1. Ervin Goffman was born on June 11, 1922, Canada. He was a sociologist and a writer also. He had an amazing contribution in developing social theories bringing a new point of looking at things. In his work he was influenced by George Herbert Meade and Herbert Blumer. His most important contribution is the "dramaturgical approach "of human interaction in his book: "The presentation of self in everyday life". The author used a large scale of methods to classify different elements of social interaction. His main theme of investigation was "the face-to-face contact or interaction" and social events (any gatherings in public places were a source of inspiration to him). He could observe much better human behavior in different situations like the ones reminded, because actions, gestures, etc were all unpredicted. Any occasion could be interpreted, as he said, in a theatrical performance. His research was divided into six themes in his book: the performance, the team, the region, discrepant roles, communication out of character and impression management. He offers a new description to what we call "familiar events". New way of interpretation, new questions to be asked.
2. Making use of a delicate humor and a bit of irony Ervin Goffman reveals his idea of social interactions: people tend to wear masks and unconsciously play a role during specific situations. The script is always different, because like all good actors we have to accommodate and be perfectly fit for the part. The factors that generally influence us are: people we get in touch with, the social environment and maybe instincts.
This stage, our everyday life as Goffman says, it is not the main domain of interpretation or an idealistically purpose to reach at a certain level.
Anyway, if it is something at the range of a perfect-way-to-be that can be the balance we must keep in our minds between "the scripts", the "plays", and our own "parking lot" or "backstage". Personally I believe the writer's sayings match perfectly with the human need to escape from responsibilities, from time to time. We need our own backstage. All those situations we have to react to is what Goffman calls "the role".
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