in 1959 Irving gman introduced the idea of geometrical analysis in his book the presentation of self in everyday life this symbolic interactionist Theory makes the analogy of life as a theatrical performance and States that how we present ourselves in everyday life is similar to a performance on stage Kind of like Shakespeare's famous Line all the world is a stage so in other words when intera with people we are actors in a performance that performance is largely based on the values Belief and Habits That We learn from Social institutions And Also our interactions with others in situations where we don't know the others in the scene on a familiar or intimate level we tend to present our front stage self this front stage self is the version of Us That We Believe will be favorable to others This is Maggie Maggie is madly in love with Mike Mike is an Adventurous guitar player in a local rock band with multiple tattoos his manners are questionable he is known to Bel maggie's parents want to meet Mike They have never seen a local Rock performance and maggie's dad doesn't like tattoos Maggie is nervous because she wants her parents to accept him Mike tells Maggie he's got this covered on the day Mike is to meet mag's parents he shows up in a buton long shirt hair Andes hisn never Beles Mike is the actor presenting his front stage self to mag's parents when we Engage our front stage s we also Engage What is called impression management in impression management we Engage in behaviors that we want the World to see And Those are often favorable Mike wants mag's parents to like him and he defin wants to continue mag's parents m polite and respectful and encourage Maggie to continue to date Mike over time Mike and maggie's parents become comfortable with each other and Mik eventually shows mag's dad his tattoos and periodically forgets his manners This is called The backstage self This is the version of ourselves that we often present to those We are familiar with What has happened is that over time maggie's parents have Accepted him And they are familiar with one another Mike is able to present his backstage self on a daily basis we Engage in our front stage and backstage and in impression management the more socially connected We Are The more we tend to manage What parts of ourselves We want the World to see fav we do this a lot in social media when we post a status on Facebook that shows We are compassionate or when we tweet a witty comment because you want to appear smart and funny we do this in other instan we Prof for interview J