Critical Lens “Never trust you will be saved by anyone”(Amanda Boyden)

Suhaila Mohideen Ms.Sargent
English 5; Period 3 10/30/14 Amanda Boyden once uttered, “Never trust you will be saved by anyone”. Boyden’s terminology advocates that an individual should in no way expect to be defended by any person. As an individual they, have to be self-sufficient and have faith in themselves moderately than depending on others to ‘save’ them. A person has to look after themselves as no will be there to take care of them. Amanda Boyden terms are authentic. Everyone is an individual that has to care for themselves and people around you are not concerned about you. You cannot be a burden on others and expect them to be responsible for you. Evidence of Boyden’s words can be found in S. Peña Young’s short story’ “Cocoon” through the use of characterization, and Jerome Corsi’s article “Bill Cosby and Black Responsibility: The Problem of ‘Blaming the Victim’” through the use of point of view. Mutually the works of Young and Corsi use their works of literature to imply the message of being self-sufficiency and not a burden to others and do not anticipate others to be responsible for you.

In Sabrina Pena Young's short story "Cocoon" she uses characterization to emphasize the statement "Never trust you will be saved by anyone" as inhabitants in society are egotistic and self sufficient; they simply care about themselves. The short story "Cocoon" focuses on a homeless woman named Elma and an anonymous narrator. The setting is at late night where the homeless woman Elma comes to the narrator anticipating him or her to provide her food and seek help. The narrator is upset, impassioned and aggravated by the presence of Elma, the narrator is troubled over the proposal of giving her food that he or she worked hard to formulate and earn. Sabrina Pena Young characterizes the unidentified narrator as a human being who is self-centered, self sufficient, and corrupt. These descriptions of the narrator symbolize numerous citizens in civilization and how they are not enthusiastic about helping people. The narrator characterizes Elma as a helpless woman whom seeks assist from the narrator. However the narrator is selfish and feeds her week old food and rushes her out in the cold, not understanding her situation. Elma came to the narrator for aid and she is kicked out; this shows how inhabitants in society are egotistic and that we have to develop into independent individuals and not rely on others for help. To sum up, the writer uses Elma in the short story to correspond to how you must not have reliance that someone will help or save you.

In Jerome Corsi’s article, “Bill Cosby and Black Responsibility: ‘Blaming the Victim’”, he uses point of view to broaden the suggestion to “never trust you will be saved by anyone”. In humanity individuals are greedy, self-seeking, and narrow-minded. This article’s spotlight is in relation to black people who should start taking responsibility for themselves rather than depending on any person. Notably, using point of view of Bill Cosby, the author discusses how lower economic people blame others for their situation and depend on the government to do everything for them. Furthermore, they use their money on expensive sneakers for their children, but do not want to spend money on buying their kids English books to improve their language and knowledge. Alternatively, Bill Cosby discusses how black people think of themselves as a ‘victim’ and they expect others to come to them for aid, rather than getting a job for themselves and receiving a high-quality education. To further explain, this is comparable to what the quote referred to, presently similar to the quote affirmed that you should never trust that you will be saved by anyone is the identical point of view that Bill Cosby has and he clarifies the meaning of this quote throughout his article. Jesse Le Peterson, another associate in voicing the significance of responsibility, discusses about how he was born into a broke family and how he dependent on welfare to live his life, this made him have less yearning to employment and incapable to comprehend the struggles of others; this escort him to moreover become greedy and selfish to just exist off of others. As a final point, the writer uses point of view of different people to demonstrate how to consider not depending on others to save you or help you.

Amanda Boyden’s expressions advise that as an individual of this society you should have simply faith in yourself and do not expect that other people will help or save you. In order to prosper and survive you have to be independent and live your life the best to your ability without the assist of others. Amanda Boyden’s words are valid because in this busy world no one has time to care for you and you have to stand up on your own in order to survive or you’ll be lost. Her expressions are proven valid in the short story “Cocoon” as S. Pena Young shares a fictional story about a selfish narrator unwilling to help the homeless woman, Elma; as this shows that Elma should be more independent rather than relying on others. Moreover, her terms were proven to be true in Jerome Corsi’s article “Bill Cosby and Black Responsibility: ‘Blaming the Victim’” as the writer discusses how African Americans should be independent to achieve success in their lives rather than blaming others. Both works of literature shows how Amanda Boyden’s quote is accurate and that as a consequence people should start begin independent and rely less on others.