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    Analysis: “Panopticism” and “Our Secret” In Michael Foucault’s reading on “Panopticism” he breaks down the social/economical systems and explains that society’s mentality on the law system. He answers the “why question” in a way certain individuals act and think as they do. Many times his explanation is much branched off into a different level of thinking. In one paragraph in “Panopticism”‚ a disciplinary mechanism is described‚ which is considered the best way for one person to be punished

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    human being’s personality comes to be has been questioned. Susan Griffin’s‚ “Our Secret” explores the theories of a “larger matrix”‚ the “determining field” and our “common past” as she attempts to answer the question. Griffin’s larger matrix explains how everything is interconnected affecting people to establish different personalities depending on the time‚ place and family they are brought up in. The determining field Griffin is describing in her essay explains how humans are greatly influenced by

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    The Title “Our Secret”‚ A Chapter From “A Chorus Of Stones” by Susan Griffin Truth is possibly one of the most powerful forces in humanity. Truth has the power to set people free‚ change lives and end them. Because of this‚ the truth is usually feared and often concealed. In Susan Griffin’s “Our Secret”‚ the concealing of the truth become a major theme in the advancement of the plot‚ and also carries the meaning to the work’s title. The title of “Our Secret” refers to the secrets that the individual

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    connections.” This is what Susan Griffin‚ author of “Our Secret”‚ a chapter taken from Griffin’s insightful book A Chorus of Stones‚ most likely would have declared. Griffin argues that‚ “all of us‚ especially all of us who read her essay - are part of a complex web of connections” (265). But how are people who do not even know each other connected? Griffin implies that people are part of a “larger matrix” and have a “common past” (265). The “common past” between people that Griffin asserts can be proved by

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    Griffin argues that everyone in society is a part of a larger matrix; that if we had been born to a different family‚ in a different time period‚ or to a different world‚ we would not be the same people we are today. Throughout her essay‚ Griffin ties together four seemingly separate people through their fears and secrets. Secrets are very powerful‚ in that just one secret can impact the lives of many‚ even if the person keeping the secret has no intentions of hurting anybody or changing the lives

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    reason for our existence. The relationship between true spirituality and human connectedness are apparent. For example‚ the way Griffin’s adult life was shaped from the unbalance she suffered as a child eventually was the telling factor what she would eventually become. "We considered ourselves finer than the neighbors to our left with their chaotic household. But when certain visitors came‚ we were as if driven by an inwardly secret panic that who we were might be discovered" (‘Our Secret’‚ Susan Griffin

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    1. What do you make of "Our Secret"? When I first started to read “Our Secret‚” I didn’t understand the relevance of what was in front of me. I didn’t understand the words she was using‚ or why she was using little quotes throughout the beginning of her essay. But as I continued reading‚ I came to understand that she was using quotes to not only relate her story to something else‚ but to also show the progression in realization that she had throughout the paper. What I also make of this essay

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    Professor Aquino English 1A 1 March 2015 In Susan Griffin’s essay “Our Secret”‚ she examines her life and the lives of others and their correlation to the Holocaust. The essay’s structure is interesting as there are italicized sentences placed seemingly randomly between several paragraphs. Further reading into the essay will reveal that these italicized sentences are used to describe the growth of a missile and a cell. Griffin uses both of these objects to describe different fates that people are

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    occur ever again in history. Susan Griffin’s essay Our Secret looks at the minds of various people‚ focusing the most on Heinrich Himmler. It is hard to deny that he is an awful man for what he did‚ but it is so easy for people to simply judge without knowing the facts behind his madness. Many may not realize this‚ but who we are today goes back to how we were raised as a child and who we had to look up to. Just as Himmler’s tough life reminded Griffin of her self-experiences‚ I myself began to think

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    Panopticism is like the design of Bentham prison Panopticon. The prison is “At the periphery‚ and annular building; at the center‚ a tower; this tower is pierced with wide windows that open onto the inner side of the ring‚ the periphery building is divided into cells‚ each of which extends the whole width of the building; they have two windows‚ one on the inside‚ corresponding to the windows of the tower; the other‚ on the outside‚ allows the light to cross the cell from one end to the other.” (Foucault

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