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I wonder where this comes from? A lot of our culture is based on stories about people changing personality. [1] Those stories have so much appeal and longevity
by hcarvalhoalves 10y ago
I wonder where this comes from? A lot of our culture is based on stories about people changing personality. [1]
Those stories have so much appeal and longevity exactly because the spectator can see someone like himself changing. The underlying motif is that anyone can go from weakling to hero, under the right circumstances.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monomyth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monomyth
- mercer 10y agoI think what complicates this discussion is the meaning of 'personality'. Someone here mentions 'taste', and you talk about weakling/hero. I'd never have considered these part of personality. I'd consider taste to be a cultural thing and rather changeable. And 'heroism' strikes me as something that I'd call 'character' rather than 'personality'.