Normality

people are faced with when learning to accept one another. The character Lars serves as an ‘other’ that Gus and Laura are guardians to because of their relation. He acts as a lesson for Gus and Laura on acceptance and parenthood for their future child. Lars ' differences causes fear and confusion for Gus and Laura who worry about how others will treat him, leading to not only their own acceptance of his differences but the gradual acceptance from all of their social circle. The story serves as an inspiration for bravery towards those who are ‘othered’, and for everyone to accept people for who they are. The term other refers to labeling someone, man or woman, as belonging to a group that is defined as not one of us, differentiated from a normality in society. By segregating people because of their differences, they become dehumanized and can feel isolated from everyone around them. Lars fits well into this concept. He hides himself from his brother Gus and sister in law Laura while living in their garage, and puts walls between him and the people he works with to avoid socializing in fear of ridicule for being different. Lars also has negative reactions to touch, which has to do with him accepting love from other people which he is not used to. He tells the psychiatrist that he gets away with avoiding touch through layers, he points to his clothing, but his layers are the mental barriers he confines himself in when he is afraid of being different. Lars seems dramatically…

Behavioral beliefs: Most nights, Jacoby gets drunk, has unprotected sex with random people and does ecstasy. This shows that he does not care about his lifestyle. When both Arnold and Anne confront Jacoby about the pills, which they found in his room, he quickly disregards them as nothing serious. I would definitely say that when Jacoby brushes the pill question off, it shows that he believes what he is doing is right as long as he is not hurting anyone. Evaluation of behavioral outcomes: Jacoby…

It was nearly a year ago when my life took a turn. Everything changed from this incident. Even though it didn’t affect me directly, it affected someone very close to me. My brother Easton was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. I didn’t know what it meant at first, but it definitely changed my life from that point on. It all started one Monday afternoon in March. It was just after the state basketball tournament and things were starting to settle down for my family after a busy couple of weeks. My…

We’ve always been told “Be yourself no matter what”, but in some situations we can’t always express who we are. In most cases it is good to act in a different way so you don’t disrespect someone or their culture in an attempt to “be yourself”. Society today has certain expectations for our behavior. Even though it might not be publically shown, we all consciously know that there are judgments being passed on our behaviors, which cause people to act on how they think other people, see them.…

There sitting atop a carriage, Vin was surveying the border, the out vigilant gunslinger. The fastest gun shooter around and baddest of them all. Know to the group of seven for at first being indecisive, he wore a salmon pink shirt, a blue necktie like scarf, and a faded wide brim cowboy hat. His face was exposed: tan and aged by the sun and the things he’s done. Ever since he saw Chris sticking up for the dead’s’ rights, he knew that he needed to help fight the bad guys in Ixcatlan. After…

Resilience is the ability to recover after difficult times or events that affect your life. When a person suffers after a tragedy but they keep on going to do what they love to do, that is resilience. Resilience is where the person does not give up when they get hurt and they stand back up, this shows the person toughness and resilience. Night also shows resilience when they have enter the concentration camp, stripped of their identities and they had to be working as slave while grasping on the…

What is Psychology? Psychology cannot simply or easily be defined nor can it be easily characterised. This age long dilemma of the purpose of Psychology is what scientists and philosophers have tried to understand. An attempt to understand the minds and behaviours of man from the most primitive mind to the most complex one but for this paper, we will use the definition given by H. D. Hamm Ph.D., who authored and maintains a site for Northern Michigan University, defines psychology as the…

After experiencing the violence of war, it is difficult for a soldier to readjust back into society causing alienation and a strain to return home both physically and emotionally. In Hemingway’s short story, “Soldier’s Home” the main character Harold Krebs lies, is incapable of love and he struggles to readapt to his family and community. Krebs is a different person than before the war and eventually accepts the idea that he can never really go home. Hemingway illustrates the…

BEHAVIORAL MODIFICATION 2 Behavioral Modification Paper 1. Identified target behavior: The behavior I identified and wanted to change was my negativity. Overall, I wanted to be more positive throughout my day. I initially had a hard time trying to find a target behavior to change because I don’t typically dwell or beat myself up on my behaviors or actions. For me, I believe if I reflect briefly on a moment then move on to the next step, it helps me to focus on more meaningful things in…

Analysis and discussion================================================= There are a few points I would like to discuss about my interviewee’s conceptions of normality. The first would be Allan’s sense of himself as an individual or outsider to the mainstream and the story of his name. The second would be Allan’s sense of himself as an American, independent of his Latvian roots. The third would be Allan’s sense of how the norm is molded—and also transformed—in music and culture; which in…