they are very often be sneaky
For instance, when Iyer says “When things come at you really fast,” he conveniently uses the words, “things” to get his message across to all readers who may have gone through different hardships but can connect to this example of a problem. Specifically Iyer is able to use the words “things” in such a way that I as a reader can understand this to be a reflection on my life. Being capable of writing the word thing properly in a sentence in a way that it conveys a sense of professionalism and artistic ability shows Iyer’s brilliance as a writer. My favorite word in this sentence is definitely “naturally” because of the obvious paradox that Iyer is trying to reach. I like the fact that he chose a sentence with this specific word because Iyer was trying to make the statement that by employing the internet and matters like Social Media we are being eaten by the vast bulk of information that isn’t honest to us. In other words, to be truthful to one’s ego is the art of enlightenment or what many call our conscious