On Compassion
Where and WHEN does the author's experience with the homeless take place?
New York City during the 1980s
What is satire?
Humor, irony and exaggeration to criticize and make fun of people or ideas.
The only thing messy in a neat persons house is the _______
trash can
"I’ve finally figured out the difference between neat people and sloppy people. The distinction is, as always, ______."
Moral
The minute something comes to a neat person hand, he will look at it, try to decide if it has immediate use and, finding if it finds none, what will they do?
Throw it in the TRASH
Where does the Mayor of NYC want to move the homeless?
Washing machines, dryers, furnaces, and lawn mowers are all examples of what type of objects?
Objects that break down
Which story does this quote from?
"They have truly defeated man by conditioning him never to expect anything of them"
A plot against people.
What is the general tone of "A Plot Against People"?
Humorous
_____ people can’t bear to part with anything. They give loving attention to every detail.
Sloppy or neat?
Sloppy
How does the author feel about people who give money to the homeless? Do they give money because they're truly genuine?
She feels that people give money to the homeless because they're motivated by fear and/or feeling guilty about themselves.
Keys and pliers are examples of what types of objects?
Get lost
What is being talked about?
"Twice I have wondered, what compels this woman to feed this man? Pity?"
The French bakery owner who feeds the homeless man
Baker says objects are “not entirely hostile to man” and a “negotiated peace is possible”.
What does he say people have learned after fighting with objects for so long?
People have accepted that their objects FAIL them and are now at peace with it.
______ never handle any items twice, and throw everything away immediately.
sloppy or neat?
Neat
What does the author mean when she says "raw humanity offends our sensibilities"?
We feel bad when we see sad or unfortunate things because it's a wake up call that reality is right in front of us.
Name the 3 types of categories that inanimate objects fall in.
Those that break down
those that get lost
those that don't work.
"And yet, it may be that these are the conditions that finally five birth to empathy, the mother of compassion."
What "conditions" is the author referring to in order for someone to learn how to be compassionate?
By dealing with problems, seeing poverty..OVERALL ADVERSITY
Name a way the author uses personification in describing objects
defiant
cunning
aspire to be like
What word that starts with the letter "I" does the author call neat people when she says they throw away birthday cards and anything meaningful?
insensitive!
Which two people give the homeless men money?
The mother and the bakery owner.
Which object does the author say is the most curious of all and science is completely shocked by?
A) Those that get lost
B) Those that break down
c)Those that don't work
Those that don't work
_____ people are lazier and meaner than _____ people.
Neat people are lazier and meaner than sloppy people.
Since furnaces can't get lost they instead ______ during ______ season.
break down
winter
According to the author, why can't someone borrow a neat person’s newspaper to see what’s playing at the movies?
Because they'll have it in the trash by 7 am.