Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)
So my Summer Reading List:
‘The Grapes of Wrath’ by John Steinbeck
‘the Kinsey Millhone Alphabet Mysteries’ by Sue Grafton
‘Spenser’ by Robert Parker
The point of a Summer Reading List is to look at the characters from popular, famous and otherwise widely recognized from the perspective of the Wakefield Doctrine. Expect to see a ‘Character Report’ at least once a week… towards the end of July and continuing into August.
You know how you’ve been thinking, “Damn! It’s the height of Summer and my weight is almost where I want it, maybe now is the time to lose/gain those tiny little extra pounds, before the weather changes and the seasonally-appropriate clothing tricks me into not making the effort. Wish there was an easy way to do this!“? Good news! There is! Come join a bunch of us at the ‘Hurry-up and Weight Gravity Challenge‘. There’s a bunch of people having fun while altering their attraction to the center of the earth! The Rules are simplicity itself! Take a photo of your scale every morning before 8:00 am (local) and send it in and then encourage your co-participants in their efforts. There is even a Special Rule, aka Kristi’s Rule for anyone who might be feeling a little self-conscious…go check it out or just check with Kristi.
Busy work week in the ‘real’ world, so following is a ‘re-print’ from 2014
Today will we repeat what is implied throughout the Wakefield Doctrine: there are three worldviews that we are all heir to, that we all find ourselves growing up and developing in from a rather young age: the world of the Outsider (clarks), the reality of the Predator (scotts) and the life of the Herd Member (rogers). Each of these three have qualities that good and admirable and each of these three have weaknesses and indulgences that are not so good and admirable. None of the three is better than the other two. Observant Readers will detect a (slightly) overlapping symmetry to the three worldviews, that when balanced would result in an healthy and life-optimising person. (yes, that is a made up word). But that’s not important now, what is important is that we make sure all our new Readers understand that, rogers are not the ‘god-I-hope-I-don’t-turn-out-to-be-one-of-them’ personality types of this here Doctrine, here.
So to review:
rogers
(adv rogerian; pronunciation: ‘roe -jeer -riann’)
The ‘initial metaphor’ for a roger is that of any animal that naturally associates with it’s own kind in a ‘herd’. The primary characteristic derived from this metaphor is one of ‘belonging’, being a group member, similar in all important aspects to the others in the group (herd). ( In contrast to the clark personality type, a roger, especially when in the context of the herd, is never, ever an Outsider.)The predominant characteristic that is attributed to the rogerian personality type is that rogers experience the world as an ordered place, the nature of the world, (to a roger), is that it is quantifiable, definable and predictable. To a roger the world is, basically good and it is a place of Rules…provided, of course, the rules and guides and laws are recognized, expressed and followed.
This perception is paired with a drive (within the personality type) to impose order, through rules and laws on the world.While clarks ‘gather by themselves’ and scotts organize ‘as a pack’, the characteristic grouping of rogers is the herd.
rogers are the friendly ones, of the three personality types, the person you will mostly likely recall having a long, pleasant, you-know-I-can’t-really-what-we-talked-about, conversation with
rogers are the warp ( or maybe the woof! lol) to whatever social fabric you might care to consider, be it civic, religious, scientific or other cultural expression
rogers require rules and traditions, they are, in fact, the only ‘reason’ that human civilization has any continuity whatsoever
rogers are behind the creation and perpetuation of, virtually all human institutions, religious, civic, political
rogers do not create, they maintain, they assemble, they are the machine operators
rogers are the engineers, accountants and physicians
rogers are the judges, the firefighters and high school teachers (except for gym teachers)
(from: the Page on rogers)And so, there you have it, rogers in all their hail-fellow/gal-well-met, bonhomie, ladies and gentleman! may I present: the people person, Mr Precision, the pain in the ass, the woman whose dinner table looks like a page from a gourmet magazine (and is equally tasty and enjoyable), the man who carves ships and manages to put them in a damn bottle (without anyone even hinting at a necessity to do so), the Mom who makes sure that her Child and those other children all wear the latest in Elementary School Fashion (provided the elementary school is in Calgary and the year is 1957), the father who promises to teach his son to work on cars but forbids him (the son, not himself…he has other things he forbids himself, much to the dismay of the Mrs.), to even touch the tools that are totally clean and (some) hanging on the pegboard over the spotless workbench, matching perfectly to the silhouette outline, the girl elected Chairperson of the Yearbook Committee two years in a row!, the linebacker, the catcher, the girl who will become an engineer because it is such a stable and reliable line of work, the friend you had that was your best friend up until a scott enters the scene and then, depending upon gender (of the scott, not the friend) you would end up: beat up and ignored or ignored and beat up! rogers represent the majority of the population and we would not have the user-friendly and increasingly impersonal conveniences of life without them.
lets try this:
Court Room: the Judge is a roger, the Clerk is a clark, the Bailiff is a scott (the Prosecuting Attorney is a roger and the Defense Attorney is a: clark if mostly unsuccessful or a scott is often successful(when not being barred from the courtroom)
Operating Room: the Surgeon is a scott, the Nurse is a clark and the Anesthesiologist is a roger
Construction Site: GC (general contractor) is a scott, the finish carpenter is a roger and the guy who does the cleanup is a clark
Local gas station/repair: the Owner is a scott, the mechanic is a roger and the kid who keeps trying, unsuccessfully to get a job there is a clark
the Best Date ever: (before the age of 23): she is a scott and you are not
the King and Queen of the Prom: (Junior Year: she is a roger and he is a scott Senior Year: she is a scott and he is a scott)
….hey! I’m doing all the work here… you want more examples? write a damn Comment and request or better yet, give us one that we don’t have yet
That’s enough for today.
That wasn’t bad, was it?
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What is the effect of introvertism and extrovertism as exhibited by each worldview?
Hey attaching to Vals question…have ya heard of locus of control? What about an internal vs an external ie ( I have control over what happens to me vs the universe is responsible for what happens to me)… hope you dont mind me tagging along, Val.
that is a good question and you have almost got the answer in how you phrase it… (the Doctrine way of phrasing would be: how does introversion (or extroversion) manifest in the worldview of…
which is to say (as called for by ‘the Everything Rule’*) were a scott to experience (extroversion (lol)/introversion) how would they behave…(in the context of ‘the Predator) etc
* the Everything Rule says ‘everyone does everything at one time or another’…simply a reminder that although there are things that each of the worldviews are especially suited to (i.e. rogers being engineers, scotts being entertainers and clarks…. being unsuccessful librarians…lol), there is not such thing as ‘a scottian job’ a ‘rogerian hobby’ etc
I was going to mention it before but I thought it woud self correct but I suppose I should go on record now… I have noticed since I mentioned Steinbeck that you have been kind of hooked on reading the Grapes of Wrath… good book…not any of the ones I mentioned but good none the less… Better and less depressing read is Cannery Row which I did mention in my question… Im assuming here that you just didnt decide you were on a depression era reading jaunt and misunderstood my original suggestions. The other was The Winter of Our Discontent and Sweet Thursday. I may have mentioned Of Mice and Men but I don’t recall.
ok! glad you said that… I read your (original) comment as that being one of the recommended books… I haven’t bought the book yet (starting with Dyanne’s suggestion…thought I would ease my way in with some light detective-ette books)… I will re-open the suggestion window!
well the main male characters are usually Clarks… Jode, Nathan, Doc… the question is are all Steinbeck men Clarks and if so what is he? Can you tell that from a style of writing if it is consistently of one ilk?
certainly is suggestive (of that)… and the idea that most of the main characters are clarks (would you concur that Lennie is a clark?) that would reflect upon the author’s predominant worldview…which, as I’m sure you’re racing ahead on, the characters who are not the authors predominant are they ‘believable’ if so, is that attributable to the author’s writing skill or a developed secondary/tertiary aspect (of the author) for bonus points: how would we ‘prove it?’
I have a book of his letters… I think Stienbeck may be a scott. So if Lennie is an outsider what do you think about George? I struggle with Lennie’s clark due to his aggression and if he were of different cognitive capacity would he actually be a roger ( he so wants to belong and may have if he was given the chance at a normal intellect) ? But he is so sensitive so yeah…clark… hmmmm just thinking aloud.
damn! you’ve tricked me again! (the question of cognitive….quality/mental dis-ability) is a question that we’ve only briefly touched upon (for a variety of reason, not the least of which is my own lack of actual knowledge of that part of the human condition…but, I’m tempted to resort to (what seems but is not a carte blanche answer), ‘the Everything Rule’ but nah, that would not be doing justice to the Doctrine or the mentally-impaired-disabled ok lets set aside the question of George’s mental intellect and look at the character…. I’ll read that one first (old joke: ‘Of Meece and Men’ by Mr Jinks)
hahhahaha….I never heard the Jinx joke but Looney Toons was forever doing the Of Mice and Men parodies….https://youtu.be/ArNz8U7tgU4
Remember that the Sue Grafton books are sequential.
You should have picked a Francis book. They’re short :)
lol… yes, Miss Dillon
I’m on the first one (figure that’ll be the way to watch the development of the characters)… I may read the entire series (if I enjoy it enough), but will read enough to be in a position to suggest the predominant worldview of the lead character(s)
care to weigh on the personality types yet? or wait for a bit… there will be updates
Kinsey is a Clark. I think Henry might be a Roger, or else a Scott, but Roger comes to mind first.
now this, and given that you’re a scott and not exceptionally unsure of yourself and given-to-going-along-with-strongly-stated-opinions, is one of the fun aspects of the Doctrine, i.e. discussion of another person’s predominant worldview. To that, I’ll say, I’m refraining from venturing my own opinion, as I haven’t finished the first book (of the series/that I’ve read)… The fun part can be when 2 people disagree, because then, reasons and examples of what makes the person believe that a given worldview is the best, most consistent to describe how the person (being examined) is relating themselves to the world around them. Ex: ‘he’s a guy and he loves to wear all sorts of different hats (literally… fashion-wise) or… ‘the character is described as having a slouching posture, is slow to move and speaks in a low monotone’ or ‘she keeps a system of file cards, coordinated by the person as opposed to a chronological system’.
gimme some time!! The series is ok… (there better be at least some sex and gunplay… or is that guns and sexplay… never mind that now!)… but I’ll want to read a few of the books, ideally spread through the series, before I’m willing to venture an opinion/
What I wanna know is how the hell you’re so good at figuring out all the clarks, scotts, and rogers. Granted, you RUN the Doctrine, but…
In my office, I’m still not that good at automatically ID-ing everyone. Most of the are rogers, I know. I can tell that I’m probably the only clark. I think the admin assistant (who pretty much runs the place) is a scott. I think. I think. She’s intense. And I don’t wanna piss her off. LOL
PS – closing tomorrow. It’s been a friggin’ harrowing journey. Originally scheduled for Friday. Then the lawyer screwed up. Then scheduled for 11 am . Then the mortgage officer screwed up. Rescheduled for 4pm tomorrow. Sheesh.
…well, I (might) ask you, ‘how the hell are you so good at speaking Spanish and such?’ (famous old* joke, “How do you get to Carnegie Hall?” “Practice”**) I sorta think in Doctrine, these days, so it’s not so much how good I am (and, granted, I am way good at it), as I automatically in my head, do what you and everyone does, to a certain degree, i.e. consider the person’s behavior in the context of three worldviews. Hey! maybe this is today’s Post! The post that I woke up thinking that I needed a new content post… see what I mean?
if she is (a scott) you’re all set. (Following is advanced instructions in Wakefield Doctrine practice… seeing as you are well advanced)… the next time you enter into an interaction with her, just before you do, smile (to yourself) and watch her sideways out of the corner of your eyes…. everything else will follow from that! lol
… well, if you want a little fun at the Closing, at your attorney’s expense, at (some point in the proceedings) you’ll be asked if ‘this is your ‘free act and deed’…. say ‘No’…. on second thought, better not, only a few hours and you’ll be in new home, which is surely very cool…. we all want photos (the opening chapter of the new phase of the Story!) of the new house and such.
*not necessarily funny, but old
** bar rum bump!