Rachna Shah
Written by Susan Cain, Quiet is a book about introversion, and its various effects on an individual's life. The title of the book is Quiet - introverted people are associated with being quiet, but Cain proves that not all introverts are reticent, and that not all quiet people are introverts. Defying misconceptions is a common trend in her book. After all, Cain, founder of the Quiet Revolution, is an author, a lecturer, and is also an introvert. While reading this book, consider it in the framework of your high school - think to the past, to the present, to the future. In an English class, it is almost expected for there to be a variety of students - those who dominate socratic seminars, those who grudgingly participate for participation …show more content…
However, in the past, people believed in the Culture of Character - public, first impressions were not as important as how one acted on a day-to-day basis in their private life. A hundred years later, despite studies showing otherwise, people are more likely to associate extroversion with intelligence. This is because extroverts tend to be better leaders (drawn from the assumption that talking more means that you are a better leader). However, extroverts aren’t as good listeners as introverts are, which can be deleterious for groupwork. Introverts possess unique concentration abilities, as compared to extroverts, thus Carr argues that introversion is advantageous to mankind. Then, Cain discusses how introversion can be inherited - about 40 percent of introverts inherit the traits from their parents. Personality, which comes after birth, and is shaped by experience, is the "building" of the foundation that is your innate behavioral patterns. Experience can relate to how a child is nurtured. The use of parental punishment - disapproving a child's actions, for example - is rooted in the use of anxiety. (use this?) According to Dobbs, who invented the Orchid Hypothesis, children are able to thrive well in any environment, but high-reactive types of kids can fail very easily, but also
Written by Susan Cain, Quiet is a book about introversion, and its various effects on an individual's life. The title of the book is Quiet - introverted people are associated with being quiet, but Cain proves that not all introverts are reticent, and that not all quiet people are introverts. Defying misconceptions is a common trend in her book. After all, Cain, founder of the Quiet Revolution, is an author, a lecturer, and is also an introvert. While reading this book, consider it in the framework of your high school - think to the past, to the present, to the future. In an English class, it is almost expected for there to be a variety of students - those who dominate socratic seminars, those who grudgingly participate for participation …show more content…
However, in the past, people believed in the Culture of Character - public, first impressions were not as important as how one acted on a day-to-day basis in their private life. A hundred years later, despite studies showing otherwise, people are more likely to associate extroversion with intelligence. This is because extroverts tend to be better leaders (drawn from the assumption that talking more means that you are a better leader). However, extroverts aren’t as good listeners as introverts are, which can be deleterious for groupwork. Introverts possess unique concentration abilities, as compared to extroverts, thus Carr argues that introversion is advantageous to mankind. Then, Cain discusses how introversion can be inherited - about 40 percent of introverts inherit the traits from their parents. Personality, which comes after birth, and is shaped by experience, is the "building" of the foundation that is your innate behavioral patterns. Experience can relate to how a child is nurtured. The use of parental punishment - disapproving a child's actions, for example - is rooted in the use of anxiety. (use this?) According to Dobbs, who invented the Orchid Hypothesis, children are able to thrive well in any environment, but high-reactive types of kids can fail very easily, but also