My Other Self :: essays research papers

In "My Other ego" the essayist takes the reader on a journey through a girls torturous emotional problems during a short power point of time. The essayist believes that to each person, there is an " new(prenominal) egotism". This opposite ego is a side of us that no else hold ups exists. I think it is created by the repression of our strongest emotions.     The girl in the essay is at a skating rink with her friends when one of the boys expresses a personal interest in her. When he asks to toss her home, the girls "other self" begins to feel trapped and nervous. "...and devising my other self very, very nervous. She can not bear to be held or confined." The above sentence from "My Other Self", shows how the character refers to her other self as a completely different person. She does not produce that the emotions building her other self are really just a part of her normal psyche that she has pushed aside. In the sentence, "my other self slips towards hysteria." The essayist also shows that the girls "other self" is far less composed than the self that she shows to acquaintances. Her other self is confused, and anxious to explode. In the events with the young boy lastly the girl feels overpowered by the feelings and thoughts that her "other self" is thrusting into her mind. She flees the scene - go forth the young man quite confused, as he does not know what is bothering her. When the girl flees home she is overcome with emotion, and this her parents do not understand, so she pretends that she is tump over about her skates - once again not allowing the honest expression of her other self.