The results from my personality quiz determined I am genial, empathic, and calm-seeking. My choices are driven by a desire for efficiency and I highly respect traditions. Lastly, the result claimed I prefer activities with a greater purpose that just personal enjoyment. Some of the result I believe describe my personality well. For example, I consider myself to be friendly and cheerful in general situations. I also believe I’m an empathetic person because I relate to others and aid people when they are feeling happy or sad. I agree I like calm and safe activities and I maintain a decent amount of self-control. I like things to work out smoothly so I believe my choices are driven by a desire for efficiency. I also found I am more of a follower and respect the groups I belong to; therefore, I respect traditions. Aside for those aspects listed, I don’t really agree with the comment of liking activities that have a greater purpose than just personal enjoyment. I think it’s important to be happy and enjoy your life and if that means doing spontaneous things to achieve happiness I am all for it.
One day I was at the mall with my mom and we sat sown to eat at the food court. We weren’t really talking and so my eyes started to wonder and I began to people watch. I usually people watch when many people are around because it amazes me the things people will say, wear, and act. This time in particular I noticed a girl my age eating at a table with her mom. I suddenly began to think about if she had siblings, what grade she was in, who here parents were. I came to the realization that she had a whole life like me. She had her own set of parents, grandparents, and friends. As I thought about her life specifically, I looked around and realized everyone passing me also had a complex life just like me and her. It was a very weird feeling to know how many different people there are in the world and how everyone has their own little world of friends and families. After looking at this emotion chart, the feeling I was feeling was sonder. Knowing that this feeling has a name is comforting because I have felt this more than just that one time at the mall with my mom.
I completed an outline and a list of examples to use for my paper 4. I am planning to write about the stereotype of men not crying in movies and lacking emotions throughout Hollywood. I question why crying and showing emotion is considered weak, feminine, and childish if a man does so. I used movie scenes from Bridge to Terabithia to The Last Song as examples of men lacking emotion and how it portrays them as a character. In most of the films, the men don’t cry but they aren’t seen as heartless necessarily. In fact, it makes men seem heroic and brave. But why? I plan to focus on this in my paper. After putting my thoughts together and feel I have a sufficient draft, I will bring my paper to the learning center for a second opinion and for some feedback. Hopefully with the feedback from my peers today and from the learning center in the near future, I will have a well revised final draft.
Men don’t cry in movies and lack emotions to avoid looking weak.
If men cry, they are seen as soft, powerless, and less respectful individuals in society. Movies that support the stereotype: This is commonly seen in action movies -the hero is usually stoic and lacks any emotions The dad in Bridge to Terabithia doesn’t cry as he has to tell his son that his friend Leslie drowned in the creek; however, the mom is very upset and clinging to her son as the dad delivers the news calmly The dad in The Boy in the Striped Pajamas doesn’t cry when he finds out his son has been killed in the gas chamber Movie that show men cry to contradict the stereotype: Interstellar: Cooper watches his family through videos as the years pass on earth The Fault in Our Stars: Gus cries as Hazel Grace reads him her pre-funeral speech she wrote for him |
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