All 6 Uses of
apathy
in
The Other Wes Moore
- Fear and apathy had become the new norm in what had once been a close-knit community.†
p. 40.2 *
- I projected apathy about her feelings, but I wanted nothing more than to make her proud.†
p. 82.2
- My mother, sensing my apathy toward reading, had bought me the Mitch Albom book Fab Five.†
p. 130.7
- In the Bronx, the idea of life's impermanence underlined everything for kids my age—it drove some of us to a paralyzing apathy, stopped us from even thinking too far into the future.†
p. 133.4
- A sudden apathy sapped him.†
p. 156.6
- Above all, I hope that this book can provide young people with a way to identify with success as a possibility, and a reason to believe that a story that begins with struggle, apathy, and the pain of loss can still have a happy ending.†
p. 183.4
Definition:
lack of interest and enthusiasm