a short quiz

In todays society, many are not aware that they fall in a category of personality regarding the “self”. The more one tries to answer the questions about their “self,” the more one beings looking further into their “self”. From Walker Percy’s essay, A Short Quiz, the following paragraphs will include explanations of three of Percy’s selves: the cosmological self, the role-taking self, and the scientific and artistic self. The cosmological self can be identified as one of the most common selves in todays youth. “The self is either conscious of itself or only conscious of itself insofar as its identity with a cosmological myth or a classificatory system” (14). In public media, many artist make appearances which leave a large impact on people. Such include, first, Justin Bieber. He began singing in the corner of streets to catch the attention of those who walked by and ended up selling millions of records by the side of many other famous musical artists. Through the journey of finding his “self”, he brought along his fellow “beliebers”, or devoted followers. These followers felt as if identifying themselves as a “belieber”, they would receive as well as give some sort of praise or recognition. Not only does the cosmological self apply to one person, but it also applies to a group of people. Take the Dodgers for example. The Dodgers are primarily famous throughout the hispanic communities but also in California itself since that team has been placed there. As commuters are driving down the freeways in California, they are most likely to drive by a billboard with three large words printed across, “Live, Breathe, Blue”. Automatically, the word blue is affiliated with the Dodgers, being that their team color is blue. This billboard contrasts two important concepts, living and breathing, to the the color blue,which as discussed appertains to the Dodgers. “The self is… only conscious of itself insofar as its identity with… a classificatory system” (14). In this way,