After toiling for days, endlessly attempting to spout out a worthy topic to debate on paper, I decided to have an internal argument over why teens use a facade in order to adapt to a socially demanding society. I tooled in my head for hours about this as I aimlessly walked through the mall, listening, watching and observing what others do while in the public eye. I found that if I watched a person long enough, eventually I could see right through their social masks. It was a bit eerie at first, but I became accustomed to it and continued on with a journal, which I created in my inner-monologue. To make this a fair debate, I observed individuals from opposing "cliques" and assessed them accordingly. This was to provide an element of subjective and critical thought to properly research the motives.

When I first arrived, I was intent on going in-and-out, as we all seem to think we will do. I was headed for Structure to pay a bill when I saw a rather strange individual with a green mohawk, and what I would reserve as early eighties, British-punk apparel. He was with a friend, strolling along the second floor, headed straight for Hot-Topic. I was intrigued, so I decided to give cha

se. I was amazed that they had the attention and stamina to stay in the store for well over an hour, never purchasing anything. I grew bored of this after about twenty minutes and walked across to Sun Coast to get a movie. Notwithstanding, I did hear one of them mention his having a passionate hatred for Abercrombie and that "they were all the same." Assuming that he was referring to those who wear Abercrombie clothes, it compelled me to think of a counterpoint rather quickly. If those who wear Abercrombie are all the same, what does that make of those who wear his style of clothing? Are they all the same in the eyes of those who wear Abercrombie? Of course, there was only one way to find out...go to Abercrombie.

It was eight-fifteen pm, a mass gathering of social bees occurred at about eight-thirty. I was alone at the center table, studying for a government exam. A chilling breeze blew around me as three young girls flung the door open. I reached for my scolding-hot white-chocolate mocha. With the coffee in my hands, hunched over my notebook, the door finally closed and a feeling came over me like a warm blanket. This did not last long, as youth began to virtually pour in for their "study-groups," which is a euphemism for "hang-out." They were just like the group at Abercrombie: shallow, goofy and shortsighted. They raced each other to the comfortable chairs (the ones with purple chanel fabric). One even had the nerve to ask me if he could use mine. After I refused, he made some comment under his breath about my being a "dick." I shrugged it off, as I was the elder in this community.

Beginning to feel the effects of hard-rubber shoes on solid tile flooring, I made my way across the mall to the escalator. Down the escalator, I finally arrived at Abercrombie & Fitch. These were the most interesting people whom I had observed for the entire study. A clash of cultures were mixing and mingling in a cramped and disastrous atmosphere. My nose was irritated by the confusing amount of colognes and perfumes that permeated the air. My muscles were sore from being knocked around like a pinball. In due time, I learned to hold my own in the raging inferno of Abercrombie. No longer did I let people shove me out of the way just to get the right size of jeans! Of the many things I noticed in this store, the most significant was that very seldom did the conversations have anything t

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