The cluster that my group worked on was public space. The first thing that came in my groups mind is that public space has an impact on our emotions. Also, public space can shape us of who we are and also change us to be accepted in that certain public space. Even though we do not realize that people can act different or change who they are in certain public space but also makes us wonder.
After I read the two stories and looked at the two pictures in the public spaces cluster, I agree that different public space does have some impact in our lives. For example, when we attend a funeral, with just the surrounding, we feel sad and helpless in a way. The picture of the empty airport on page 329, makes you feel scare and lonely. I believe also that public spaces shows how people perceive others and also makes us change in order to be accepted in a particular space.
The essay that I analyze and like the most was Brent Staples's personal essay on page 331. He talks about how being in a space changes people perception of him just because he is African American. People have that perception that all black man are "muggers, rapist, or worse" (pg. 331). When he talks about how a white woman started looking back at him with a worried look on her face and started running so she wont get hurt. It gives African American the ideal that they will always be known as something bad and never good. At the end of the essay, Staples had to change who he is so he won't make himself as a threat to people. As you can see, public spaces changes people so they can please other people and they can't be who they are as a person.
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