Look around, today is the dawning of a technological society-so advanced, so civilized, and so convenient. Although throughout the last century, the world around mankind has changed drastically, mankind as a whole has managed to stay relatively constant. Yes, people and society have bettered from certain experiences and aspects of the past, but one overwhelming facet of humanity is the ability to label one another.
             The 20th century marked huge strides in desegregation and prejudice declination, but will the world ever be free of prudish thinking towards others who appear to be outside the status quo of society?
             The cause and overall root for stereotyping is based on opinion. Everyone has heard that people fear what they do not understand-so maybe fear is the answer? Perhaps society is too ignorant from the brainwashing of modernism? Or do people simply gather some unique enjoyment from alienating others? My outlook on the matter is that society and we, as people, need to have a scapegoat, or a specific target to point our finger at.
             Society has become so based on image, so dependent on "fitting in" that we need to be able to tell ourselves, "I fit in. They don't. I'm better." Ultimately, human ignorance and cruelty leads to fear, which leads to judgment.
             This idea becomes increasingly perceptible in Chuck Palahniuk's non-fiction story entitled "Reading Yourself". The story gives the reader a detailed encounter with a highly distinguishable music artist and scapegoat, Marilyn Manson. Society has labeled him numerous times to an extreme. On first glance, anyone would concur this guy appears to be as parallel to Satan as a man can get, but does this imply he has no emotions, dreams, or heart? Does this suggest-just by his appearance-that he must worship Satan, partake in sacrificial ceremony, and be the rationale for our children's problems? No, society desi...