In First Person Plural the writer argues that a person has multiple personalities and gives reasons why that is, and I agree because among the examples he gives, I have had first hand experience, and can relate to the situations. For example, when he argues that personality changes when presented in different situations, and mentions that even the most thuggish teenage boy will not behave the same way while with his friends, or with his grandmother. It couldn't be more true because, everyone is like that everyone has different personalities and behaviors according to the situation they are in. I agree because, I have witnessed it first hand with myself. I am not the same around my close friends and family as I am when I meet my new friends parents for the first time. He also adds that when we experience something and in the future are remembering that certain situation we are not the same person when remembering that specific occasion. Which I agree with because, when remembering things that have happened to us, in the past you, realize how much different you were then, then you are now. That being said I agree completely with what the author is saying, and how the smallest things will change our personalities, and we are not the same person we were yesterday or will be tomorrow.
I couldn't agree more. I read over the "They say I say" and I realized that we really aren't the same person we were yesterday or will be tomorrow. One of the examples Melanie mentioned was the thuggish teenage boy. Yes, there is no way you can act the same around your friends the way you act in front of your grandmother. You have different personalities for a reason. In the book it pretty much sums it up. Don't be afraid of your skills. We are all different in our own ways. Hint the title of the book. They say" ___" I say "____"
ReplyDeleteI agree to what you and Paul Bloom have said about us having multiple personalities and having different self’s. As to why I agree would be because of personal experience of how I would act differently to those I have just met compared to how I act open to a close friend or family member. Also in First Person Plural the author suggests that often the “good side” wins and the tough act stops whenever you’re having coffee/tea with your grandmother. You don’t notice it, it just comes naturally to you because you have done it your whole life. As to now that we see and think of what we contradict ourselves in doing, we will be thinking of that person we are going to be tomorrow and how they would feel.
ReplyDeleteI agree due to the fact that in the reading it says that we may not be who we are tomorrow so on and so forth. Also different factors will determine how we act such as friends, location, and in a sense how you are feeling in that moment generally. On the topic about having multiple selves I completely agree with that because a really good example would be myself. When with really close friends back home we are “Brothers.” With anybody else I do not have the same type of view nor am I the same person as I am with my close friends. (Not mentioning in any way that you people are not friends of course you are we are all in this together I am only saying this as an example I don’t mean to offend.) Bottom line people will react differently to a variety of factors or a combination of them what makes that unique is that since we are all different we act in different ways that we see fit.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading the examples that the author gives in “ONE PERSON PLURAL” I claim that almost everything is true, we do act differently around certain type of people, especially us teenagers, either if it’s with family members, friends, or people that we just met. And I would say that this is a good reason of explaining that we are made up of multiple selves and that happiness for one can cause misery for the others. For example, when I moved to college, a part of me was pushing me to make new friends, to be around more people and to introduce myself so I can be noticed, but on the other hand, I was scared, something else or “someone else” was telling me it was a bad idea, that it was not going to work because I was nervous or because people might not like me; having explain my own anecdote I still insist that we are made up of multiple selves, and because of that, we always behave differently.
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