The film, "Being There," directed by Hal Ashby & the short stories, "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings," and "The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World," by Gabriel Garcia-Marquez, suggest that people often ascribe meanings to people and things based on their own needs & desires. This is clear when one considers a number of factors: people will believe things if it matches up to what they already believe and they will also be subjective about something in order to fulfill a purpose. Finally, because people don't know the truth about everything they are more than willing to fill in the blanks with their own speculations without looking for more objective reasonings. With all this in mind it is evident how people subjectively give meanings to things based on our own needs & desires. In "Being There," Hal Ashby showcases how subjective people can be in order to fulfill personal desires. Chance the Gardener becomes this blank slate that other people project their ideas & wants onto. Eve being emotionally and sexually deprived fills the void by making herself believe that Chance loves her. Despite the fact that Chance shows no significant signs that he likes Eve more than just a friend he also shows no signs he wants to be more than a friend which lets Eve believe that they share mutual feelings for each other. Her beliefs are subjective because they're not based on any solid evidence; rather she is solely basing it on that she's lonely and chance is there by her side in her time of need. This goes to show how powerful our subjective minds can be just to justify thoughts based on one's desires. Gabriel Garcia-Marquez's, "The Most Handsomest Drowned Man in the World," implies that even though we don't fully understand something we still give it a subjective meaning based on answers that match up with what we already know. On first seeing the drowned man children come up with various answers to what it could possibly be such as an enemy s