After the first verbal introduction, the judgment of how someone is perceived is created through analyzing their physical appearance and surroundings. In “Snoop: what your stuff Says About You” by Sam Gosling, he explores how the manipulation and decor of one's room represents significant details of their life. Mario and Elisa have been together for nineteen years, they give this facade of the stereotypical perfect marriage and the idea that love last forever however, their bedroom shows otherwise. The lack of decor, disorderly arrangement and object placement portrays that they have fallen out of love with each other. Decor paints a picture to an outsider on what interest the owner has. Mario and Elisa’s room lacks pictures of the
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Therefore, the photo is higher in value than the phone. On the bureau located in the middle of the room there is a small jewelry plate that holds their wedding bands, Gosling emphasizes that object placement determines its psychological function (pg.536). The wedding bans being placed in the middle of the room makes it the center of attention, it is a constant reminder that there is no longer a legal or religious commitment holding them together. Upon analyzing the room, a hole in the wall hidden behind hanging clothes was discovered, according to Gosling the location of an object determines how public or private it is intended to be (pg. 537). It is obvious that the hole was created out of anger, as if someone had punched it or thrown something hard enough to penetrate through. The fact that it was kept private shows how at one point someone reached their breaking point but wanted to keep it a secret from their kids, family members and friends. Marriage is an imperfect emotional roller coaster, when emotions build up the future becomes an unpredictable blur, the placement of the wedding bans and the hole emphasizes the anger and distress between the couple further emphasizing that where objects are placed give visual clues to current
Therefore, the photo is higher in value than the phone. On the bureau located in the middle of the room there is a small jewelry plate that holds their wedding bands, Gosling emphasizes that object placement determines its psychological function (pg.536). The wedding bans being placed in the middle of the room makes it the center of attention, it is a constant reminder that there is no longer a legal or religious commitment holding them together. Upon analyzing the room, a hole in the wall hidden behind hanging clothes was discovered, according to Gosling the location of an object determines how public or private it is intended to be (pg. 537). It is obvious that the hole was created out of anger, as if someone had punched it or thrown something hard enough to penetrate through. The fact that it was kept private shows how at one point someone reached their breaking point but wanted to keep it a secret from their kids, family members and friends. Marriage is an imperfect emotional roller coaster, when emotions build up the future becomes an unpredictable blur, the placement of the wedding bans and the hole emphasizes the anger and distress between the couple further emphasizing that where objects are placed give visual clues to current