Enculturation Reflection
Earl Lackey
Miss Mary
Assignment 6
11/14/13
Enculturation Reflection Paper Culture plays a major role in the development of minds now days. From things such as certain locations to skin color, everybody is impacted by their culture in some way. It affects the way people act, the way they dress, what they eat, who they associate themselves with, who or what they worship, etc. Truman Burbanks is a perfect example of how people are subject to their environment, and in some ways my life is like his. Growing up, my parents sheltered me a lot. I never really got to do some things kids my age got to do as far as like staying the night at a friend’s house. The main cause of it was my mom being so overprotective. She would always worry about something happening to me so I hardly ever went anywhere at all. She shaped my life into what she thought was best just like Truman was shaped by Marlon. She thought she was giving me a perfect life, and I do have to credit her for all she did and still does for me, but I wasn’t actually doing what I really wanted to do. My life wasn’t truly my own until I came to reality in middle school. That’s when I started figuring out certain things weren’t as they seem just like when Truman started catching on to the loop every morning. It’s amazing when you realize the truth from the lies. All my life, and partially now, I have followed my parent’s script in some way. I’m not saying I did everything they said and behaved the way they wanted me to but I did have to follow some rules. Just like how Truman’s life was basically scripted, so was mine. I had the same schedule every day because that’s what they told me was right. Go to school, come home, eat dinner at this time, come inside at this time, go to bed at this time, etc. It was literally a schedule created by my parents because it’s what they thought was right. Like I said though, that was the case up until middle school. I found out I could control my own schedule a lot more
Miss Mary
Assignment 6
11/14/13
Enculturation Reflection Paper Culture plays a major role in the development of minds now days. From things such as certain locations to skin color, everybody is impacted by their culture in some way. It affects the way people act, the way they dress, what they eat, who they associate themselves with, who or what they worship, etc. Truman Burbanks is a perfect example of how people are subject to their environment, and in some ways my life is like his. Growing up, my parents sheltered me a lot. I never really got to do some things kids my age got to do as far as like staying the night at a friend’s house. The main cause of it was my mom being so overprotective. She would always worry about something happening to me so I hardly ever went anywhere at all. She shaped my life into what she thought was best just like Truman was shaped by Marlon. She thought she was giving me a perfect life, and I do have to credit her for all she did and still does for me, but I wasn’t actually doing what I really wanted to do. My life wasn’t truly my own until I came to reality in middle school. That’s when I started figuring out certain things weren’t as they seem just like when Truman started catching on to the loop every morning. It’s amazing when you realize the truth from the lies. All my life, and partially now, I have followed my parent’s script in some way. I’m not saying I did everything they said and behaved the way they wanted me to but I did have to follow some rules. Just like how Truman’s life was basically scripted, so was mine. I had the same schedule every day because that’s what they told me was right. Go to school, come home, eat dinner at this time, come inside at this time, go to bed at this time, etc. It was literally a schedule created by my parents because it’s what they thought was right. Like I said though, that was the case up until middle school. I found out I could control my own schedule a lot more