In the name of love

In the year 2014, Miya Tokumitsu penned the piece titled In The Name Of Love. The purpose of the essay is to illustrate how different people perceive labor in different ways. The idea that work should be an activity that a person enjoys doing and that ultimately produces some cash is the one that has been discussed in this article the most. Do what you love has been employed by the elite, particularly employers, for both the right and wrong reasons, the author has attempted to demonstrate. For instance, the author talks about how Steve Jobs uses this phrase to put himself in the limelight for presumably doing what he loved and in the long run forgetting to acknowledge the significant input of his employees (Tokumitsu, 1). This paper seeks to critique the above-mentioned article by highlighting its effectiveness, key ideologies presented in it and the author’s use of language in presenting his arguments to the readers.

The author has effectively used examples and actual evidence to support his ideas and to showcase how different people view labor. The orders in which his point is presented have also played a significant role in his efforts to interest the readers and gain their attention. The author has also done a good job in choosing the people to feature as examples in the article. For instance, choosing a person like Steve Jobs, who’s is a public figure all over the world, would help the readers to understand the fact that their employers will go to any depth to use any kind of persuasive words to lure them into working for them. The effectiveness of this article would not have been achieved without the writer’s use of logic in presenting and explaining his ideologies to the readers (Tokumitsu, 2).

The whole article and precisely the ideas of the author are quite persuasive. This persuasion is derived from the author’s linguistic prowess and how his ideas and article’s diction are articulated. In addition to the author’s linguistic prowess, his choice of examples also gives the article quite a persuasive touch (Tokumitsu, 2). The persuasion of the ideas in the article has also been attained through the use of facts that the ordinary readers can easily relate with. This helps them to gain a deeper understanding of the arguments that the author is trying to put across. The author subscribes to the ideology that labor and work, in general, should be out of someone’s free will, self-fulfilling and income generating, at the same time. Although at some points in the article he deviates from his argument to present other people’s believes on labor, the above is the argument that the writer wanted to present to his readers in the article (Tokumitsu, 1).

Personally, I concur with the writer’s arguments and ideas regarding labor. As much as labor is about income and earning a living, no person should wake up every day to go out and do things they don’t enjoy doing in the name of making money. As much as any person want to look for a well-paying job, they should put into consideration what it is they enjoy doing. They should not only consider the money they make from it but also the pleasure they derive from doing it (Tuckman, 2). I would also join the author in condemning the employers who impose what they like doing on their employees and act like it is a common interest. It is unfair how they place their interest first and even worse how they lure their employees to believing that their interests are aligned while actually, the employees are just out to serve the interest of their employers.

Compensation and reward should also be a key factor that everyone should consider before picking a job. Many a time, people get stuck in a job just because they enjoy doing it, disregarding the fact whether it is rewarding enough or not. In some cases when employers realize how much their employees are in love with what they do, they tend to take advantage of them by paying them poor wages and compensating them unfairly (Tuckman, 4). I am of the opinion that passion should be rewarded and an employee’s love for what they do should not be taken for granted or unfairly rewarded. Employees should stand firm and defend their rights against employers who tend to manipulate them and take advantage of their passion in what they do. For example, teachers from all over the world are known for their passion for delivering knowledge to students (Tuckman, 5). However, teachers from all over the world have been seen, sometimes, downing their tools and demonstrating over poor pay. This is a clear indication that passion, however much worth of reward it is, it is often not well rewarded. From this article and other articles on the same topic, it is recommendable for people to choose their job wisely. Both passion and compensation derived from a certain career should be considered before someone settles for a particular job (Tuckman, 3).



Work cited

Tokumitsu, Miya. "In the name of love." Jacobin Magazine 13 (2014).

Tuckman, Howard P. "Publication, Teaching, and the Academic Reward Structure." (2016).