Coming of Age in Samoa
by Margaret Mead
1928 (1971) Harper Perennial
Chapter 1: Introduction
Summary
In this chapter, the author grapples with being unable to scientifically study in a controlled environment how variables in society affect individuals. With controlled environments out of the question, she decides to see how people develop socially in a culture vastly different than her own.
Discussion
I think that the multitude of worldviews in society stem in part from being unable to study a society in a controlled environment. Everyone has different experiences while growing, so it's no surprise that everyone has a different opinion on how they turned out the way they did. If Samoan society in the 1920s was as uniform as the author suggests, it will be interesting to see how uniform the experiences of the girls were.
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| 1920s Indiana |
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| 1920s Samoa |
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