Preview

Casual Argument: David Brooks Motivated To Save The World

Good Essays
Open Document
Open Document
735 Words
Grammar
Grammar
Plagiarism
Plagiarism
Writing
Writing
Score
Score
Casual Argument: David Brooks Motivated To Save The World
Casual Argument- Due Sept. 25, 2015
Motivated to Save the World

There is a popular writer by the name of David Brooks. According to the text book (“Good Reasons pg. 362”). David is from New York and has written articles for Wall Street, New York Times, PBS as well as other books and magazines. David wrote a piece entitled “Sam Spade at Starbucks”. In this article David talks about, what he refers to as social entrepreneurship. Mr. Brooks explains that although it is a good thing to want to do well, help others and change the world, it cannot happen if there is a disregard for politics, because without governing laws and directives, the people or the cause they are fighting to change will perish.
David gives us food for thought about engaging in and creating services that are geared towards changing or perhaps saving the less fortunate people that are living in social injustice. Mr. Brooks applauds the people that are excited to make a difference, but lets us know that their efforts are in vain if they think change is possible without the process of politics. David informs us …show more content…
Sam Spade was a realist. Sam made no discrepancy in comparison to the criminals and himself everyone has a good and bad side. We all have to in some ways thicken our skin in order to maintain a standard of morals. In the old movie that David refers to, known as Maltese Falcon. The Maltese Falcon (1941) is one of the most popular and best classic detective mysteries ever made. (http://www.films)
He uses this contrast between the detective and the socialist to help us understand that no matter how much compassion we have it may turn into shambles if we do not embrace the laws, because the regulations helps us to not only keep order but they help us not to become
Continue Reading
View Writing Issues

You May Also Find These Documents Helpful

  • Satisfactory Essays

    Text Questions 1-4: 'Changing the Face of Poverty' by Diana George
    • 367 Words
    • 2 Pages

    Text Questions 1-4: 'Changing the Face of Poverty' by Diana George

    The Quote “Constructively changing the ways the poor are presented in every aspect of life is one progressive intervention that can challenge everyone to look at the face of poverty and not turn away.”…

    • 367 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Maltese Falcon Movie Book Comparison
    • 693 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Maltese Falcon Movie Book Comparison

    Samuel Spade of The Maltese Falcon novel by Dashiell Hammett is quite different from Samuel Spade of “The Maltese Falcon” motion picture. The book was written a good decade before that version of the movie was produced and in a much more casual time period. The novel focuses on making Sam out to be a more complex character than the movie does. He is not just “the good guy” as he is portrayed more so in the movie. The time period may have had a lot to do with the differences between the 1941 movie and the book, published in 1929. The first thing to consider is that the late 1920’s were a much more relaxed, party era, while the early 1940’s were an era of strict decorum. While Hammett’s Spade is depicted as demeaning and a womanizer, the film makes him out to be a traditional clichéd hero, which is subsequently detrimental to the film and disregards Hammett’s original vision of Sam Spade.…

    • 693 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Analysis of Maltese Falcon
    • 1221 Words
    • 5 Pages

    Analysis of Maltese Falcon

    Sam Spade isn’t exactly the typical (stereotypical?) main character or rather a detective character (I think for any main character.) By his looks/appearance, “He [Spade] looked rather pleasantly like a blond satan” (p. 3). Suggesting he is not angelic looking like lets say Humphrey Bogard (an indication that the movie isn’t true to the novel). The film ruined the ironic un-charming hero concept the novel have and so do I as one of my first example of the “things-are-not-what-they-seemed-theory-for-Hammett’s message.” Spade is callous, avaricious, and shares a similarity with Mike from ‘The House of Games.’ Why I think Mike and Spade are similar? For one thing Brigid O’Shaughnessy gave Spade a talk/speech about him using her pretty much the same thing Ford asked Mike in the airport. Brigid’s comment (p. 211-212) “You’ve been playing with me? Only pretending you cared-to trap me like this? You didn’t-care at all? You didn’t-don’t-I-love-me?” Ford’s “You used me...” speech is strikingly similar to Brigid’s including the reaction from Mike/Spade. The two men both refused to show sympathy and they did both had sex with their respective victims ...er women except Mike ends up dead and Brigid ends up in jail. Ford and Mike and Spade and Brigid share many similarities from the two women being used and the men conning…

    • 1221 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Wes Moore Character Analysis
    • 779 Words
    • 4 Pages

    Wes Moore Character Analysis

    When you are born, you are thrown into conditions that you don’t have control of, poverty, family issues, war and conflict, these are just some of the things that you have no control over. However, you do have control over one thing, How you respond to these situations. But as you can tell, these situations all bring their own, unique challenges, and there can always be more than one. But one of the hardest situations for most to respond to would be poverty. Poverty brings not only one challenge, but it is very dynamic, and gives birth to a wide array of crippling problems for people Like Wes Moore.…

    • 779 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Matt Taibbi's The Divide
    • 1016 Words
    • 5 Pages

    Matt Taibbi's The Divide

    With this awareness, I can avoid making assumptions about the struggles someone has faced. As an RA it is important to be aware of how my words may be interpreted and may affect my community. This book has shown me more of the worlds that some of my residents may be coming from. In a way, it has better prepared me to be able to discuss these problems, should a resident approach me. After reading this novel, I can better picture what people mean when they criticize how stringent the welfare system is, while big banks commit fraud seemingly quite often. Additionally, I can spread this awareness to my residents to help them to understand the forces working against lower-class people and for high-class people. A part of my job is to foster an inclusive community and exposing my residents to the various aspects of wealth is a part of that. Through programs I implement or just my everyday interactions with them, I can guide residents to expand their knowledge through exploration of this book. In doing so, I also help the to discover new information for themselves by providing them the tools to learn.…

    • 1016 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Satisfactory Essays

    SAM SPADE - Character Analysis
    • 429 Words
    • 2 Pages

    SAM SPADE - Character Analysis

    Sam Spade, the detective-protagonist is aware that his best efforts are ultimately futile, to the extent that the corrupt urban environment will inevitably undercut and outlast his heroic attempts to see justice done, this sense of Spade wanting to achieve greater justice implies to the reader that Spade is essentially good and is resistant to the hostile world which he had devoted his life to combating. Raymond Chandler labels Hammetts character of Spade as a ?cynical, tough individual who maintains his code of honour in a world tarnished by deception and betrayal at all levels of society? In ?The Maltese Falcon? Spade is described as the "blond Satan." Whilst his objective and inner good is clear to the readers, other characters struggle to see Spade in his true light, and describe him as a ?wild and unpredictable man, and his motives are never quite clear? This could be attributed to the fact that he is continually distancing himself from people and avoiding relationships, except in his relationship with…

    • 429 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    David Bornstein How To Change The World Summary
    • 537 Words
    • 3 Pages

    David Bornstein How To Change The World Summary

    Bornstein’s main argument in this chapter is that motivation is intrinsic for success in social entrepreneurship. A person must be willing to constantly improve their ideas and must be humble enough to step back and let others take credit when needed. The strengths of Bornstein’s ideas are that since he has done so much research in writing his book, there are many examples of each of his points, showing that these points are applicable to the real world. However one major weakness of this chapter is that Bornstein does not provide the young reader with the ways to begin to exhibit his six qualities. Furthermore, Bornstein does not take into account how difficult abiding by his six points might be for some, if it does not come easily to not take credit or to self-correct a mistake. Overall, however, Bornstein is effective in explaining why successful social entrepreneurs are successful and in giving future social entrepreneurs the means by which they can achieve their goals and make their ideas a…

    • 537 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Satisfactory Essays

    MID TERM STUDY GUIDE
    • 4723 Words
    • 13 Pages

    MID TERM STUDY GUIDE

    BUSN 115 Week 1 Discussions 1 In What Manner is Wal-Mart Influencing America? Posted by All Students 54 PagesDo Wal-Mart's business practices raise or lower our standard of living? How? Why do you think this is so? Is Wal-Mart's business strategy fair and equitable to all parties? Why or why not?BUSN 115 Week 1 Discussions 1 Can Social Entrepreneurship Succeed? Posted by All Students 47 PagesWhat are the risks for a social entrepreneur? Why? What are the benefits for a social entrepreneur? Why? What are the similarities and differences between business entrepreneurs and social entrepreneurs? Why is this important to consider and discuss? Can social entrepreneurship be successful in our capitalistic society; if so, how? Why? If not, why not? What should be changed in our capitalistic society to assist social entrepreneurs in becoming successful? Why? Would strict capitalists recommend such changes in order to accommodate social entrepreneurs? How?…

    • 4723 Words
    • 13 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
    Read More
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Jane Adams
    • 274 Words
    • 2 Pages

    Jane Adams

    Jane Addams played a significant role is shaping the Human Service profession. Jane Addams work in developing the settlement house movement has had lasting effects in our field even today. She was successful in changing the overall attitude toward welfare. Before the late 1800’s, there was still an attitude of the “worthy” poor vs. the “unworthy” poor. This negative attitude would cast continuous judgment on all people receiving assistance. Upper-class community members would accuse people who were in need of being lazy and not willing to work. Addams believed prior systems were heartless and not concerned about the individual. In our textbook, the author describes the settlement house movement as “different from the traditional charity organizations, in that it had as its goal the mission of no longer distinguishing between the worthy and unworthy poor” (Martin, 2011, p. 26). The change in attitude is still developing today as we encourage people to a global thinking from an “us vs. them” mentality.…

    • 274 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
    Read More
  • Powerful Essays

    Martin Luther King Jr.: How People Can Change The World
    • 1354 Words
    • 6 Pages

    Martin Luther King Jr.: How People Can Change The World

    People inspire change in many different ways. Some prefer to do so by volunteering, others prefer to do it by providing some sort of resource or item. Regardless of the method, a strongly motivated individual can truly make a difference whether it’s helping a small group of people, a large population, or a worldwide cause.…

    • 1354 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Powerful Essays
    Read More
  • Better Essays

    Serpico
    • 1344 Words
    • 6 Pages

    Serpico

    The topic this book expounds on is about Brooklyn born, Italian cop with long hair, scruffy beard and a taste for opera and ballet music, name Frank Serpico. He was a man that couldn’t be hushed nor brought with felonious money, so he decided to change this nefarious system called the police force, that enable the law enforcement to flourish off of bribery, graft, and comprise. After Serpico made this decision to try and change the fraud happening in law enforcement, he had gained a lot of enemies rather than allies due to the reputation he garnered. For example during a drug raid his fellow partner was reluctant to come to his aid, so he was shot in the face. From then on, Serpico was life was put into danger by his fellow colleagues. Police Officers were baffled and confused on why Serpico broke an unwritten code that meant that cops can’t turn in other cops. Apparently Serpico didn’t care about that code because his main concentration was advancing to detective rank and being a good example of cop, so his peers can learn from it. Police Corruption is the abuse of police authority for the gain. The connection it has to the criminal law is corruption undermines the rule of law, good governance, tarnishes the public image of the law enforcement, protects…

    • 1344 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Better Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Spirit Fest Analysis
    • 357 Words
    • 2 Pages

    Spirit Fest Analysis

    People of different races and religions gave, some gave a little and some gave a lot, but the point is they gave. They recognized the problem and helped as much as they could. This was incredibly helpful for me to see especially after seeing the results of the election. I was crushed knowing that Donald Trump would be our future president; I was convinced that “hate won.” But, in fact, hate did not win, people didn’t let it win and they will not let it in the future. Hate can feel all encompassing but there are Linchpins who recognize the problems, in the U.S and around the world, and are willing to fight back with all their might. Dr. Moore just recently began to talk about Homelessness and the sigma there is of people not willing to help. I learned a lot about people that day. I saw everything Dr.Moore has talked about manifested, brought into reality, at this event; I saw hope in its purest form. In the future, I want to reach the status of being a global citizen; I want to be a social justice warrior; I want to be the hope among all the…

    • 357 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Better Essays

    Character Analysis of Sam Spade
    • 1098 Words
    • 5 Pages

    Character Analysis of Sam Spade

    While Sam Spade is indeed the protagonist of the novel, he is by no means a hero in the traditional sense of the world. One of Sam Spade’s most notorious lines that place him into the anti-hero category is when he says, “I hope they don 't hang you, precious, by that sweet neck. Yes, angel, I 'm gonna send you over. The chances are you 'll get off with life. That means if you 're a good girl, you 'll be out in 20 years. I 'll be waiting for you. If they hang you, I 'll always remember you.” (Hammett 211). This one action by Sam Spade truly sets him apart as the anti-hero because it was so revolutionary for the time. Many readers were used to the idea of the hero saving the day for everyone, or even sacrificing himself to save his lovely lady. This would fit nicely into the mold of Philip Marlowe from The Big Sleep. Sam does explain his logic, however, when he says, “I won’t play the sap for you.” (215) This one line is very significant because it justifies Spade’s action of turning Brigid in to the police, but still allows Sam to remain an anti-hero because we have no way of knowing if Brigid would have double-crossed him in time. Not only does Sam choose to save himself at the possible cost of Brigid’s life at the end, but he has his way with her and other ladies throughout the novel, which further allows him to be categorized as a romantic hero.…

    • 1098 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Better Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Mlk " I Have a Dream"
    • 416 Words
    • 2 Pages

    Mlk " I Have a Dream"

    According to Arthur C. Brooks, “social entrepreneurship addresses social problems or needs that are unmet by private markets or government.” Non-violence is Martin Luther King’s innovative solutions to the critical problem of inequality among races in America. This problem was not only unmet but also suppressed by the current government.…

    • 416 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Better Essays

    Feeding the Hungry in America
    • 1194 Words
    • 5 Pages

    Feeding the Hungry in America

    “I can’t help things get better, I’m only one person what difference would I make, really?” I’ve been guilty of thinking this way myself at one time and point in my life. I’ve learned though that by getting involved, making inquiries, taking action myself that I can contribute to helping resolve a growing problem in our communities, throughout our entire Country, feeding the hungry families in America. To look at this problem in its entirety, it may appear to be an insurmountable one that we couldn’t possibly do anything about ourselves. We are making a difference though, one family at a time through emergency food pantries and kitchens that are scattered throughout our great Country.…

    • 1194 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Better Essays
    Read More