In class when we focused on the thought and concept of "I" and "Me", I leaned more towards the "me". I believe that when one looks at themselves either through a mirror or maybe even through a cell phone camera, what they see can either be negative or positive. Most think of the negative of themselves, they usually always look at the negatives and what is wrong or missing from themselves instead of looking at the right and the beautiful.
After learning about the "I" and "Me", I decided to go home, relax and then get up and look at my self as just waking up. Although I saw messy hair, make up that is under my eyes and my eyes still trying to open up fully, I decided and thought to myself that I could either tell myself all of the things and characteristics that are currently "bad" with myself or I could say hey! I just woke up, though I may not look as if the society is supposed to have me looking, I am still beautiful in my own little way.
I know that I am getting off topic a little bit but the fact is that the difference between the concept of "I" and "Me" is that "I" is unpredictable and unorganized about the self when "Me", is the image of self seen through the looking glass of others reactions. So, lets say that you are walking in downtown Manhattan, and you had a rough night last night so you have make up on and you are wearing a moderate outfit, and as you are walking down the street, you are watching people look at you and you then come to the facts that either they are looking at me for who I am and that is a person who really does work hard but sometimes may have a rough night which then follows into the next morning, or the fact that people that are looking at you, they are not really looking at you, but you start to assume that they are looking at you and you and your thoughts start to then come up and imagine all sorts of different assumptions of what people are saying and thinking about you.
After looking and exploring this concept, though I lean towards more of the "Me", I am a strong believer that everyone has and inherits a little bit of both of the concepts. Both of these concepts are not good nor bad, they work together yes, but they also work against each other which then helps shape and form the society we live in today. Just think, if we were all "I"s or all "Me"s, what would this world look or act like??
Bridget, I like how you talked about how people have the choice to think positively and negatively about themselves. I think that today, especially with the younger generation, we find younger people thinking negatively about themselves because society has created this image that they think they must fall into. I learned from a young age that we're all different and that's okay but not everyone was raised the way I was. I think when we're teenagers and high school, we are much more focused on the "me" aspect of this theory because we want to be parts of certain groups and are pressured to do what is necessary to be accepted. I would agree with you when you say that you think everyone inherits a little of both the "I" and "me" because we shape the way we see ourselves and so does what other people may think about us too.
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