way. After September 11, 2001, the security in and around airports .
increased dramatically. Passengers were randomly checked at the .
security checkpoints. People came to the assumption that passengers of .
Middle Eastern descent were checked more frequently than others .
because of their background. This is a close example of how people's .
notions about others are greatly affected by their outward appearance.
Chauncey's use of "metaphors" also helped his image. The world was .
like a garden and he was able to relate everyday ideas to his original .
knowledge. This is truly because the garden was the only thing he knew .
about, but people perceived it as an ability to simplify complex topics into .
simpler matters that everyone could relate to. Chauncey would not be .
able to tell anyone the first thing about how to help the economy but he .
can relate the fact that it fluctuates to the garden, which changes .
dramatically through the seasons. Chauncey was perceived as a .
completely different person than he actually was. The media also perceive .
him as scholarly and intelligent because they wanted the public to do the .
same. .
Kosinski wanted to indicate that political power was based mostly on .
how the media perceives a person. If presidential nominee Howard Dean .
had not had the outburst in Iowa which was broadcasted repeatedly on .
news stations such as CNN approximately 600 times as of February 8, .
2004. The repetition of this television event portrayed Dean as a man who .
can not control his anger. This destroyed Deans image and the trust that .
he had obtained by the American voters. He was no longer a major .
contender in the Democratic primaries and this lead to his major decline .
in popularity and eventual departure as a candidate on February 18, 2004. .
In this event a man who was trusted and popular had a short rampage in .
the face of defeat and lost the support of everyone who was voting for him. .
The American public needs to interpret things on their own, and not be so .