Postmans Closing Words

Postman made the distinction in his last sentence that the problem of our society today is not that we are too dependent on entertainment but that we are unaware of our dependence on entertainment. In the last paragraph, Postman uses the example of what Aldous Huxley said in Brave New World to help the reader better understand the reason that he wrote this book. He is trying to get the reader to understand that he wrote this book so that we can learn of our dependence on entertainment so that we are no longer ignorant of what we believe is important today. Postman uses this last paragraph of the book to inform the readers that we need to be aware of the issue that has formed in our society and we must try to not allow our entire lives to revolve around entertainment. The last sentence of this book is to help the reader understand that the issues are not formed because of our entertainment filled world, but because of our ignorance of the people of our society changing from thinkers to people focusing soley on entertainment.