Confusion

While most of the authors we have read thus far in core have not explicitly told the reader they won't be able to comprehend their work, Friedrich Nietzche defies this trend. He writes, "If this book is incomprehensible to anyone and jars on his ears, the fault, it seems to me, is not necessarily mine". Nietzsche, unlike most college students, had little regard for his reader. In college writing, the student is expected to draw in the reader, and convince them about something the student believes. Convincing the reader that ones' point is right is the sole intent of collegiate essay, but this goal clearly contrasts with the goal of Nietzche. Perhaps, his thoughts are so deep they are not meant to be understood. This could very well be the case as seen in his reflections upon the problems of morality and the value of pity.