I really loved this essay. It was extremely humorous and also very informative. The way Rauch concocted this essay into question-answer form was very entertaining, and I had a happy smirk on my face the whole time I was reading. I would probably have to categorize myself as an extrovert, so getting a greater perspective on introverts was very enlightening. Though the piece was filled with exaggeration and tons of humor, Rauch's main points were legitimate. I can totally see introverts getting annoyed and aggravated when I just keep talking and talking with little to none of what I'm saying being all that important. It is true what he said: I as an extrovert do think by talking. I didn't realize it though until he pointed it out.
I felt a large metaphor in this piece to homosexuality, though I may be completely off by thinking that. And I don't feel he was satirizing it in a negative way at all, but just making humorous the idea of trying to understand another person who's orientation is completely different from yours, whether it be sexually or socially.
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