1/17/2007
Megan Lekavich-Groundhog Day
Like we talked about in class, the defining point where Phil’s life began to change was when he told Rita that he was a god. I think it’s interesting that up until that point the same things were going on but he just hadn’t claimed a title yet. When people have titles they often feel pressured to live by it. Not only that, but we often use titles to make sense of chaos. It’s like tribalism; people need to identify themselves with or as something so they know who they are. When Phil was living the same day over and over again he thought he was insane, so to make sense of himself he says he is a god. Not ironically right after that, his behavior changes. He is no longer self-centered and starts doing “good deeds” for other people. This is the type-cast associated with a god. A loving, kind god, who has knowledge beyond others but doesn’t use it negatively.
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