Topical Guide 508
Mark Dorset
Alter Ego
Self-Presentation (or Presentation of the Self)
Happiness, Desire for
B. W. Beath, in Reservations Recommended, Chapter 5:
Like the other rubes, you have arrived here wanting to be pleased. You don’t want to notice the shortcomings, you want to be happy, and if you must be deceived to be happy, you are willing to participate in your own deception. Hope does not come easily or naturally to you, Matthew, but tonight you’re hoping for a wonderful evening, for yourself and for Leila. You would love to be enchanted, and you’re willing to go halfway.
At least. And you leave me alone, BW.
I shall try.
See also:
Self-Presentation (or Presentation of the Self) TG 427; Voice of Reason, Man of Action, Madman, the Engagé and the Dégagé TG 430; Altruist TG 443; Devil-May-Care Bon-Vivants, Self-Denying Elder, and Outspoken Rebel TG 446
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