The way humans view and treat others is based solely upon the knowledge we possess about what is considered “the normal”. When objects stray from this idea, disturbance is created within the human thought process creating a forceful examination based on shear curiosity. Staring: How We Look, by Rosemarie Garland-Thompson breaks down the intense interaction that takes place when humans use their eyes to try and understand something unknown. Thompson helps her reader define the dynamic and complicated relationship between two people when one seeks to understand the particular, while the other is “interrupting complacent business-as-usual” (Thompson 6). Thompson’s book can be used as a “lens” to help understand this common interaction like what