Authors note: This writing piece was about how Jekyll was a healthy and bright man on the outside in front of his piers but on the inside he had a dark state that no one knew about. I related this to real life and how everyone has a side that people don't know or see. Even family and friends never see the side of people when they are in solitude. In high school I think this is even more important. People are different when they are by themselves maybe because their hobbies and likes are rejected or unpopular.
On the outside I am 16. I am a regular teenager. I have friends. I live in America. I am a teenage girl living in Georgia. Everyday I go to school, talk to my friends work out, and go home. Everyday I go to school as a teenage girl. I listen to music. I drive fast. I go to school where I act as my friends do. Driving home I am stripped away of stress. I let go of the days work. The closer I am to home, the less I am a teenage girl living in Georgia. I open the front door and I strip away the clothes that are accepted to my piers. I layer myself in sweatpants and a bulky sweatshirt. I watch history shows and science fiction movies. When my friends ask what I am doing I tell them Im watching mtv and reading the latest teen vouge. I replace my Facebook internet tab with a job application. Everyday I replace myself to the what the world wants to see. Those fortunate and smart enough enter and return from school each day as themsleves. I am not a s fortunate. I must layer and hide myself to become the accepted model of a teen. I must be accepted by my piers, who judge people by the color of their shoes or straightness of their hair. I am 16. I live in Georgia. And everyday I'm turning tables.
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