Simplicity is a very broad topic. When most people think of simplicity, they think of living life with only needs. This is true, but simplicity is much more complicated then that. Simplicity can even be defined by just holding the door for someone.
When I first read the simplicity packet, one of the writings (William Zinnser's "Simplicity") really interested me. It talked about how people speak way to complex and use bigger words to make to make themselves sound more sophisticated. I thought that was a very interesting view on simplicity. It also made me think about how the president would feel about this topic of simplicity. Americans usually are going to vote for a confident, sophisticated, well spoken man for president. Zinnser made another great point. He stated, "People say things that even they barely understand themselves." Is that the case with presidents? No one will really ever know.
What was so great about Zinner's piece of writing was how it made me really dive deep and think about simplicity. It showed that simplicity has no exact definition, and it never should. What one person thinks simplicity is, is probably what no one else thinks. That is the beauty of simplicity.
Cleo, this is such an interesting piece! I love the way you connected simplicity with the role of the presidency. It is hard to imagine how complicated a persident's life must be. This is a thoughtful entry.
ReplyDelete3.5/5 points. There are mechanical errors in your writing that I think you are capable of correcting. For example, in the sentence, "It talked about how people speak way to complex and use bigger words to make to make themselves sound more sophisticated." If you reread this, I think you will see that "to" should be written as "too" and "to make" is repeated twice. Please read your entries aloud before you post. I think this will help.