Read "The Bear That Wasn't" and answer Connection questions paragraphs #2 (What does the title....) & 3 (How does our need to be part...)
Read "Little Boxes" (page 10) and answer the Connection questions paragraphs #2 Psychologist Deborah Tannen - read only), #3 ( Give examples....) #4 (What is Wright's dilemma?) & 5 (How do Tannen's...)Write your answers in your journal in complete sentences.
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I believe that the story The Bear That Wasn't meant that no matter what others say you are the only thing that matters is that you know who you are.
The need to be a part of a group often clouds our judgment. People do things to fit in but end up paying for it in the long run. Our actions are determind by the people that we try to impress others.
The title "the bear that wasn't" means to me that the bear was not being who it actually was. It was allowing others to convince the bear that he was a human. The bear struggled with its own identity. For a while the bear believed what people were telling him and conformed to what they wanted him to be.
Little Boxes
The "unfortunate consequences" of generalizing outnumber the good. An example is that people generally consider people of asian decent to be smart, and if someone where to go up to an asian person and make a comment about intelligence just because they are asian could really hurt them. Generalizing is not very useful at all and usually will end up biting you back.
Wright's dilemma is that he is not just one race and he hates to be generalized into one when he is unique. No, I do not know anyone who struggles with their racial identity.
Nobody likes to be generalized or classified. They want to prove to you that they are not what their reputation says they are. If I did struggle with Wright's problem I too would not like to be generalized.
the title the bear that wasnt means that he did not really know who he was because he really is a bear but every body else thinks he is a very hairy man but he realizes that he was not going to let people tell him who he really was.
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