First Impressions In My Papa's Waltz

“You will never get a second chance to make a first impression.” (Will Rogers). First impressions stick, and they stick hard. There’s no way around it, they remain as a layer on identity. While within that identity there might exist a different person, that different person still holds onto the external layer of a first impression. First impressions truly are almost impossible to change.
In a book, people use post-it notes to remember a specific point. In society, people use first impressions to remember a specific person. They’re quite similar, jotting down a note to remember a humorous part in a book, or mentally remembering a humorous person Unlike post-it notes, however, first impressions can’t be pulled off and repurposed. It wouldn’t make sense to be able to mentally label them differently. Their first impressions just stick. They just stick there as new layer of identity. Delving deeper into
It’s seen as this potential disaster that needs to be prepared for. While it could be a negative thing, the opposite is just as likely. For instance, the earlier example of the nice to evil teacher could flip around. Someone who might seem to be an antagonising rival might end up becoming quite a good friend. This phenomenon occurs in literature as well. In seventh grade, I was required to read My Papa’s Waltz. When I first read it I fixated on the whiskey and drunkenness, especially on the parts where it described, “At every step you missed, my right ear scraped a buckle” (My Papa’s Waltz, lines 11-12). I visualized this drunk, violent stupor. In reality, however, it was just someone dancing with his drunk dad, clumsily holding on. Although now I know the truth, I still can’t help but oddly visualize an abusive drunk with his son, even though it’s just a jolly, drunk dad dancing with his son. It’s been 4 years since I’ve read that poem, yet I still remember the first impression it made on