Robert Connor's Essay

Robert Connor's essay "How in the World Do You Get a Skunk Out of a Bottle?" was about the narrator helping a distressed skunk that had its head stuck in a jar. This essay started out with a question to the audience because Connor wanted to make the readers ask themselves first or after reading the essay on what they would have done if they were in his position. On the other hand, having this type of question as a title could also be a way to inform the readers that Connor had no idea of what he was doing and was sort of asking the audience for help.

Most individuals would never encounter a situation of pulling a skunk out of a bottle, let alone any animal for that case. But the reason why Connor developed this process analysis essay was most likely because of the idea that people should do the right thing. By this, I mean that if a person has an opportunity to do good, whether for another person, for the world, etc., then he/she should take that opportunity seriously. Connor did the right thing in saving that poor animal's life by risking his own life in the process of retrieving the jar from its head. Now I am not saying one should risk his/her own life for a small good deed. I am rather saying that if given the opportunity to be good, people should do good for others, the world, and even themselves.

The point and purpose of Connor's essay was to explain how an unlikely and awkward situation could turn into something great. Towards the end of the essay, Connor stated, "I hear it splash as I run on up the hill into a sunny morning whose colors are joy, joy, joy" (3). After saving the skunk's life and throwing the jar into a swamp, Connor probably felt satisfied with the fact that he saved an animal's life. Going back to the big picture of this, anyone could do something great in their lives, whether it is helping a neighbor out or giving spare change away to those in need. The world is full of good and bad, where sometimes the bad is more frequent than the good nowadays. But every once in awhile, someone does good in the world and the balance between good/bad is now equal. Be the one to make a difference in doing good.