So I thought the excerpt we read tonight was really interesting. You never really do think about language just being a symbol, do you? Also how basically everything you do or have is symbolic of something else. I liked how they explained not understanding the symbolic process makes you its victim, because that really makes a lot of sense. If you don't understand the process and that way of thinking then you can't possibly understand why you do the things you do. For instance when people our age shop at stores like Abercrombie and Hollister not necessarily because they really like the clothes but because those clothes symbolize a certain taste and that more mainstream status which can be seen as the way to be accepted by their peers. I just thought the whole thing was really interesting and sorry for posting so late.
~Olivia
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I thought that it was interesting to compare human reactions to symbols and animal reactions; and I thought that the example of the traffic light really clarified and emphasized this point. It is really amazing how the human mind not only interprets symbols but also uses it in combination with the enviroment.
-Kelsey
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