Pizza Dude Questions Essay

1. What does “the pizza delivery dude” represent to Adams? What in her description of him leads you to your response? Why does she feel it is important to be “cool” to him and his kind? I think Adams is trying to have “the pizza delivery dude” represent those who are less fortunate than us, because if you are kind to those who have it harder than you, that kindness will come back to you in any way that you may need it.

“What goes around comes around. ”

The description of the things she does for the pizza guy, described in paragraph 2, makes me feel like that is what she is talking about. 2. In your own words, what four virtues does Adams gain by being cool to the pizza dude? What do these suggest about Adam’s values? I think the four virtues Adams is describing in the essay are liberty, equality, community and compassion. These values suggest that Adams has a certain level of tolerance and the need to help others it seems like.

Adams seems to value helping those who are less fortunate. 3. How do you interpret the final paragraph of the essay?

How does this paragraph relate to Adam’s purpose? What larger point do you suppose Adams might be making here? The way I interpret the final paragraph of the essay, is that it seem to me that Adams is telling us that we need to appreciate those who are serving us and those who are less fortunate than us, because when we do, we will be happy about ourselves and when we are in hard times, these times of kindness to other people will be seen and they will be given back to you. 4. What is notable about the opening sentences in paragraphs 2 through 5?

What effect do they have on the essay? The notable opening sentences in paragraphs 2 through 5 are “Coolness to the pizza delivery guy…” This gives an effect on the essay that Adams seems to be very appreciative of the things that they do for others even though they have the 5th most dangerous job in the United States. 5. How does Adams develop paragraph 2? How does this development help clarify her point? Adams develops paragraph 2 in a way that she is emphasizing the ‘kindness’ she has for the pizza delivery guy.

I think that this development is to help clarify her point that you can’t always get what you want, and patience is a key to less anger. She is typically saying that even though she doesn’t particually like “slowing down for the pizza guy,” she is just happy and content knowing that he/she is safe to continue to carry out his journey to deliver the pizza. 6. Why do you suppose Adams presents her four principals in the order that she does?

I think Adams presents her four principals in the order that she does because you really have to know what she and the pizza guy are going through, both sides of the story.

It is like she is saying that the first step is to forgive the pizza guys for all the illegal actions they take or the more time the other drivers have to take in order to know that the pizza dude is safe; the second is to show empathy, trying to understand why this guy has a job and what is best for him; the third is honor, because you have to know that just because you deliver pizza or have been working in the pizza business for a company for well over 20 years, this does not mean you are going to become the next CEO of Dominos; fourth is the equality, everyone should be treated the same, even those who are less fortunate than us, like the ones in poverty for instance.

7. Where in the essay does Adams use comparison and contrast? What purpose does it serve? I think Adams uses comparison and constrast in paragraph 4, when she says “…as CEO, artificially inflated the value of the stock…the CEO builds a home the size of a luxury hotel. Rather, the dudes sleep the sleep of the just. ” I think the purpose of this is to show the big difference between the well-paying jobs and the highly privileged and those who are just fending for the week and just sleep on or what they have at the moment, still getting the same amount of good rest they need.

8. In paragraph 5 Adams lists four things that do not make her “the equal of the world. ” What does each of these things represent to her more generally? These things that she lists in paragraph 5 represent to her more generally as just things, but these things are what makes her stand out from everyone else who doesn’t have them.

It sets a label or stereotype on her just because of the things and amount of them that she owns. 9. What impression of herself does Adams create in this essay? What adjectives would you use to describe the writer as she reveals herself on the page? Cite specific language from the essay to support your analysis. I think that in this essay, Adams really puts herself out there as someone who is really outgoing and loves to help those who are in need.

When she says in paragraph 5, “I am the equal to all I meet because of the kindness in my heart,” it makes me see that she is not some stuck up, professor or rich person, saying that the pizza guys are nothing but less fortunate people, but she is saying and telling others that it is okay to be apart of a world that helps others that are in need and that when you do, you make their lives happier, which in turn will make your life happier.

She also creates the impression, to me at least, that she may have gone through something like this herself and she wants to share the experience. Someone helped her when she needed it most and now in turn she is helping other. It is like the “Pay it forward” method.