ANTHROP 3P03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-2: Alice Goffman, Erving Goffman, Craps
18 Apr 2018
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Reading commentary: prologue, preface, introduction, chapters 1, 2 in on the. The prologue shows how quickly a life can change or even end. Goffman begins the prologue by how mike, chuck, and alex were engaging in rather normal activities; gaming (craps), and making plans. The author proceeds to crosscut this scene with one of vivid imagery where mike and alice were racing to meet alex after he called mike due to receiving a gruesome beating. According to goffman, alex still talks with a lisp and cannot breathe properly as a result of not going to a hospital, to avoid being arrested for breaking his probation. What was shocking is how one minute life change in the blink of an eye, for alex, i would say his life was definitely changed, as a result of being mistaken for someone else. I would want to know if alex tried to find out why he was beaten from the attacker.
