Compare And Contrast Jack Jones's'somnambulist '
Revised Thesis: People’s ambitions are often geared to the success of others who are wealthy and powerful, which, in turn, prevents them from achieving true intrinsic happiness. While both works demonstrate how working for others, and allowing your goals be unfulfilled, leads to the success of others, and prevents one’s intrinsic happiness, they also offer different consequences of this pathway, along with potential solutions. In “Somnambulist”, Jones writes about how doing the same mundane job, over and over again, can lead to substance abuse, “You wonder why so many abuse drugs… Cause dreaming another man’s dream has got them numb” This illustrates one of the potential consequences of allowing your sole purpose in life to benefit the wealthy,
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However this statement implies that one has a choice to fulfill your own goals, rather than helping the powerful, and achieve that sought after intrinsic happiness; there is nothing to love in this system. This, in turn, makes the extrinsic happiness one gets from substances unneeded. People, as a whole can change the system if they agree they are not content. Kohn, on the other hand, suggests that parents, as well as teachers, need to bring awareness about the consequences students will face if they choose to go down this path, “Your job [as parents and educators] is to tell these kids what you know and help them understand the costs of this pursuit” He believes that parents and teachers have the obligation to help students understand that if they follow this expected college path, they will always be looking for tangible rewards and material goods. This can lead to extrinsic happiness, but one will never achieve true intrinsic happiness this way. It is not what the students want, but rather a path orchestrated by the rich in order to benefit themselves.
However this statement implies that one has a choice to fulfill your own goals, rather than helping the powerful, and achieve that sought after intrinsic happiness; there is nothing to love in this system. This, in turn, makes the extrinsic happiness one gets from substances unneeded. People, as a whole can change the system if they agree they are not content. Kohn, on the other hand, suggests that parents, as well as teachers, need to bring awareness about the consequences students will face if they choose to go down this path, “Your job [as parents and educators] is to tell these kids what you know and help them understand the costs of this pursuit” He believes that parents and teachers have the obligation to help students understand that if they follow this expected college path, they will always be looking for tangible rewards and material goods. This can lead to extrinsic happiness, but one will never achieve true intrinsic happiness this way. It is not what the students want, but rather a path orchestrated by the rich in order to benefit themselves.