Social control is based on these images and media around us. We do have some control. If we take a look at Althusser's theory, and reconstruct it the way it should have been - we are not just cogs in a machine. But we are controlled. Identity is constantly changing.
Society works through ideological manipulations.
I am looking at the complexity of the essay and how to solve its problems. Traditional forms put us into limited forms. I am calling for a reconsideration of the essay in terms of how professional essayists talk about their field as opposed to how composition textbooks describe it. I am interested in Post-Modernity, meaning Post Modern criticisms which depict the individual and stress concepts like unstable identity, control of forces on who we are and how we behave, the relativism of anything and everything, and the importance of historical contextualization. There needs to be a level of critical thinking, a critical reflection, a critical evaluation.