Breaking the Rules With The Stranger:
The Difference Between Perception and Reality
The article, ”Stranger’ by Toni Morrison, narrates her encounter with a stranger. She explains the impact a stranger can leave behind, based on her own experience, how she experience welcome as she approached the stranger, and wished they could meet again. She felt “cheated, puzzled and also amused” (136) when the stranger never shows up as promised. Which kept her wondering that most of time the people we think are not what they turn out to be. Morrison realizes that her encounter was not real; it was more of an imagination. Even though the encounter was not legitimate, Morrison gained an insight that is more profound. Our initial perception of a personality can often cloud the reality. Morrison opines in her thesis that “far from our original expectations of increased intimacy and broader knowledge, routine media presentations deploy images and language that narrow our view of what humans look like (or ought to look like) and what in fact we are like” (138).
We grew up often advised by our parents not to talk to strangers. This mentality remained with us even as adults; in our daily commute in buses, trains we try to maintain our personal space, we do not talk to anyone or even make eye contact. The article, …show more content…
We are often clouded by what we see on the outside, even though it might be beautiful inside. An example of this is media where the truth is most of the time skewed. This leaves the people with distorted realities. The second article by Dunn and Norton explain a series of experiments carried by social behavioral scientists to test our perception of strangers. These experiments show profound results. It shows that there is often a difference between perception and reality. If we deny ourselves the opportunity of the experience in relating with strangers there is so much we stand to loose for not making an
The Difference Between Perception and Reality
The article, ”Stranger’ by Toni Morrison, narrates her encounter with a stranger. She explains the impact a stranger can leave behind, based on her own experience, how she experience welcome as she approached the stranger, and wished they could meet again. She felt “cheated, puzzled and also amused” (136) when the stranger never shows up as promised. Which kept her wondering that most of time the people we think are not what they turn out to be. Morrison realizes that her encounter was not real; it was more of an imagination. Even though the encounter was not legitimate, Morrison gained an insight that is more profound. Our initial perception of a personality can often cloud the reality. Morrison opines in her thesis that “far from our original expectations of increased intimacy and broader knowledge, routine media presentations deploy images and language that narrow our view of what humans look like (or ought to look like) and what in fact we are like” (138).
We grew up often advised by our parents not to talk to strangers. This mentality remained with us even as adults; in our daily commute in buses, trains we try to maintain our personal space, we do not talk to anyone or even make eye contact. The article, …show more content…
We are often clouded by what we see on the outside, even though it might be beautiful inside. An example of this is media where the truth is most of the time skewed. This leaves the people with distorted realities. The second article by Dunn and Norton explain a series of experiments carried by social behavioral scientists to test our perception of strangers. These experiments show profound results. It shows that there is often a difference between perception and reality. If we deny ourselves the opportunity of the experience in relating with strangers there is so much we stand to loose for not making an