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Body Ritual

In today's society, too many people are worried about their image and how other people view them. People are also too consumed with themselves. Self-confidence comes sparingly- people don't love themselves as much as they should. People take pride in how others view them and how they think of them. The quantified values of confidence are Instagram likes and comments. If someone doesn't get over 500 likes they become insecure and this shouldn't be how it is. In my life, I try to be the best version of myself that I can be and not to really care about negative things other people say about me. I study to do well in my classes, I go to the gym almost every day, and am trying to eat the right foods. I have the same schedule every weekday: I wake up around 6:30, take a shower, get ready for school, get to school at 7:10, go to classes, go to the gym at 2:30, work out for an hour and a half, go to the sauna, go home, shower, do homework, eat, relax, go to sleep, and do it all over again. Although, there are slight variations day to day, the same principle is there- I have a daily routine, or "ritual" (Miner 318). From an outside perspective, someone will be able to easily criticize my schedule. One who isn't knowledgeable about working out or just doesn't like it wouldn't be able to understand why I do it. If an anthropologist wrote a passage satirizing my routine using language to make daily events sound foreign, my routine could sound absurd. This is what Horace Miner did with the Nacirema. Although, this was very extreme, it shows the importance of perspective. This piece demonstrates the American culture, but criticizes it so heavily to where everything seems outrageous. Miner generalizes Americans and doesn't give credit to those who may not fall under this category.

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