Reflection #2

Reflective Essay #2

            Do you ever wonder what it would be like to have a secret identity? You could have another side of you that nobody knows about except yourself. Clark Kent and Superman, Bruce Wayne and Batman, or Peter Parker and Spiderman and many other superheroes had secret identities that helped protect themselves as well as those they loved. This secret identity allowed them to walk amongst people without ever being noticed. What do you think it would be like if you had a secret identity? What if you had a secret identity, but you did not know about it? As we have talked about in class, many of us have dual personalities to satisfy those in our lives that important to us. For instance, I am a son, a brother, a boyfriend, and a teammate along with many other labels. How I act when I am around those individuals is different from each other. When I am around my parents, I am respectful, well mannered, and entertaining. However, when I am around my brother I am entertaining but I also set a role model standard for myself to set for him. As a teammate, I am more aggressive and motivational. I push myself and my teammates to be the best they can be as well as give all they possibly can. As a boyfriend, I am generous, entertaining, and loving. Some of my traits I carry from personality to personality, because I see how they work out in some situations and I try to apply them in other situations when I need to. I find this interesting, because I notice that some superheroes tend to do this as well. They allow their personal life get involved with their secret identity and that is when they start to get into trouble. In a way, these different personalities make up who I am, but they also give me a secret identity when it comes to who I am around. I think myself and others tend to do this, because you want to fit in and get along with those you are around, so you adapt who you are to help fit in. Even though we do not have super powers, we do have “secret” identities. The way we act around others is different depending on whom we are with. With that being said, I like to think of us as superheroes without super powers.