While the primate self responds more to the immediate situation in that context, the ego is more aware of the persona and the longer-term implications of your actions in the social environment.

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Regardless, the introduction to Eli via this anecdote heightens the self-awareness present throughout People Collide that strengthens the funny, self-deprecating, and terribly insecure narrator.

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Thompson, noting how Thompson’s perceived persona overshadowed his true self. The narrator talks about Thompson’s difficult childhood, his brief criminal stints in high school, his first ...