As people grow older, so does their personality. When met with long periods of disconnection we can only compare the past personality/identity with the new present. In the short story “A Few Notes for Orpheus” by Don Bailey, the main character, Gus, is meeting his father for the first time in over two years. Throughout the story we see that Gus is unsure about his father as he links his father from the past onto the one in the present. He does this by the creating similarity of his father interacting and speaking with him as a child, and how he is doing it with Cathy. When Gus first meets his dad near a lake he describes his father’s appearance in a bewildered tone. “I had always thought of him as being bigger, but he was tiny and shrivelled
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When I was younger my neighbour, Matthew, was one of my best friends. Just like Gus, I haven't seen him for a long time, as when we were both in the fifth grade he was forced to move to Calgary as his dad got a new job. I always remembered him as the funny, happy and playful Mathew from the past, however looking at his Facebook and Instagram I can see that now he is moving into a negative future. Matthew would love to play outside with me and a few of the neighbourhood kids, and to be the center of the attention,and I have always imagined him continuing to do so. But looking at his photos on Facebook I can see now that he has moved into a period of isolation and depression. This is very difficult to with, because his personality change was so drastic and completely opposite to my predictions. Just like Gus I have will forever continue to compare and contrast the past identity to the future identity because it's the only one we truly know.
We can not accurately predict someone's future, as they can change on the people and environment around them. In the short story, Gus compares his father from years ago to his father now. And just like me, I continue to compare my old friend from the past to the new friend from the
When I was younger my neighbour, Matthew, was one of my best friends. Just like Gus, I haven't seen him for a long time, as when we were both in the fifth grade he was forced to move to Calgary as his dad got a new job. I always remembered him as the funny, happy and playful Mathew from the past, however looking at his Facebook and Instagram I can see that now he is moving into a negative future. Matthew would love to play outside with me and a few of the neighbourhood kids, and to be the center of the attention,and I have always imagined him continuing to do so. But looking at his photos on Facebook I can see now that he has moved into a period of isolation and depression. This is very difficult to with, because his personality change was so drastic and completely opposite to my predictions. Just like Gus I have will forever continue to compare and contrast the past identity to the future identity because it's the only one we truly know.
We can not accurately predict someone's future, as they can change on the people and environment around them. In the short story, Gus compares his father from years ago to his father now. And just like me, I continue to compare my old friend from the past to the new friend from the