THE POWER OF INTROVERTS BY SUSANA CAIN (IRENE VEZZOLI)
Susana Cain, an important writer, starts explaining that
the first time she went on a summer camp, when she was nine, her mother packed
her a suitcase full of books. To her, it seemed like a natural thing to do
because in her family, the principal group activity was reading all together.
The very first time she took one of her books out of
her suitcase, the coolest girl in the room asked her why was she so antisocial.
In that moment she felt very sad and confused because she didn’t think that
liking books was synonymous with being antisocial. Days passed by and the
teachers continued saying to her that she should work really hard to become an
extrovert girl, so she ended up thinking that she had a problem with her
personality.
Susana explains this personal story to reflect one of
the most important society’ s problem. Nowadays, people tend to think that
extrovert people are better than introverts, just because they have more facility
to speak in public or because they are more charismatic, but that’s not true.
The only difference between them is that introverts feel more comfortable in lonely
places, and they prefer to work alone, and there’s nothing wrong with that.
To conclude, I would say that the main purpose of her
speech is encouraging people to respect other people personalities, don’t try
to change them and accept them as they are.
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