One place Julie Beck catches my attention is in the beginning of the article, when she says “A persons life is not a Wikipedia biography of the facts… but rather the way a person integrates those facts and events internally.” I agreed with this statement, because we as humans like to tell stories instead of just give facts. We may still present our stories in chronological order, but we will embellish the things we say about how they happened, to make our stories more appealing to the people we are talking to. As Beck says, “Being able to spin a good yarn has social value.”
Another place Julie Beck catches my attention is when she says “Pretty much from birth, people are ‘actors’.” I also agree with this statement, because the way she describes people as actors is accurate. To someone else, we may be a brother, uncle, cousin, or parent. We must play these parts to the best of our abilities and adding in our own personal characteristics.
The last place Julie Beck caught my attention was when she says that there are consequences to telling, and not telling. I also completely agreed with this because sometimes honesty can hurt someone, but also keeping the truth from them can hurt more in the long run. For example, if you buy something expensive without telling your significant other, they may be shocked to hear you tell them right after you buy it, but they would probably be more upset if you told them a few months after buying it without telling them.
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The first and last moments from the article that stuck out to you were also moments that I had noticed as well! I even mentioned in my blog that I agreed with Beck’s argument for these two points. The second point you paid attention to was another great point that I remember reading but did not talk about. I definitely agree with that point to and an individual’s role as an “actor”.
I like your point about the wikipedia point that Beck brings up, In that we truly do not just tell a person facts or it would be quite boring. I like how you mention the fact that the story itself also changes up a bit depending on who the audience is. I agree with your final point in that keeping to one self rather than stating could have a larger outcome in the end.
I encourage you to revisit Beck before you use her as a source. I specifically encourage you to revisit the reasons Beck provides for sharing and not-sharing one’s story as having consequences. I appreciate your use of quotes in your blog. This is a great way for you to practice introducing and analyzing citations.