Personal Narrative: My Different Masks

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My Different Masks When I was a student in high school I had a few friends that would gossip and spread rumors every day during lunch about certain kids at school. They would share the details about the scandal at the table and they would criticize them without pity. In other school settings, the critics would speak kindly to those they judged with an air of grace and elegance. Since I had witnessed their changing faces, I wondered if they had ever behaved the same way towards me. Although I was confused about the relationship I had with them, I soon realized that people?s personalities are not always set in stone. People adapt for each situation and they take on a different persona to be able to cope with the setting. For example,
I preferred to look right through him because I wanted to protect my hopeless romantic self and avoid getting hurt. Other times when I was around my crush, I was helplessly shy and quiet. I would get nervous for no reason and lose my train of thought. Usually I mumbled when I talked and immediately had nothing interesting to tell him. Other times, I changed drastically and became overconfident. I suppose I wanted to impress my crush and I wanted him to give me his undivided attention. Every instance I came across my crush proved to me that I was never really myself. I changed several times throughout my experiences with my crush and I altered my self-identity by wearing a mask above it. Since I was a student volunteer in high school, I came across moments where I had to perform public duties. My English class visited a nursing home on the week of Valentine?s during my sophomore year. My friends and I toured the
People act in unique ways due to different beliefs and cultures. Someone?s upbringing, decisions they?ve made, and relationships formed with people can also shape a person?s character. Humans are complex organisms that constantly adapt from learned experiences to conform to different situations.
My upbringing is one of the major influences that has affected who I am. My parents taught me to be respectful and compassionate when meeting people. Many significant decisions I?ve had to make regarding personal life and education have also impacted my character. Every choice is a learning experience that will help me analyze the possibilities of my future. Witnessing my so called friends criticizing fellow classmates helped me realize that people usually pretend to be someone they are not. Many individuals play positive and negative roles throughout their lives, disguising their true identity from themselves as well as other people that they