Michael Wegner Reflection

I believe that these books have taught me a lot about my life and why I’ve made some of the decisions that have had an impact on me. The first book was very hard to read at first. I struggled quite a bit trying to comprehend it, but once I figured out Wegner’s style of writing; I started to understand better. The second book was a lot easier to read, I honestly enjoyed both books because they gave me a different view on life and how things work. My mother and father are both in my life, but my mother raised me. I talk to my dad and see my dad occasionally, but we never had the relationship that my mother and I have. Throughout Wegner’s book I’ve realized that I may not have that relationship with my father because I would not let it happen …show more content…
Wegner happens to agree with me as well, in his book he describes how we are influenced by the television, parents, friends, and anything we may see. He describes this as the Illusion of Control. We feel as if we have complete control of our actions, but truly we do not. It all comes from precious knowledge and experiences. I believe I am a lot like my mother. I have most of the same values as her, speak the same way, act the same way, and dress a lot like her. This is because she is the person I am around the most. Now that I am away from her, I am starting to act a little less like her, I am starting to become my own person. This proves Wegener right in the sense that she has had a big impact on who I am. Another topic in Wegner’s book that stood out to me was the study done with autistic children. I remember from a previous class discussion that Stuart mentioned this to us. I later read the chapter that it followed along with. I found this example extremely interesting because I have worked with autistic children and I could relate to the …show more content…
Gladwell states that body language can give you all the information you need, without hearing a word out of their mouth. For instance, he talks about how when you see someone walking down the road at night and they “look suspicious” you are making an instant assumption based on their body language. As discussed in class Rachel told the story about her mom getting robbed in the grocery store parking lot. She said that her mom had a funny feeling about this man outside and sure enough her instincts were true. Therefore, you can see that our brains take body language into account even when we do not realize