Who I Am-Or At-Least Who I Believe Myself Analysis

Peggy Orenstein says that “who I am- or at-least, who I believe myself.” This quote reveals her lack personality of who she is. This is the way of how she expressed herself to the world, even though she was constructing images along the way. Orenstein was building a different persona in order to communicate with others. In other words, we spend more time constructing images of our self, so we can feel accepted by others, in which we pretend to be a different person, while we play along.