Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Chapter 3 response "imagination"
For Buck I think imagination is somewhat important. He uses his thoughts to picture Spitz as a combatant rival. For he uses this to survive, in this position where he doesn’t quite understand where he is yet. For no one is there to help him. He must do things on his own. Maybe Buck uses his imagination to think of himself as an hero. Or maybe he sees himself as a dominant creature as it is said in the begging that he felt. When he was fighting with Spitz, the Canadian owner was cheering for him which gave Buck an exiting imagination that he was indeed an dominant creature in their pack. I do think humans use their imaginations to protect themselves from fear. It is indeed something very important to us. For we can use our thoughts to write better stories. Or we can pretend we are something else that we want to be that is fictional. As crazy as it sounds, some people actually think they are supermen. For example, whenever I wrestle with my friends I would actually think that I’m the Japanese superhero known as “Kinnikuman”. This is what I think of human and canine imaginations.
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I can see what you mean, it's like a Dr. Jekyll thing. By allowing himself to play into another role he allows himself to succeed. It is what most other artists do, they tap into an audience and run with it.
This is what a lot people do in everyday situations. You must visualize yourself as the person you want to be. In fact, this is why many people develop personas that they portray in public. I know I have a teacher persona that is different from my friend persona or even my stranger riding the train persona.
How does tapping into these everyday personas help us experience our greatness?
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