Working until the End?

          In the reading, “Against Work”, the author goes in depth in his life on throughout his life, he has always been thinking about work even at a very young age. From wanting to become a football player at a young age, to changing his mind to be a writer in high school, there is always work to be done no matter what job you’re in.  He brings up that in America, people seem to work longer at an efficient level than other countries around the world. In the reading, the author talks about a lot of experiences and different kinds of people he’s met throughout his life. These different kinds of people have difference situations themselves in terms of their economic class and opinions on when to retire. The main theme in the reading seems to be about hating to work. The author doesn’t seem to understand how people can possibly love their job. The author seems to know people who have seemingly boring and mindless jobs who say that they can’t wait for Monday to get past to work. The author can understand people who are professional athletes, artists, or researchers, but anything else should be deemed a living hell to go back to work. The author, as a writer, reflects on other pieces of work such as a Voltaire quote. The quote said, “Work keeps us from three great evils, boredom, vice, and need.” I feel like these quote goes against everything that he says about working to make a living. The part of the reading that strikes me the most is the final personal narrative part he adds to the reading. He mentions that he is talking to another worker on his opinion on retiring at the age of sixty five. Deep down, the author knows he wants to retire at sixty two but he keeps his mouth shut knowing that the other guy is that guy who loves working. Overall, I think the author brings a strong point in his reading and with the use of personal narratives, he is able to indirectly relate to the reader and make a strong connection to make the reader understand where he is coming from.