I'm reading the book Motherless Brooklyn in which Lionel Essrog is trying to solve who killed his boss, Frank Minna. While reading this book I got to thinking about things people do to avoid how they really feel and who they really are.
For instance one character, Danny, is an orphan who dropped out of high school. Yet he is always calm, and always cool. Even when Minna dies he keeps his cool. He hides behind a lack of emotions and avoids how he really feels.
Lionel has tourette's. He and his friends get along by ignoring it They for the most part try and forget it exists. His whole life he sort of keeps himself hidden, with the tourrette's.. But as the book progresses Lionel meets other people, people who ask him about it, and how it is to be the way he is. And he slowly stops ignoring it, and accepting it. And he becomes a stronger, more complete person because of it.
The overall message here is that you can't hide behind your problems and avoid emotion to make life better.. Hiding won't lead you anywhere except an endless loop of avoidance. to solve anything in life it must be met head on, and until you meet your issues and emotions you are not an incomplete person.
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