Assignment #4

Well in my opinion I think that Sedaris wrote this piece because he was fed up with the stupidity which he witnesses the majority of his travels. The time he is living in is a post 9/11 and post President Barack Obama being elected for the first time world. 9/11 caused countless changes to the air travel industry. The election of President Obama has sparked a new way of thinking in the United States. That race still means that you can do anything, however it has also brought up a lot of racism that was not that present. It does make a lot of people angry with the current way of  government. He sees a lot of the disrespect for others. In the instance of the young man wearing the t-shirt, he realizes that he could be the next President of the United States. He tries to convey the age-old saying: "Don't judge a book by its cover!" I do find it interesting that Sedaris uses a magazine article though. He could have submitted it to a psychology or sociological journal as a new opinion on human behavior in an airport.