Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Blog 8: The concept of the other

A) Give a description of your "other."

The very opposite of me would probably have to be emo. An emo person is basically a person who listens to hardcore rock, dressed in black usually, make-up, depressed all the time, maybe cutting theirselves, and keeps to theirselves, and quiet.

B) Explain what it is about it that makes you feel such opposition to it

The reason i am the total opposite of an emo person is because i am a very friendly, I talk a lot, I love to party and have fun, I like to not cut myself, and i love to dress not full black. Being depressed is the most boring feeling ever and it's a feeling i choose not to express. Im one of those type of people that say we only live once so we got to enjoy it. Being emo is just the totally oppostie way of thinking.

C) Discuss what has happened or would happen in situations where you have to interact with someone who belongs to "the other" as you define it. You should make sure that you do not write something offensive to members of that group, but at the same time if you keep good manners you should express your ideas openly.

I actually never had an emo friend and not planning to have one because there would'nt be any equal characteristics. I wouldn't know what to talk about with an emo person. If i were to ever meet a emo person i would probably try my best to avoid him/her.


Discuss a situation when you have been seen as the other--when your sex, race, habits, tastes etc. have clearly made somebody react negatively toward you and turn you into "the other" for them. Discuss the experience in detail and what you thought about the person as well as about yourself after this experience.

There was this one time i was with a friend who knew a friend, who knew a friend, who knew a friend that was emo and we were all together one day and went out to hang but he was the only one that was left out. So since I'm a really friendly person i went up to the kid and started talking to him. Every conversation i brought up i guess didn't relate to him and instantly when i started to realize that I started bringing up old times when i used to have low self-esteem and just times where I felt like i didnt want to live anymore. Some stories were real some were fake but he was interested. So the kid and I became friends not good friends just got along and I never again spoke to him because i felt it would be awkward.So either way if the person is the opposite of me i try the best as i can to become friends with him/her.

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