it means we gain our personal identities through interaction with others
Explanation:
what george herbert mead meant by this is that as individuals or human beings, we tend to gain our personal identities through interaction with other individuals. first of all we start to see ourselves through the eyes of others and after sometime we begin to see ourselves through the views that others communicate to us.
Well it relates because they are trying to find something to help them through the hard times that is happening. when the thief comes in it caused tension.