The essay “Liking is for cowards, go for what hurts” is an essay by Jonathan Franzen.Jonathan Franzen was born in 1959 and is an acclaimed American novelist and essayist. The essay is based on his speech at Kenyon College, Ohio, USA, and was published in the New York Times, May 2011.
The essay’s main focus is on the differences between the life on the social media and real life. People all around the world, every age and gender knows the verb “to like”. Liking something on the social medias such as: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Myspace etc. Is a virtual way of approving and showing that you like another’s photo or status. When receiving a “like” you fell accepted and everybody wants to be liked by others. It is described as “commercial culture’s substitute for loving”. “Likes” are also used as a popularity scale. Today you don’t have to be rich to be the popular girl in school, you just need to have a lot of likes on the social medias.
When someone can’t take the self-image being tarnished is what we call a narcissist. A narcissist seeks approval all the time, and sometimes they go to the extremes by putting up a fake façade to get the approval they so desperately need. Is love on facebook the same as love in real life? It will never be the same, because commercial technology products aren’t people. If something is negative on facebook you can just delete it, and it will all vanish. In real life you can’t just delete your problems, it takes a lot of work to sort out. Everything is actually a lot easier to do through the social medias. Because of all the daily problems life brings you, a lot of people get scared of their emotions and finds it easier to “hide” behind a computer screen. The screen is like a shield to block some of the pain, guilt or just emotions in general out.
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