How does "The Man of the Crowd" help us to think about the questions of what it means to read something and what it means when something is unreadable? What are the implications for our understanding of city life? “The Man of the Crowd” helps us understand that people can have secrets without sharking those secrets to anyone else. The narrator desperately tried to figure out who this mysterious old man was. The narrator felt like he was able to “read” everyone‚ he felt like he was able to know
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Face in the Crowd In the mall you sit in the middle of the courtyard. There is a big crowd of people just hanging out‚ or conversing with each other‚ or waiting for transportation. In this courtyard there are some small potted trees and bushes; these plants are beginning to turn brown since the winter is drawing near. As you sit on that stone bench you notice the different cliques of people. There are the high schoolers‚ the “cool kids”‚ the parents and their children‚ and the young couples.
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The epigraph at the beginning of “The Man in the Crowd” brings up the interesting question of what it really means to be alone. While the actual definition of alone is “quite by oneself‚ unaccompanied‚ solitary‚” (“Alone”) the story‚ through the narrator’s thoughts and the observations of the nameless man in the crowd‚ can serve as a different perspective on being alone if applied beyond the situation in the tale. The epigraph says how terrible it is to never be alone‚ and the story serves as a metaphor
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CROWDS AND VIOLENCE Deindividuation: [“Individuation” coined by Jung: a process of individuation for development of personality] Historical Research: Le Bon (1890s) When individuals “descend” in a crowd‚ they become creatures of instinct‚ barbarians (Contagion theory‚ anonymity) Festinger (1952) Individuals who sat in dim light more likely to use bad language when discussing erotic material than individuals who were not. Zimbardo (1969) Stanford Prison Experiments: Individuals dressed
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Theories of Crowd Behavior The Contagion Theory * is defined as the theory stating that members of crowds stimulates each other to higher and higher levels of emotions and irrational behavior. * Contagion often refers to the spread of disease from person to person; accordingly it focuses on the spread of emotion in a crowd. * Formulated by Gustave Le Bon. Herbert Blumer-has offered another version of this theory as it has three stages. * Milling- the first stage; people move around
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Knights and Cowboys Knights versus cowboys. Between these two‚ many people would rather have a knight in shining armor than a cowboy in chaps. But when you get down to the core of it‚ cowboys are pretty much nothing but knights wearing different clothing. Don’t get me wrong‚ there are some big differences between the two‚ but in my opinion they’re almost the same. Both cowboys and knights were ready for action. They always seemed to follow their leader. Although they weren’t able to show friendship
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ASSIGNMENT 1 205L: Close Reading‚ Good Writing By Aly Verbaan Student # 31201792 Backdrop addresses cowboy By MARGARET ATWOOD Starspangled cowboy sauntering out of the almost- silly West‚ on your face a porcelain grin‚ tugging a papier-mâché cactus on wheels behind you with a string‚ you are innocent as a bathtub full of bullets. Your righteous eyes‚ your laconic trigger-fingers people the streets with villains: as you move‚ the air in front of you blossoms with targets
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When planning for a wilderness adventure‚ it is important to bring essential items to help you survive from the harsh conditions in the wild. Carrying along with basic necessities for survival such as clothing‚ food and potable water is significant. You aim to have an adventure in the wild however you also have to think for your survival. To outlast the days of wilderness adventure and the risks‚ you have to prepare for the necessary wilderness survival gears. A wilderness survival gear such as
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SonnyJ. Valentine Faye Goodspeed Writing 100 Hanging out with the wrong crowd can pull a person down like a brick in a lake and leave them feeling cold as ice. It seems like it has some good effects like being popular and having your name known. It can also lead to all sorts of issues like negative attention‚ self-esteem problems‚ and even depression. This problem is relevant to almost everyone in one way or another. The feeling of wanting to be accepted can drive a person to make some foolish
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unoccupied land space continues to escalate. Using the experiences gained from this class‚ along with a combination of wilderness ethics‚ and outside research‚ I will develop my own definition of wilderness. After generating this definition‚ I will confront the problem (maybe use conundrum) of balancing the needs of everyone with the finite amount of land available. The Wilderness Writing seminar enabled students to experience many educational and awesome things such as hiking on Grandfather Mountain
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