Final Blog 02

1. Does this theory imply that we chose to be moved?
   I think the pretend theory does imply that we choose to be moved. If we accept all of the premises laid out in this weeks reading, then we are certainly led down the garden path into thinking so. Things rouse emotion in us involuntarily. Sometimes, I have played video games that were happy and light hearted and knew they were such, only to have them make me feel a little sad. There are even works of fiction that my friends are interested in that I do not have any knowledge about or watch that have roused feelings in me. I saw an animation of one of my friends' shows and I glanced at it and experienced emotion. I do not think that I was pretending to understand what was going on or pretending anything at all.