Brief Summary Of The Book 'Perception' By Kim Harrington

In Annie Dillard’s essay “Sight into Insight” she talks about one of mankind’s most value sense, the ability to see. Annie writes about how she views the world in her very own handpicked words which results in me being so mesmerized by her writing, because she explains her picture of the world in such a matter that will disassemble, reassemble and rotate your viewpoint of the colorful world just like a Rubik’s cube. I believe the main idea in her essay “Sight into Insight” was that she tried to teach us how to perceive the world in a new way. She wants the audience and herself to see more than what meets the eye, she shows us how by letting us relieve her childhood memories and by scientifically proving the existence of “disguised” beauty.

After being taught three chapters of psychology I have encountered a wide range of information that has interested me, but perception has definitely interested me the most. It has interested me the most because ever since I was a kid I wondered why things closer to the car seemed to be moving faster than objects in the distance. Perception is the body's abilities to sense or detect something through its senses. We use perception everyday as it plays a large role in human life due to the fact that almost everything we encounter can be detected by our five senses.

Major Characters: Lily Owens is the protagonist of the story. She is the 14-year-old, daughter of T. Ray. She’s lives in Sylvan, South Carolina on a peach farm. T. Ray Owens is Lily's widowed father. He owns and works on the peach farm in Sylvan, South Carolina. He is not a good father to Lily, he abuses her and unfairly punishes her for asking simple questions. Rosaleen Daise is the Owen’s nanny and housekeeper. She is African American and lives in a small house near the farm. She is like a mother to Lily; since lily does not have a mother. August Boatwright is an African American in Tiburon, South Carolina that lives a pink house. She owns is a bee company and sells the honey. The label on her jars is like a picture that Lily has of her mother;

The plot of the book begins with Jeremy Heere sitting in math class. In the same class are three of the most popular teenagers Christine Caniglia, (major character) which Jeremy has a crush on, Anne (minor character), and Jenna Rolan (minor

Another main character of the story is Cate’s childhood best friend Vaughan. His character is a bit mysterious during the beginning of the story because it isn't quite sure why he's come to Skola. Vaughan is also initiated initiated into the society, because he helped built the Guilds networking site. Cate isn’t sure if she’s able to trust Vaughan because back home they had a bad split. Vaughan is mysterious, but a sweetheart he is thought of as adorable and is in love with Cate. Vaughans character develops into more of a dangerous and outgoing person as Cate and him set out to find the killer. Although the killer is in the back of the reader’s mind, the readers cannot be sure of the culprit till the end of the story.

In the beginning the main character in this book is Billie Jo. Billie Jo is a red headed girl who lives with her ma and pa. Billie Jo went through many horrible dust storms. Her favorite things is playing the piano and apples. Billie Jo is a really talented pianist for her age at fourteen.

Since Lynn was a busy town of commerce and trade, the middle-class inhabitants were wealthy. The status of Margery?s father, John, several times mayor of Lynn, helped to instill Margery with self-respect. She was very much influenced by the people of Lynn?s concern with status and wealth: ?She had a very great envy of her neighbors that they should be as well arrayed as she.? In her Book, she even goes so far as to say that her marriage to businessman John Kempe did no justice to her ?worthy kindred? and was a socially-imbalanced relationship, although they both belonged to the same social class. This haughtiness and sense of pride are distinguishing features of Margery throughout her life.

There are a lot of characters, but i’m going to only name three, Guy Montag, his job is a firefighter who burns books but mentally likes books, he is a protagonist, and a person who changes society. Clarrise, she was spotted by Montag at night. Clarisse likes to talk, and is always in a good mood. She was always considered “ the crazy girl “. Clarisse enjoyed nature, but one night she was hit by a car and died. The third character is Faber, Faber is an old college professor. Faber acts different and knows a lot about books that are banned. Faber has been asked about certain books and paragraphs. Faber was always thought as an old man

This novel “is a book that truly speaks to adolescents in contemporary language and with teenage characters about adolescent sexuality” (Kaplan 27). Katherine is learning about her sexuality in the novel.

The main antagonist of the story is Jack Merridew. He is proven to be an angry, cruel boy from the very beginning, this is shown through his snarky comments and uncaring of others.

The character that seems to leave a big impact on the story is Mignon LaSalle, one of the antagonists of the novel. In the beginning, of the novel Mignon seems to be a spoiled rich girl, who believes that the world revolves around her. It is clear that her friends look up at her as if she is perfect; however, she looks down at her as if they are her followers.

Primarily, the characters in the book are foils for each other. One example is Lucie Manette and Madame Defarge. Lucie is a very gentle and loving woman. Everything that she does shows her kindness and virtue. Her tenderness and adoration for everyone empowers her to unite the family. For instance, when Lucie 's father was in a horrible state of depression, the only cure for his sadness was the sight of Lucie 's face and the touch of her skin. On the other

There are four different sources of knowledge: perception, introspection, reason and memory. All our knowledge roots from our perception. Perception is the way humans sense the world outside the body. We perceive through our five senses: see, hear, smell, taste, and touch. Humans gain knowledge through experiences and experience through perception. Usually we can trust our senses to perceive our surroundings effectively but there are times we misperceive. Illusions, hallucinations or impediments of the accurate flow of information to our senses are examples of misperceptions. For example if someone hits their head causing their vision to blur or impedes them from effectively processing what occurring around them, then they shouldn’t trust their senses. Another example would be an anxiety attack causing a signal of threat to the brain also preventing the person from correctly processing their surroundings. If nothing can prove we are misperceiving then we have good reason to be believe our senses.

Perception is defined as how you look at others and the world around you. Being able to select, organize and intercept information starts the perceptual process. Perception affects the way people communicate with others. An individual’s pattern of thinking can affect their perception of others. Most people communicate best with people of similar cultures.