Hockey helmet

Collecting baseballs opens up a way to connect not only with history, but also with families and other collectors. The collection I chose to analyze was started in 1987 because of a recommendation of a therapist to find a hobby. The man who started the collection was a military man, a member of the Marine Corps. The therapist suggested finding a hobby so he wouldn’t “bring the Marine Corps home.” That was 28 years ago and the man’s collection has expanded along with that man’s emotional growth.…

When we think of how to represent groups of people we tend to classify them by creating a name or symbol. According to D. Stanley Eitzen, “a symbol is anything (word, gesture, or object) that carries a particular meaning for the members of a group” (Eitzen pg 44). The functions of symbols are to bring individuals together into one group and to separate groups from one another. Schools use symbols in athletics as representation, these are better known as mascots. These chosen symbols are more…