romulus Macherey

Is what I am really saying what I am not saying? What an absolutely fantastic summary of the reading. "A Theory of Literary Production" by Pierre Macherey informs the reader to look at a piece of work and carefully examine it. To understand what the author was not necessarily holding back but is implying without it being presented. Written eight years before my existence, it is important that I examine the text within its contemporary history. Macherey recommends that I do so. I have to say that the digital age that we live in now produces images and texts that do not leave anything up to the imagination. An open and progressive society enables the freedom of all forms of expression. In today's world a person can be themselves. Everything about a person, hairstyle, clothing, car etc., says something about that individual. When a person makes a hardcopy of their thoughts, communicating it in a way that at least one other person understands, that is the unconsciousness transcends from an internal source and becomes eternalized.

Is what I am really saying what I am not saying? I completely agree, and society does as well. We not only lie, but we have a special category for lies that don't really cause any harm, which is the white lie. Then there are instances where the truth is just slightly bent. True story, over break I started playing the 'compliment game' at gay clubs, one of my friends instantly wanted in after seeing it for herself. The goal was simple, throughly convince someone that you absolutely adore a aspect(s) of a particular individual, when in reality we were blatantly making fun of him. We we not saying anything negative about these people, just the way in which we said the compliments that revealed the true nature of the context. This game is similar to what Regina George does in Mean Girls to other girls, however, art imitates life.