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Grid of Interests

“I had imposed a grid of interests on the street, which left no space for blond children and gravy adverts and paving stone and the colours of shop fronts and the expressions of businesspeople and pensioners”(Botton, 63). What is a grid of interest, and what does it mean to impose one on something? Based on de Botton’s above quote, to impose a grid of interest on something means that you only see what you want to see. Grid of interest is also the only thing you are focusing on as you are trying to reach your destination, and you block out everything that is around you except for the material or object that relates to the goal you are trying to reach. For example, if you are late for the bus, the only thing going through your head is to find the nearest bus stop, so you can catch the next LX bus to Scott Hall. You won’t see the trees or the buildings or the people around you. You may only see the bus stop up ahead, thus you imposed one on the route to the bus stop. A grid of interest can relate to anything outside of our neighborhood, especially when we go on vacations or travel to a nearby city. People all over the world use grid of interest, but let’s focus mainly on the American citizens like students trying to catch the next bus to their next class, celebrities dodging the millions of paparazzi after a concert or the business men/women in the busy cities going to work. They all use grid of interest to make life easier or more relaxing or less stressful.

A grid of interest is like our own little world. We don’t often notice what’s going on outside of our own little world, and often don’t have to time to stop and open that door and peek out to see what’s outside. We are often too busy rushing to work or to class or to catch a flight that what used to awe and amaze us just becomes an object that we use to get to a place faster like a jumbo jet or a bus. “A bus, which we might at first have viewed it aesthetically or mechanically or as a...