“What is intelligence anyway” is an argumentative essay. In this essay
writer Isaac Asimov makes an argument that intelligence is not absolute
but is a function of the society.
Intelligence is the subjective matter. A person intelligent in one field may be a loggerhead in another field. It may be possible that a person is intelligent in two or more field but he/she will still be lagging behind the another field. Hence, we can’t term the persons as intelligent in general. For example a good teacher might be a bad student and vice versa. A good administrator may be a bad father. Hence a person is intelligent in administration but bad with family.
Asimov also focus on the fact that intelligent is the outcome to experience and knowledge. Asimov is intelligent in study and literature but he is not intelligent to maintain his car. His automobile repairman is far intelligent in this field than him. But on the other hand Asimov is far more intelligent in study and literature than his automobile repair man.
Hence, I understood that the intelligent is the subjective matter. Any person cannot be intelligent in general. It depends on the particular field of concerned.
Literal Comprehension;
This essay is given by Isaac Asimov. In this essay Asimov describes about the intelligence which comes form the different fields.
The writer always took pride over his extraordinary aptitude. His scores in aptitude test even surpassed that of seniors. Which held time to believe he was intelligent, until he came across a mechanic. This ignorant, uneducated mechanic confused the writer, made him skeptical on the whole intelligence testing system which had graced him with high scores . Mechanic explains about a dumb person gesturing with fingers and ask for some nails with shopkeeper. If that be one situation, then mechanic asks how a blind man would ask for a scissors. Writer immediately gestures with the two fingers coming close and going apart. To this mechanic laugh, redicule and say he was too dumb to answer and said used his voice to ask them. Which leaves the writer in illusion and embarrassed too.
Intelligence is the subjective matter. A person intelligent in one field may be a loggerhead in another field. It may be possible that a person is intelligent in two or more field but he/she will still be lagging behind the another field. Hence, we can’t term the persons as intelligent in general. For example a good teacher might be a bad student and vice versa. A good administrator may be a bad father. Hence a person is intelligent in administration but bad with family.
Asimov also focus on the fact that intelligent is the outcome to experience and knowledge. Asimov is intelligent in study and literature but he is not intelligent to maintain his car. His automobile repairman is far intelligent in this field than him. But on the other hand Asimov is far more intelligent in study and literature than his automobile repair man.
Hence, I understood that the intelligent is the subjective matter. Any person cannot be intelligent in general. It depends on the particular field of concerned.
Literal Comprehension;
This essay is given by Isaac Asimov. In this essay Asimov describes about the intelligence which comes form the different fields.
The writer always took pride over his extraordinary aptitude. His scores in aptitude test even surpassed that of seniors. Which held time to believe he was intelligent, until he came across a mechanic. This ignorant, uneducated mechanic confused the writer, made him skeptical on the whole intelligence testing system which had graced him with high scores . Mechanic explains about a dumb person gesturing with fingers and ask for some nails with shopkeeper. If that be one situation, then mechanic asks how a blind man would ask for a scissors. Writer immediately gestures with the two fingers coming close and going apart. To this mechanic laugh, redicule and say he was too dumb to answer and said used his voice to ask them. Which leaves the writer in illusion and embarrassed too.
what tone he use?
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