Recruits Degradation Ceremony Analysis

Application #2 The degradation ceremony is significant to the recruits because it strips away their civilian identity and places them into the identity of a Marine. The degradation ceremony is an attempt to remake the self by stripping away an individual's self-identity and putting a new identity into place. In order for the degradation ceremony to work the recruits have to follow certain rules and procedures to transform them from civilians to recruits to Marines. During this time many of the recruits are going through a process known as the looking glass-self. The looking glass-self is a process in which one's self develops through internalizing others' reactions to one. During boot camp the recruits are trying to be accepted by the