QUESTION TEXT: Of all of the photographs taken of…
QUESTION TYPE: Paradox
PARADOX: John’s friends thought that a picture didn’t look like John. John thought it did look like him.
ANALYSIS: We need something that explains why John would see things differently from his friends. Only answer choice D does this. We see ourselves differently than everyone else, because we only see ourselves in mirrors.
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- We would think that John’s friends would recognize him in his normal clothes.
- This doesn’t explain why John’s friends had a different view.
- Why would John’s friends have a different view of a black and white photograph than John did?
- CORRECT. We only see ourselves in mirrors, which reverse our face. John is used to seeing himself in a mirror, but his friends aren’t.
- If there were several photographs only of John, then why didn’t John think those looked like him as well?
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