Today, I read a letter called, "A message to Garcia". Our teacher told us that it was written over 100 years ago, so I thought it was going to be lame and boring. I was wrong, it turned out to be really interesting to me. Even though it was written 100 years ago, I can still relate the general idea to today's modern society.
Before I go into detail, here are some words that I didn't know the meaning off:
Perihelion: The point in orbit of a planet nearest to the sun.
Slipshod: Careless, untidy.
Slumming: Poor part of a city.
Conveniently, Slipshod and Slumming are words that closely relate to the idea of "A message to Garcia". Here is why:
As how I perceived it; the general idea of "A message to Garcia" is that a lot of people in our modern society are lazy about their jobs and normally perform bellow the expected because of mediocrity, or Slipshod. The author of the letter, was looking for someone to send a message to Garcia, but the task was so important, he couldn't just have a regular person send the letter, because that person probably would not take the job tat seriously. They would need something like "extra pay" in order to motivate them to do their best at the task. But, in my view, I believe that motivation should not always come from other things, but often times it should come from yourself. This is because not always in life you are going to get rewarded by others for the positive things you do, but this should not stop you from doing those good things.
That is why you should motivate yourself, give it your best effort...
Definitions found in dictionary.com
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