Your nose is the presupposed product of the intercorrelation between a man and a woman which come to be known as the ideology of a __ as the result of

.....known as the ideology of what, as the result of a what? ... What?!...
What does Althusser have to say about physical appearances? .. That those are all a product predesigned for us before our birth as well, just as he says our personalities are?
... I suppose sometimes when we inherit physical features that are like our parents', that aspect of our appearance could be shoved under the institution of the family :S ? Like how I got my fathers eyes, and my mothers face structure.. but my nose is unlike anyone's in my family? So how does he explain that? And how do we know which features we are going to inherit; We don't.
Don't our physical features contribute to our unique individualism? Even aside from setting our looks apart, they sometimes can add to how we act, can't they? Often times a symmetrical (aka. typically 'beautiful') looking person has more confidence or arrogance, and an unattractive person is much meeker; but then again, often times that is not the case at all. Also, when a person finds a certain feature of theirs more appealing they will often flaunt, or put more emphasis on that area.. or perhaps they would not. So wouldn't our physical characteristics create stems of our personalities.?
I do not disagree that we are all heavily influenced by many ideologies or institutions throughout our lives, but I do not think that I would go as far as to agree completely with Althusser. I feel as if he assumes people are nothing more than robots; numerous trials recreated under conformity after conformity, looking for a perfection, or ULTIMATE ideology..?

Jar -> Penis -> Vagina -> Binary Opposites -> Never-ending Confusion ----> .....

When I had to start writing the essay on the Psychoanalytic view, I was a little dumbfounded; this was definitely the most confusing type of interpretation to me thus far through the course. What helped me to finally get a grip on it (atleast I think. I suppose I will find out once I get my essay back), was the Chains of Word Associations. A person can really take the associations in any direction they please, and it helped me to see countering points in almost every word. I thought it was actually kind of interesting and amusing some of the chains I came up with, so I figured I might share some from Anecdote of the Jar:

Round:
-complete -> neat, organized -> clean -> guiltless -> no ugly thoughts -> conscience -> conscious..
-fat -> eat a lot -> give in to gluttony -> greed -> primitive trait -> Freud's Id -> unconscious.
-circle -> unbroken -> ring -> marriage -> big decision/serious -> responsibility, commitment.

Bare:
-plain -> without adornment/flash -> boring, unexciting -> conscience -> conscious.
-naked -> in full beauty -> natural -> wild (Id) --> unacceptable in public -> (against) social rule -> social rule is man-made -> unnatural.
-unconcealed -> vulnerable -> scary -> fight/flight -> natural instinct -> Id/unconscious.

Sprawled:
-stretched out -> open; laying -> sleeping -> guard is down -> vulnerable -> predation possible -> anxiety; fear
-spread out -> sexually aroused -> in want of sex -> reproduction -> natural/essential -> instinct.
-sounds like and reminded me of crawled -> enticing, alluring -> 'bad always looks more fun' -> Id/unconscious.
-ungraceful -> untidy -> unclean -> disordered, messy -> slovenly.

the wilderness rose up to it:
-the flower -> part of the wilderness -> beautiful -> wonderful scent -> alluring --> has thorns -> protection -> thorns cause pain -> dangerous (**Looks nice but is essentially bad/harmful?)
-becomes tall -> high -> standing -> proud --> standing -> governing, watching -> keeping in line/order, under control.
-becomes tall -> big -> protecting -> safe -> happy, unworried/ unparanoid

I'll stop there, I'm sure you get the idea. I just like how I can see sex, beauty, fear, danger, the mind, etc., in some of the plainest words in the poem; and some one else could come up with many more, radically different associations. The arbitrariness of language never fails to stun me.

What's that my Good Sir? You have not learned the way of the Disputatio? Why, then you should be deemed a fool.

It is a good thing my emails all get sent to my phone, otherwise I surely would have shown up for the cancelled class this morning raring to go. Well, maybe not raring to go. I would probably still have a bit of sleep left in my eyes. But that aside, I was a little sad (After I got over my initial sudden outburst in my empty house of "WOOOOO!") that class was cancelled and that I wasn't going to be able to get my biweekly dosage of literary theory and enjoy another hearty debate or discussion.

Did everyone know that one of the former medieval manners of testing in school was a 'disputatio'.? Students were graded depending on how well they could verbally argue and support a subject in an opposition. Just imagine that were still the custom; after taking Scott Pound's Literary Theory class we would all ace our way through University!

What a Shame its not....

...Optimistically, at least

after taking this class

nobody can call US fools. :)