Jesintha Princy.J1 & Sarika Gupta2
1Research Scholar, School of Social Science and Languages,VIT. ORCID: 0000-0001-7304-5726. Email: jesinthaprincy@gmail.com
2Associate Professor, School of Social Science and Languages,VIT. Email: tyagisarika27@gmail.com.
Volume 12, Number 2, April-June, 2020 I Full Text PDF
DOI: 10.21659/rupkatha.v12n2.10
Abstract
The concept of self is the individual’s configuration of beliefs and opinions that have the primary association to his/her own behavior, “especially those ideas considered most central and enduring in the individual’s behavior” (Pasricha, 206). This organization of one’s own thoughts and beliefs relatively provides a continual experience in different social situations. The exchange, evolution, participation in the social process organizes the behavior of the individual that results in the emergence of a better self. George Herbert Mead’s analysis of self and society emphasizes that the existence of self without the experience in the social process is absolutely impossible. Indira Parthasarathy’s penmanship is often a social criticism that is embellished with an individual’s participation and response to the social setting. Analyzing the novella High Noon through the viewpoint of Mead’s theory of self and society, the process of emergence of self in the individual makes our understanding of the issues better. The development and emergence of self of the two main characters Ambi and Vembu Ayyar are observed through their reflexes in the social process they are involved in.
Keywords: self, society, social setting, behavior, socio-psychology, development, emergence.
