SOAPSTONE ANALYSIS + PURPOSE
Opinions and what should and shouldn't be done are pondered over by many of the attention seekers out there. Whether you are 12 or 50, it happens. We look for that sense of assurance from others, even though in our minds we just believe that we do not care what people think. David Brooks does an excellent job explaining many situations that go along with the views of other people. He gave four scenarios and answered them all ways that most people would answer them. Brooks wanted the reader to relate to the scenarios and think to themselves something along the lines of, "This is so true!" This is an very important issue that won't exactly ever go away because people always need that person to look up to, but in a way that actually matters. For example, the answers that Brooks give in his column.