Symbolic Interactionism In The Film Being There

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The film Being There allows us to observe the different ways people recognize what is to be expected and change their behaviors to adapt to what they are perceiving, or how symbolic interactionism works. In any new situation people observe what others are doing and what meanings their actions hold and can adjust to fit in. Chance does just that in this film as he is thrust into the business and political world. Chance has learned to behave the way he does based on the interactions he has with people. Towards the end of the film we learn that he was raised by the maid Louise since he was a little boy. Growing up living with two people (Louise and the homeowner) could have played a role in Chance’s simple-mindedness. He was never educated nor

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