To end this wonderful discussion on Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Stevenson decides to put the rescue of Jekyll in the hands of his old friend Lanyson. At the end of the chapter Jekyll reveals to Lanyson that he is Hyde by transforming from Hyde to Jekyll directly in front of him. This entire scene can be related to how everyone in the world gives off a perception that they want people to have of them and that is why they care so much about how people perceive them. In this case it shows how in almost any circumstance that there is always one person who is your best/oldest from or family member or relative who knows who you truly are and who can truly see you for you and who you trust the most. Jekyll trusted Lanyson so much that he was unable to "unmask" his secret right in front of him. What bothers me is that after reading this I was shocked to find out that he constantly changed from one to the other, just a people become different everytime they are around a certain group or groups of people. In Jekyll's closing statement at the end of the book he explains everything he went through and how he knew what might happen and then he cares so much about what people think. It makes me absolutely hate him and ugh. He says that he liked Hyde because he was younger, smaller and lighter. Of course he likes Hyde because everyone in the known world would want to me lighter, smaller and younger. This all relates back to self perception and how others perceive. To me it is one vicious circle and even I will admit the no one, not even the person who believes that they do not care what others think, still care what others think. It has to do with the lonely factor of not being accepted as who you are. Some one will always change one thing just to fit in with some group of friends. This deals with what in the brain makes us this way and it is because we need to feel accepted in order to not develop social problems or depression problems.
--- L. Katz ( On to the next book )
Sunday, November 4, 2007
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Great conclusions drawn from the book. I completely agree with you that self-perception plays such a large role in governing everyone's life today as well as before. I believe that this is just a fundamental aspect of the human brain that cannot be altered as is the concept of self itself. It is accepted that everyone enjoys self-esteem and self-preservation even if it's at the expense of others. Acting in a way in order to give a specific group of people a specific image of oneself is a natual way that a person tries to gain self-esteem. If that group of people accept the person, then he or she will feel good about themselves and would have achieved self-preservation.
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