The Road to Character (Speaker and Audience)

    The Road to Character by David Brooks is the fourth book he's written and a generally liked one at that. Brooks was born on  August 11,  1961 in  Ontario, Canada, married too Anne Snyder, and he has a son, Aaron Brooks. His mother studied nineteenth-century British history at Columbia University and his father taught English at New York University. Which shows Brooks and his family to be quite the scholars. When he was twelve he and his family moved to Philadelphia Main Line, graduating at Radnor Highshcool in 1979. In college he published satirical pieces to campus publications that'd eventually land him a job. After Graduating college the  he became was a police reporter, eventually working for the "Wall Street Journal", Brooks would later join the "New York Times" in 2003. Brooks continues to work there to this day publishing articles and audio. He published around eleven books in total. Brooks is a cultural and political commentator. The Last book he wrote was The Social Animal as with this current book and last book he focuses on more of an introspection of self. He even claims that he wrote The Road to Character to save his own soul, a journey, a palace of research to be done to better his ways and if it saves a few other people then what harm is it?.
      The book covers wide social issues which are processed by his own introspection and that inward reflection upon other figures. Although his ideas for making this book was sparked by America's culture he's seeking audience with people who hope to better themselves, not for the sake of society, but for happiness as well. He writes to save his own soul as he delves into the lives of many historical figures and their character. Taking out what he can gather and giving it to his audience. This audience being anyone like him, curious and wanting the betterment of them and their fellow man.  This book seeks to be read by people missing a crucial element in their lives. The topics cover everything from love, sin, repression and so on. The book itself shows these diverse topics as a mirroring to the diverse audience it will recieve.

~Mason Cross