His interest in oral history led to his 2004 cofounding of Voice of Witness, a nonprofit series of books that use oral history to illuminate human rights crises around the world. He is the editor of McSweeney’s, a quarterly magazine and book-publishing company, and is cofounder of 826 Valencia, a network of nonprofit writing and tutoring centers for young people. Currently-lives in San Francisco, Californiaĭave Eggers is the author of four books, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, You Shall Know Our Velocity!, How We Are Hungry, and What Is the What.The plot is both a log of the journey, as well as a look into the mind of the narrator, Will, who often feels isolated, confused, and shy.
Barely able to achieve their goal of giving away their money, the two are reduced to pretending to ask for directions, and taping money to barn animals. Without a solid set of criteria, or a definitive direction in their plan, this proves surprisingly difficult, and they experience much awkward confusion and moral uncertainty. According to Hand, they gave to people for the benefit of both parties-as a sacrament with the purpose of restoring a faith in humanity. Will with his friend, Hand, buy plane tickets to the most obscure countries possible, wherein they will give the money away, bit by bit, to people whom they arbitrarily decide are most deserving. His photograph screwing in a lightbulb has been made a silhouette and is being used as a picture for the company's lightbulb boxes.
Will has surprisingly come into a large amount of money.
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