Cool Comfort Steals Summer’s Seasoning- Susan Ager

Cool Comfort Steals Summer’s Seasoning- Susan Ager

The title, ‘Cool Comfort Steals Summer’s Seasoning’, of the essay by the newspaper columnist, Susan Ager, is very obvious to reveal her negative attitude toward air-conditioning which is a technical convenient machine. And she uses the strategy of contrast to catch reader’s attention: “Summer used to be sultry and sensual. Now most of us spend it entombed.” At the beginning of her essay, the sentence that “I hate air-conditioning, which polishes summer air until there’s nothing memorable left.” conveys her thesis clearly how technical convenient machines deprive our most valuable things in our lives.
Following sentences which are various examples support her thesis. First she shows her memories of ‘heavy and damp summer’ from her childhood which was very beautiful and she wants to share these memories with readers. At the middle of the essay, Ager gives audience anecdotes of her husband ...