I'm doing this here first so I can get everything down and read it a couple of times before I post it on the website for class....

We see depicted a family about to partake in some thanksgiving turkey. The author would like us to believe this is a normal, healthy family. What bothers me about this picture is that a large percentage of those participating in such a dinner probably aren't what they seem to be. Is anyone really 'normal'? Any reasonble minded person could say that it is impossible to be truly normal, becuase a norm depends on adhering to a standard. We all know there is always some ways in which we do not conform to this or that standard, so nobody is truly normal. The world would be a dull place if it were so.

So, here we have the author giving his impression of what thanksgiving dinner would be like. If everyone appears to be normal, something is wrong. To appear 'normal' to someone else, we have to present ourself to meet their expectation of 'normal', or adhering to their standard. The trouble is, everyone's standards are different in some way from everyone else's, so if we appear normal, it is a facade. This is why a scene like this feels disingenuine to most people, because there is a falseness underlying the veneer of the 'normal' face people display at the gathering.