Rationality In The Brief Wondrous Life Of Oscar Wao

The Importance of Rationality

At often times one may believe that making decisions should be predominantly based upon what one may feel or desire, though in reality such process frequently results in negative consequences, thus why in the process of making decisions, love should not overtake rationality. When love is prioritized in decision making, it tends to cause thoughts that typically won’t better the situation for those who are involved, while rationality would instead provide the proper reasoning to create a suitable outcome.

In the process of making decisions, love should not overtake rationality. In the book, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, by Junot Diaz, Oscar finds himself falling in love for a girl who has been abused by

In the newspaper article “Hinckley Pursued Actress for Months, Letter Shows,” It demonstrates a statement by John Hinckley in 1981, expressing to Jodie Foster why he attempted to assassinate the current president Ronald Reagan. “I will admit to you that the reason I am going on with this attempt now is because I just can’t wait any longer to impress you. I’ve got to do something now to make you understand… I am doing all of this for your sake.” (TheWashingtonPost) This statement illustrates how John Hinckley was willing to go to the extent of murdering the president of the United States to express his love for a woman he hadn’t even encountered yet. Through any logical reasoning, committing first degree murder should not be seen as a proper method of astonishing another individual, though Hinckley being vastly influenced by love led him to believe it was a suitable decision. Hinckleys’ decision put the lives of many (including his own) in-danger, though if he were to be thinking with rationality instead of lust, I’m sure Hinckley could’ve sought out beneficial solutions. Another instance that proved that love should not overtake rationality was during Andrew Jackson’s presidency. When Andrew Jackson was appointed president in 1829, he untraditionally created a cabinet full of unofficial advisors in which he deemed friends, though it resulted in a negative outcome due to its informal nature. According to the article, “The Kitchen Cabinet,” it states, “Their meetings were informal, they smoked their pipes together and formed his ‘Kitchen Cabinet.’ He rarely called an official cabinet meeting and when he did it was usually to tell the members what he had decided to do.” This expresses how President Andrew Jackson abandoned the traditional rules which had immensely helped the prior presidents from before. Jackson chose to have a cabinet full of members in which he loved, rather than having more