assignment 4-i, pencil

"i, pencil" by Leonard E. Read, is a story about a manufactured pencil that explains its signifance and unrecognized genius through its own narration. Its bland comparisons to some of historys most practical inventions are simmered down by confident takedowns of what a simple pencil is really capable of. The pencil also goes through a moment where its self-centerness molds into dissapointment because of its unacknowledgement, feeling as though they recieved the short end of the stick when credit was being handed out for all of mankinds greatest accomplishments. the pencil tries to use its presence in history, such as signing the declaration of independance, as people needing pencils in life wayy more than realized. i thought it was a silly story with a lesson going nowhere. i didnt care much for it. kind of bored me more than entertained.