Berger's Article "From Ways of Seeing"

        In John Berger's article "From Ways of Seeing," Berger explains the difference between how males and females look at each other.  According to him, a man is more focused on the other person's appearance, whereas a woman is more focused on how the male is viewing her appearance.  Berger explains that women decide how they want to be viewed by others, and therefore carry themselves in that way.  While men are more assertive and visual, women are much more self aware of the way in which she is being perceived by others. Berger also uses the illistration of Adam and Eve, explaining that Eve ate the apple because it was beautiful and claimed to make a person wise, however Adam ate the apple because he saw Eve do the same.  Eve wanted to be perceived as beautiful and wise by others, whereas Adam was simply doing what he saw Eve do, proving what Berger had stated previously to be true.  Later in Berger's article, he explains that you are only what other people perceive you to be.  He talks about the difference between nudity and nakedness, stating that nakedness is natural, and nudity is a term given to someone because of how they are perceived by another person.  I agree with all of Berger's theories, because the way in which another person views a person or thing is truely their identity.  This goes along with the famous saying, "beauty is in the eye of the beholder."  What one person may view as broken and ugly can be quite a remarkable sight to another person.  However, no matter what the item may be, their identity is only dependent upon how they are viewed by others.