After re-reading this article I noticed a lot more, especially in the first part of the essay. I was able to actually understand all of the background information given at the beginning since I had already read the article once. I was able to learn a lot more about the author and why he was even on this trip with the EA members. I Also noticed that he finished his script which was his initial goal in going on this trip. Another part that really stuck out to me was that many EA members are also associated with other organizations. in fact two members co-founded another organization, Giving What We Can. I looked into this foundation more and found their website – https://www.givingwhatwecan.org . This is an other organization that seems to follow what the EA stands for. According to Southans essay this organization suggests a baseline donation of 10 percent of your income. This is all information that I did not quite grasp onto the first time I read and annotated the essay. Reading it a second time definitely helps to understand more information and I found it to be helpful.

 (Each comment I will be talking about is starred) The first comment I will expand upon is that one the third page the text did not seem to flow. I felt that the topics jumped from paragraph to paragraph. I found that this made that section very difficult to read and follow. I tried to write down the questions I had when it got confusing and I also tried to summarize the paragraphs but I still found the text very hard to follow. I was not able to focus and my mind tended to wander. The topics do clearly change but the order still made it very difficult to follow.

The second annotation I will be elaborating on was made on the fifth page. I thought it was very interesting that one of the EAs, Michael Bitton, said, “I wanted to be a filmmaker, and then I thought, well what good does this do?”. I thought it was very interesting how he changed what he wanted to do so he would be able to help more people. He literally gave up his dream to better the world. Not many people would be willing to do that. For people in the EA their job is to literally help as many people as they can, and they are very willing to be completely selfless to do that. This is a very kind quality that not many people have.