Eid is a religious holiday celebrated by Muslims. The holiday celebrates the end of Ramadan. In Ramadan, Muslims fast for the whole month. Before I went to the mosque for eid prayer I had to do many preparations. According to Erving Goffman, preparations are done in the backstage. Backstage is where there was no audience and I was able to be my true self. (22) When I was in the backstage I asked myself questions about the way I would look and act at the event. I decided to wear salwar kameez because that was the traditional clothing. I wanted to make sure that the way I look went with the identity I was trying to perform. I was trying to perform as a way religious and well-mannered girl.
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Goffman says that the world is like a stage and we perform everyday to certain audience. Performance was a way I am supposed act to influence the way people think about me. (15) The audiences that I was performing too were Muslims of all ages that went to the eid prayer. I was following a script to talk and act in a certain way in front of the audience. The script I followed was written by society. Society has norms and I had to follow the norms to make sure that I gave the right impression to the audience. To make sure I didn’t mess up my identity I had to manage my impression. Impression management is the way I control the information I give or do not give to others by the things I say or by my body language (15). The things I say or the way I say it is the expression I give (2) and my body language is the expression given (2).
To give off the right expression I had moments of dramatization and idealization. Dramatization is a when I had to follow the all the expectations to play the role correctly. (30) Idealization is when I had an image in my head about the way my parents act at the mosque and I tried to perform in the same way. (35) There were multiple reasons I wanted to perform an ideal role. The reasons were to be more liked, to create a good self-image, and to avoid
Since I was going to the mosque I knew that there were …show more content…
Goffman says that the world is like a stage and we perform everyday to certain audience. Performance was a way I am supposed act to influence the way people think about me. (15) The audiences that I was performing too were Muslims of all ages that went to the eid prayer. I was following a script to talk and act in a certain way in front of the audience. The script I followed was written by society. Society has norms and I had to follow the norms to make sure that I gave the right impression to the audience. To make sure I didn’t mess up my identity I had to manage my impression. Impression management is the way I control the information I give or do not give to others by the things I say or by my body language (15). The things I say or the way I say it is the expression I give (2) and my body language is the expression given (2).
To give off the right expression I had moments of dramatization and idealization. Dramatization is a when I had to follow the all the expectations to play the role correctly. (30) Idealization is when I had an image in my head about the way my parents act at the mosque and I tried to perform in the same way. (35) There were multiple reasons I wanted to perform an ideal role. The reasons were to be more liked, to create a good self-image, and to avoid