Day 18: Manifesto (Ryan Bhagwandeen)

In this piece George Saunders is talking about a group of people, PRKA (People Reluctant to Kill for an Abstraction), and their actions for the day. These people managed to not kill anyone or do anything catastrophic. They didn’t attract any attention to themselves. Saunders is ironically describing ordinary people as if they are some sort of forceful group. I believe the overall purpose of this piece is to remind people that while we hear a lot of negativity and constantly bombarded by news of hatred and violence, there is still good in the world. In fact, good people outnumber the bad people we hear of all the time. He’s reminding people the world isn’t as horrible as we may think.