Issue Essay: The way a message is delivered is often more important than the message itself

Topic- The way a message is delivered is often more important than the message itself.


A message is a means of expressing one's feelings when one needs to express them to other people or for some purpose. Messages aren't always good or bad. There can be messages that are important, messages that are happy, one's that are sad, a few that bring bad news and some that just pass information. So is the way in which a message is delivered, important? Yes it is. We often do not realize the value of expression. Delivering one's thoughts or information or feelings in the right way is very important. If this is not done in the right way, then things might go haywire and we might not get the expected output out of it. Hence it is very important to deliver a message in the right way. The following examples make this point more lucid and convincing. 

Let us consider the example of the terror attacks going on worldwide. One of the major instance of such an attack was the attack on the World Trade Centre in US. Every time there's a terror attack, or a warning about such an attack, there's always an ulterior motive to it. No terrorist does this for the benefit or pleasure of anybody. Every attack has a message and a purpose. So did the attack by Bin Laden on the world trade centre. The way of expressing his demands were very violent and inconsiderate. The way he executed his purpose caused a huge loss of life and property and ultimately did no good to even the people who attacked. Instead, Osama Bin Laden, could have kept his terms and conditions before the government and discussed the same and conveyed his demands first rather than attacking the massive sky skrapper. The way in which this message was delivered was not only harmful but also did not help in any way. 

Another such example is the example of the great writings by authors like Ruskin Bond and Oscar Wilde. These authors have always loved nature and romance and have conveyed their ideas and messages in such subtle yet convincing manner, that the reader can do nothing but fall in love with the story and portray himself in one such scenario. They also write many such prose and poetries that motivate people to do better for the society and themselves. Even the recent book written by the famous Youtuber Lilly Singh, that happens to be one of the top books in the New York best sellers list doesn't fail to convey Lilly's message to tackle with the different problems of life in a bold yet relaxed way. "How to be a Bawse" is a book that conveys Lilly Singh's story of how she pulled herself out of the difficult phase in life and helps others to motivate themselves to do the same. If the same work would have been put in the form of a movie or a video by the same person, then maybe, the results wouldn't have been so great and successful. 

Another example is one from a classroom. When a student performs well in an exam, the teacher appreciates them and gives them rewards. But the ones that do not perform so well, need to be tackled very tactfully by the teacher as his/her behavior might encourage or discourage the student to perform better next time. Therefore, a message when expressed well, it helps the other person to understand the intention of the message better and hence we get what we desire. So the way a message is delivered is often more important than the message itself, as it helps and makes a huge difference.