"The kitchen of Meaning" By Roland Barthes.

Roland Barthes is implying that everything has a meaning whether it may be simple or complex. "The one thing that all objects have in common is that they all have a meaning". Roland barthes mentions "Modern man, urban man" in the beginning of his article. Modern man and urban man are representations of the new generation. " modern man, urban man, spends his time reading. He reads, first of all and above all, images, gestures, behaviors: his car tells the social status of the owner, this garment tells me quite precisely the degree of its wearers conformism or eccentricity,....". The newer generation spends it's time analyzing things that are on the surface level of importance. He mentions that all of these readings are "too important in our lifes". Later on in the article Barthes talks about the discovery of Czech machine guns in the hands of Congolese rebels. You would think that this would be alarming information but instead it is taken as "natural" information. Going back to one of Roland's key points; we give meanings to things that aren't of much importance rather than recognizing the true depth of meaning in something that is actually significant.