Understanding

Understanding In a world of many different opinions, understanding one another is difficult, but possible. Maybe not always a full understanding, but at least a partial understanding. In order to reach this understanding people must first have a tolerance for one another. Second they must experience what the other person is going through. Last , they must have the willingness to see another persons point of view. In Alfred Lubrano's essay,"Bricklayer's Boy," an example of …showed first 75 words of 677 total…

…showed last 75 words of 677 total…you," he said quietly. "For a man to do something he likes and get paid for it—that's fantastic" (469). He realizes that his son is living his dream, and he envies him for that. Once Lubrano's father decided that he would tolerate his son's opinion, remembered past experiences, and had a willingness to try to understand his son's decision he was able to make a change to understanding his son and eventually agree with him.