Analysis Of Leonard E. Read's Essay I, Pencil

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The essay “I, Pencil,” written by Leonard E. Read, describes the process of manufacturing a pencil. It explains how unexpectedly complex the process is. Despite the fact that a pencil seems like such a simple product, the process of creating one has an incredibly large number of steps and is very complex. The essay focuses on the fact that, despite seeming simple, no individual person has complete knowledge of the creation process of a pencil. Perhaps the most amazing fact that this essay brings to light is that no individual human being consciously created, or can completely comprehend, the process of creating a pencil.
The essay catches the reader's attention by making a claim so bold, it doesn’t, at first glance, seem to be possible. It

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