David Wallace Foster commencement speech/essay "This is water" illustrates a parable of the fish and other concepts including the traffic jam to the audience for the purpose of arguing his opinions to a broader audience of which can relate to these experiences. He keeps his thesis open-ended to allow his wider intended audience to either agree or disagree with his opinions and this links with how he uses repetition of the word 'Default-setting' to portray the unconscious act that we experience. We can say that we are all wired differently in terms of what we believe and what we think is natural. In other words, we can say that he conveys to his audience that human beings are least conscious of the most common thing. David Foster also elaborates on the idea that in a typical "day in and day out" day would be what people tend to go through, including their struggles that we all face in "boredom, routine and petty frustration." He uses this terminology to connect to a lot of his audience as he creates these realistic situations like the supermarket where people "worked really hard all day and is starved and tired and can't even get home and eat." His tone alters in situations like these to elaborate its importance.
Alice Munro, the author of a variety of short stories such as Boys and Girls, Passion, Royal Beatings and Moons of Jupiter, conveys a parallel thesis in terms of what she wishes to convey to her audience. In terms of Alice Munro and David Wallace Foster, we can state that they both write based upon human experiences that are realistic. Even though Munro writes her experience through the portrayal of fictional characters, she does base her stories on real experiences.
Literature can give different scenarios that people can relate to in more ways than one, all of which can be based on their social issues. Even though Munro portrays experiences through fictional characters, we still capture the audience's lives indirectly. Yet, on the other hand, Foster completes this directly yet within a different context. Overall, it just demonstrates to the public and makes them aware of their privileges.
Literature can give different scenarios that people can relate to in more ways than one, all of which can be based on their social issues. Even though Munro portrays experiences through fictional characters, we still capture the audience's lives indirectly. Yet, on the other hand, Foster completes this directly yet within a different context. Overall, it just demonstrates to the public and makes them aware of their privileges.
