COLUMN: Uncovering the real you and you
Ever wonder why some people are your best friend one minute and then the next they simply snap and become some hideous monster frothing at the mouth?
The answer is so simple, historians and authors have known about this for years and we are only now finding their theories to be true.
Take for instance the story of Jekyll and Hyde. Within the one man, there are really two people. One good and one bad. And I am not talking bad as in bad hair day bad, but really and truly bad.
Here is a scenario for you all to ponder and then agree with me about.
Have you ever had a roommate who was the nicest person you had ever been around and then when you finally moved into the apartment and got to know each other you could have sworn there was a major switch happening? The nice, cool or otherwise good roommate turns into the “ROOMMATE FROM HELL.”
Or how about this one. The first day of classes, you sit in the middle of the class room (so not to look to eager by sitting down front with the other over achieving freaks or in the back with the nobody losers who will more than likely fail this class anyway) waiting for your professor to come in. The door opens, and in walks the most genial, gray-haired person you have ever seen.
But what follows are weeks of hellfire and damnation upon your soul. The gray hair is replaced by demon horns. Slowly you move to the back row of the classroom just to get away from the satanic force at the front of the room. You skip your first class just to be early enough to get the back row and force the losers to sit closer to the evil one.
Okay, maybe this is a little extreme. Lets look at another classic literary character who is really a split personality. Take the beast from Beauty
and the Beast. He seems to be the ugly one but is really the good looking prince who all the girls want to fall in love with. But this does not have to apply simply to men.
Case study number 351. You decide to embark on matrimony and find the perfect spouse. After a lengthy courtship of three weeks, you walk down the aisle of wedded bliss and into the jaws of hell.
After a long day of work and classes, you roll over to kiss your sweetie goodnight and are greeted with a mass of hair rollers and face cream.
Beauty does not come without her price.
She, on the other hand, looks at her prince longing for him to understand that this transformation is really for him. She slips into fitful slumber serenaded by an orchestra of snores and grumbles. A symphony of belches and well, other bodily sounds. Where is the prince? The charming man she once knew. Replaced by the beast next to her.
The next morning, he awakens refreshed and ready to face the world. He turns and tries to rub the sleep from his eyes. But, alas, the bed-headed beast still sleeps beside him.
Although there is no cure for this malady, scientists are sure that with perseverance and ample funding provided by educational budget cuts, a solution will be found. Until then, it is every man for himself and himself.
Justin Berry is a theater major and part timejournalist (see the whole two-sided thing is true), hemay be reached at Justinsb26@yahoo.com