Symbolic Interactionism

In stories such as Jungle Book or Tarzan, both Mowgli and Tarzan have a sense of self. According the theory of Symbolic Interactionism, this is both true and not true. This is because they have a sense of the “I”, a subjective self, but not the sense of “Me”, the objective self. The reason being is because the “I” is self-created because of how we respond to others, and the “Me” is a created self-image that was created by society and taking in that role (Griffin 63). Like in their stories both Mowgli and Tarzan developed their “I” because they communicate with their environment, the animals. In the story of Tarzan, when he see that they are creatures just like him he is confused as to why he is not like them, or vise versa. “Me”, or “looking-glass