Toga Times Our Big Fat Greek Carnival

After leaving carnival on saturday night, I thought about the different shifts I had worked, and about the work that everyone else puts into the carnival as well. I began to see the carnival as a scaled down example of the way our society works. Determining your role in the execution of the carnival every year is a lot like answering the question of what is your role in society? Weather you were shuttling malasada batter around with food service, painting unicorns on little girls faces, serving up hawaiian plates, or co-chairing the entire carnival, your job is just as crucial as the next persons. During carnival, we rely on everyone to do their part and if someone doesnt, the entire carnival suffers, much like in the real world outside of carnival. In our world we all do our part in holding society together. We may not realize it but without even the seemingly smallest role that we rely on, our daily routine is stunted, no longer running as smoothly as we hope for. The only contradiction in my genius metaphor is the way in which we find our responsibilities. For carnival, we are assigned our roles and the shifts we needs to work in order for everything to fun flawlessly. In the real world however, there is no student worker committee telling us where to be, what to do, and when to do it. We are essentialy our own boss, and we decide what our role in society will be. What we do know however, is that whatever we choose to do, the carnival of life relies on us.