Augusten Burroughs's Self-Loathing Personality
Throughout the book Magical Thinking by Augusten Burroughs, the main theme that can be seen is Burroughs self-loathing personality conflicting with his own vanity. These two personality traits depict himself more than any other characteristics he may have. Both have helped him survive through his childhood, career, social life, and love life. Burroughs is self aware and learns to live with these traits he possesses. Using his vanity to deem his actions are correct, while his self-loathing give him a feel of remorse and his own form of morals. Burroughs makes himself want to seem evil and hated, but gives himself proof of growth through the book.
Burroughs mental state started at a young age, like most others, in elementary school. During which …show more content…
While with Dennis he has grown and watch the world grown around him, after some time gay couple have been able to adopt children. While this is a huge triumph for the gay community at the time, Burroughs and Dennis both agreed parenthood was not for the. Burroughs reveals, “And I have a wise, deep cruel streak. This is not something I am proud of. But it’s a fact I’ve come to accept about myself.” (198) Speaking in terms of being able to raise a child, Burroughs is able to be seen more open about both his past and his future. He knows where is has been wrong, and can “accept” this. He has grown to be more equal with his inner demons, a personal growth he is able to come to terms with during times of change.
Magical Thinking shows a good amount of personal growth for Augusten Burroughs, while his two main personality traits seen in the book being vanity and self-loathing, he grows with many other traits as well. His vanity helped him keep moving through life, while his self-loathing let him push forward for what he truly wanted. For the duration of the book, in each chapter one trait is more prominent than the other, or conflict within each other. Throughout the book these traits are seen less of a difficulty to live with, but a something to
Burroughs mental state started at a young age, like most others, in elementary school. During which …show more content…
While with Dennis he has grown and watch the world grown around him, after some time gay couple have been able to adopt children. While this is a huge triumph for the gay community at the time, Burroughs and Dennis both agreed parenthood was not for the. Burroughs reveals, “And I have a wise, deep cruel streak. This is not something I am proud of. But it’s a fact I’ve come to accept about myself.” (198) Speaking in terms of being able to raise a child, Burroughs is able to be seen more open about both his past and his future. He knows where is has been wrong, and can “accept” this. He has grown to be more equal with his inner demons, a personal growth he is able to come to terms with during times of change.
Magical Thinking shows a good amount of personal growth for Augusten Burroughs, while his two main personality traits seen in the book being vanity and self-loathing, he grows with many other traits as well. His vanity helped him keep moving through life, while his self-loathing let him push forward for what he truly wanted. For the duration of the book, in each chapter one trait is more prominent than the other, or conflict within each other. Throughout the book these traits are seen less of a difficulty to live with, but a something to