Chapter 3 & Body Ritual Among the Nacirema

Not everyone in this Earth is understood. What can seem completely outrageous to you is absolutely normal to another. What one may consider "weird or absurd" another may find nothing weird about it. 20 years ago Professor Linton brought to the attention of Anthropologists the ritual of Nacirema. The main belief of the Nacirema culture is that they believe the human body is ugly and filled with disease. In these households they all have shrines and rituals. Some of the rituals discussed were pretty harsh for example when they see the "Holy Mouth Man" and he gouges out their teeth when they are decaying and puts in hog hairs and other magical powders, it sounded like a dentist but imagine going through all that pain without any medicine to numb you or anything. Chapter 3 states how there are different cultures we are surrounded by and like I stated in the beginning what can seem completely outrageous to you is absolutely normal to another. We must not judge although we all do it is not our place to say that these rituals are completely crazy because what my morals may be aren't the same morals as those people. I think the article was well researched and followed many of the guidelines that is required.

Quiet Range- "The Stanford Prison Study/Experiment

The Stanford Prison Study/Experiment was an experiment that was conducted on August 14th, 1971. This experiment was a voluntary experiment for college male students that was set to be a prison environment. The study paid $15 an hour. An ad was placed in the newspaper for a prison experiment and 24 healthy, normal, middle class men were chosen to participate in either being a prison guard or prisoner in a "fake prison". This experiment was set up by Professor Philip Zimbardo, he wanted to see how people would go through psychological changes trying to adapt to this experiment of being a prison guard or prisoner.

The experiment was set out to last 2 weeks but due to the psychological effects it was 6 days long. Those 6 days seem short if you thought the experiment was pleasant but instead it was 6 long gruesome days for the prisoners. The guards were told they couldn't hit prisoners but can have them feeling powerless and basically verbally abuse them. At first the guards didn't have any authority and the prisoners rebelled but then soon enough the guards were taking control and this experiment ended up getting way too realistic. Everyone in the prison ended up thinking it was reality and that they really were in a prison.

Carl Prescott was one of the men chosen to be an expert for the experiment he had been 17 years behind bars and was a parol officer for the experiment. He himself started to psychologically believe he was a parol officer and he started acting like the parol officers he dealt with in prison that were cruel and didn't allow bail or any privileges. Guards began punishing prisoners, and the prisoners felt totally helpless. Prisoner 416 went on a hunger strike, 4 of the prisoners broke down and left and even outsiders played into the role making it seem more realistic, parents, priest and the public defender all played into the role.

The experiment had gone too far even the Professor himself got lost in the reality of it that he forgot it was an experiment aswell. He believed himself that he was apart of this "Prison Enviornment". The experiment definitely taught everyone something about themselves and how real everything seemed. I believe myself that it went too far and if I was put in that position I would believe it was real too because thats how they made it seem.

Who am I?

Just a young girl from NYC. The "CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS".

Residing in Queens, I've seen a lot of diversity over the years. I live in a very urban area. I have a lot to learn and I'm willing to do so.  Filled with flaws but nobody is perfect. Eager to learn. I can be somewhat hardheaded. I have a few traditional morals because of the way I was raised but I am more or less liberal. Love to dance, love to have a good time and LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST !. Middle class, I come from a loud opinionated Puerto Rican family but a lot of my family is diverse being mixed with other cultures. Blessed to have a very tight knit family and I always believe "FAMILY FIRST".  My role model would have to be my grandfather. No matter what obstacle he was faced with he conquered it. He is the true meaning of what the "ideal man" should be. Never in my life have I met a man like him smart, responsible, caring, and many more. 

My biggest influences in my life would have to be my mother and father and I am a believer of GOD. Although I don't like to admit it I value their opinion to the heart and find myself somewhat lost if I don't get at least one of their opinions. Although its a pretty complicated relationship my mother is the biggest influence of all because she is what keeps me grounded and level-headed. I have faith in God and that's what helps me get through everyday. I was raised in a Catholic household but most of my family including my father are Christian on my fathers side so I am open to both religions.

In life there are many things I want to accomplish in life. One of my short term goals would be graduating from BMCC and moving on to a 4-year school. Hopefully I can study Marketing or Public Relations and become an event planner. Another goal of mine is hopefully when I make enough money donate a large sum to the Ronald Mcdonald Foundation for Mcdonalds because they truly helped my family in a time of need when my little cousin was in the hospital due to the fact that he had cancer. Those are my goals for now.