The article, Everybody’s a Critic. And That’s How It Should Be by A.O Scott states that everyone is a critic and as the title reads, he wants it to be that way. He mentions that as a society we like to defend our own thoughts and don’t really want people to mock them; “we are protective of our pleasures, and resent it when anyone tries to mock or mess with them” (3).  Scott explains that even though there are critics who try to change your mind or way of thinking, sometimes its better to go with your own thoughts.

He used the Oscars as an example. In the article he said that we should ignore the peer pressure of going to see a movie just because one critic wasn’t too please with what he saw. I agree with Scott that everyone is different but we all have one thing in common and that’s being a critic. But he goes further than just saying we should protect our ideas and to think “beyond the horizon of our own conventional wisdom” (4). I agree that we should use our minds more seriously. He made a connection of a critic to a solider. As a solider they are serious and they defend their “life” and “art of living”. He couldn’t have said it more clearly.  In my opinion I think what A.O Scott wants us to do is to be a serious critic.