Book Covers

Everyone always says, 'don't judge a book by it's cover'....but when you stop and look around you may notice; a lot of books hang out with books with similar covers. Is this just some strange phenomenon that people hang out with other people with similar outward appearances? Maybe one person influences another to care more or less about their appearance? Either way, another theory would suggest that a person's social class will influence the kind of people they associate with and most likely how they will look. Some people get 'preppy' clothes, other like black, and some are into jeans that never seem to fit at the waist. However, it is not often that you see the kids in black consorting with the kid who needs a belt. Unfortunately, people spend time with people who they interpret to be from the same social class as them. Sadly this does not foster healthy friendships with a lot of diverse people, but people tend to feel more comfortable with someone 'like them.' I like to think I don't give anyone the cold shoulder, but even looking at my own friends I can say that they are all alike. And not just in appearance, but in interests as well. In many ways we are very similar; I'm not saying that in order to be my good friend you need to share my opinions and look like you're in the same social class as me.....but I guess it wouldn't hurt our friendship either.