I believe that our minds are composed of a single and
individual consciousness. Everyone is their own person and in the end makes
their own decisions and choices. No one else is inside your head other then
yourself. However, I do think that we have all different types personalities and
want different things at different times and they vary depending on the
situation. A great example to show our different personalities is when Bloom
talks about not making the coffee before he goes to sleep. He says “When I get up and there’s no
coffee ready, I curse the lazy bastard who shirked his duties the night before.”
It would be hard to say that he was just a different person the night before
when he decided to blow off making the coffee. He was still one person, himself.
His personality at the time was just “lazy” because he was probably tired and
just wanted to go to sleep at the time. The next morning he wakes up and is no
longer tired anymore and wants his coffee but there is none because he himself
chose to not make it the night before. He had two choices and he himself chose
one of them. Although Bloom does have a
solid argument about how we have “multitudes” , I believe that we all have different
personalities and want different things and that it is our own single consciousness
that decides in the end which and what we choose.
I agree with you Jake when u said " that our minds are composed of a single and individual consciousness. But I believe that our minds make decisions off the way we are feeling or who we are hanging with. For example, if you hang around people that influence us we usually make better decisions. Our minds adapt to our surroundings , even if the situation is bad or good. For example, when people from the hood or slums rob , kill or sell drugs knowing they can go to jail if they get caught but an individual that comes from money would never think in that manner.
ReplyDeletePersonally I believe that are mind is made as a single and individual consciousness like jake said because for one. We are all created differently in our own way and self image, so we all don't think a lot and we have different views and opinions that is what makes us all unique. I feel like we make our own decisions no matter what. For example, the way we interact with people it's based what's going through your mind and your feelings. In my opinion people decide their own fate, but I mean we all care about each other that's why we have that "we" mindset as well. It's good to make sure you are aware for others but you need to make sure you are doing well as well not just helping bypassing yourself. It's just important in general and I know I think like this.
ReplyDeleteI think we’re on the same page. I really enjoy the theories discussed in this essay. I completely agree - to a certain extent - that each individual person houses different selves that thrive in certain areas of life. I think I am an individual with the ability to adapt to the situation and the people around me and that everyone is capable of doing so.
ReplyDeleteOne quote I really liked and related to was, “even the most thuggish teenager is not the same around his buddies as he is when having tea with Grandma.” I know, for a fact, that I am a different person depending on who I’m around. I don’t talk to my mom like I would to my best friend because my mom would probably kill me. At the same time, however, I don’t know if I’d say that the me with my mom and the me with my best friend are two different people. I’d probably just say that they were different sides of me -singular.
I also had a contradicting response to an earlier passage: “... it is not hard at all to think [of yourself as someone else when you think about] the person who will occupy your body 20 years from now.” I would definitely say that I am not the same person I was when I was in the 8th grade. I grew into someone else and I do believe that as I age, I will experience becoming different people.