In an earlier post I wrote about how Hitler was characterised, mainly, by his moustache. It got me thinking, "What does characterise a person?"
Immediatly you start to think, 'Well thats obvious. It would be their taste in music, fashion, friends, food and maybe their hobbies.'
But is that really all?
So maybe you look a little deeper and think about their surroundings, cultural background, family history and maybe their religion. Is it all of that? Or does it come down to personality? If it is personality that has you asking the same questions, and it becomes a vicious cycle.
Ok lets see what the dictionary has to say about this... The dictionary itself seems a bit confused, with 27 different definitions, I only included 10. (This is only dictionary.com mind you)
Character
[kar-ik-ter]
–noun
1.
the aggregate of features and traits that form the individual nature of some person or thing.
2.
one such feature or trait; characteristic.
3.
moral or ethical quality: a man of fine, honorable character.
4.
qualities of honesty, courage, or the like; integrity: It takes character to face up to a bully.
5.
reputation: a stain on one's character.
6.
good repute.
7.
an account of the qualities or peculiarities of a person or thing.
8.
a person, especially with reference to behavior or personality: a suspicious character.
9.
Informal . an odd, eccentric, or unusual person.
10.
a person represented in a drama, story, etc.
Anyway getting back on track. Say you decide to look at it from the 'fashion, friends, surroundings etc' point of view, that seems simple enough, you get caught up in all the people with fake characteristics or the people that insist on plopping themselves into character categories.
Look at 'emo's' for example. When you think 'emo', you think of; Black clothes, sad depressing punk/pop music, piercings, suicidal traits and you don't even consider family/cultural history because being and 'emo' has nothing to do with that. For all you know this supposedly sad and depressed human could not be depressed at all and go back to his loving family every night.
emo (ˈiːməʊ)
— noun
a. a type of music combining traditional hard rock with personal and emotional lyrics
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Bogan |
Then theres 'bogans'(rednecks), probably one of the largest and most well known categories (well at least in Australia). Bogan = Loud, obnoxious, rude, uneducated, beer/vodka cruiser drinking, MacDonalds eating, Ugg boot and flannelette wearing human being who, usually, comes from a long line of 'bogans'.
You never know though, this supposed 'bogan', may come from a line of very rich and well educated people and just likes to act like a 'bogan' with his/her friends.
So heres some pictures of some celebrities and what i think characterises them:
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Lady Gaga:
Is characterised by her crazy costumes, white blonde hair and overall crazy attitude.
Gaga wouldn't be Gaga if she just wore jeans and no makeup. |
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Michael Jackson
Characteristics:
Pale white skin, always wearing glasses, long black hair, high pitched voice, history of a black man, pedophile (maybe?) |
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Marilyn Manson
For Marilyn its all about his makeup and different eye colours.
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Well thats the end of my post, byee.