Personal Legends and Alienation
Reading the book "The alchemist", i wondered what does the term "personal legends" means. Eventually, i came to realize that it was following what you supposed to do with your dreams without being influenced by the "they" . The old man in the story said that even though everybody liked to marry a baker but you wanted to be a shepherd, you must pursue what you really aim in life and not be a prototype of what others expectations. For in the end, conquering difficulties and achieving dreams makes people happy and succesful. then and Again, i asked myself if someday i would be what i dream of. Are we really following our ‘personal legends’, or will it remain such ? That is, i think, the question.
Lessons from Socio10, EDFD 120 and Soc Sci 2 gave me the ideas on how we are expected to act and not just react in our society. I learned that we should have a ‘delocalized’ and authentic self before we could really be active part of the society. What does "delocalized" and "authentic self" mean?Its your business to define it. Marx idea on Alienation struck me the most, with the unnoticed oppresions which is happening daily. people in this context work according to what is favorable to the society, thus, allowing others to control his norms and failing to find the "real self". For example, our society today admired and praised rich and succesful people, an individual tends to attend that status for him to be recognized.He would study hard and work hard. Expecting that soon, he will be "rewarded" and "favored" by the society. Being "rewarded" and "favored" would be his goal when he works then. So, Is there something wrong with these attitude? If there is, what? Think.
