Distillation

    The Narrator of this excerpt uses decisive language and vividly describes the detriments of the scientific process, to express his negative attitude towards intellectuals. Through his diction, and comparison of the scientific process to the destruction of nature, the Narrator airs his opinions on the pursuit of knowledge. The Narrator's excerpt depicts intellectuals as individuals with "nothing to think of with your poor empty head, and nothing to do with with your poor idle hands..." This insight into the Narrator's mind provokes the question of whether or not the Narrator's views on intellectuals come from unfamiliarity or just plain ignorance.