Poplar Kids By David Sedaris Summary
David Sedaris throughout this story is social comparing himself to the poplar kids. This is evident by the way he talks about the popular kids because he is on the outside of the group which is evident throughout the story. His idealization of the popular crowd is so profound that when he over hears the other kids at the Labor Day celebration he did not realize that there are other popular groups out there. This is upward social comparison. He believe that the popular kids somehow are better off that he is. He believes that this is something untie to his environment. His constant comparison is so extreme that he studies them like a subject in school. While studying them he has evaluated his worth to be far less than that of the popular kids. Even when he gets
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An example of this is when he is begin his father to change his outfit before the meeting. He first considers how it will look to the Popes if his father shows up dressed in work clothing. Secondly he is afraid of how the Popes will likely judge his father for his messy dress. This causes an emotional response causing him to demand his father to change before they go over to the Popes. He calls on his mother to reason with his father to change. Another example of this is during the conversation between the Sedaris father and the Popes things get a bit heated. During this intense interaction Sedaris states “the trio of Popes exchanged meaningful glances, holding what amounted to a brief telepathic powwow. “This man is Crazy”. This by looking outside himself threw his father he socially feels he does belong around the popular kids and stats it is his dads fault Even though his father would tell him that the judgement of others did not matter he still believes that these peoples matters. He constantly thinks that other people are judging his external appearance through not just himself but his family specially his father in this
An example of this is when he is begin his father to change his outfit before the meeting. He first considers how it will look to the Popes if his father shows up dressed in work clothing. Secondly he is afraid of how the Popes will likely judge his father for his messy dress. This causes an emotional response causing him to demand his father to change before they go over to the Popes. He calls on his mother to reason with his father to change. Another example of this is during the conversation between the Sedaris father and the Popes things get a bit heated. During this intense interaction Sedaris states “the trio of Popes exchanged meaningful glances, holding what amounted to a brief telepathic powwow. “This man is Crazy”. This by looking outside himself threw his father he socially feels he does belong around the popular kids and stats it is his dads fault Even though his father would tell him that the judgement of others did not matter he still believes that these peoples matters. He constantly thinks that other people are judging his external appearance through not just himself but his family specially his father in this