All Over By Guy De Maupassant Analysis

Sometimes we see ourselves in front of the mirror and we ask “is that me?” Is that the reflection of myself or who is the image in front of me? Our mood depends on the ways we see ourselves or the way people perceive us. How our environment decides the way we see ourselves and sometimes we confront ourselves and we ask who is the real me and the answer is they are all real or there is not a real one. Twenty years ago I left my country with the idea to travel the world and and meet new or different cultures. As a consequence of that I met my husband in New York. Even in me there were two identities but marrying my husband made it real, giving birth to a new name with a new, different and free life. I felt that I didn’t belong anymore …show more content…
So the reality from an Argentina perception is very different from the perception of a New Yorker.This last one understands and perceives my reality and identity. In this paper base in a story All Over by the French writer, Guy de Maupassant is how reality plays in one of the character called Lormerin. In the story, Lormerin is a single middle age men, he shows himself as a self centered, vain even narcissist. He has a considerable large mirror in his dressing room in which he glimpse himself and he said “Lormerin is still alive”(Maupassant 1), I am still a handsome man.
In the way Larmerin sees himself at the mirror is the way he feels: even the years pass he feels a young spirit. Since he feels young he see himself too, but what really show is the love of his …show more content…
She felt the years past, and even the way she express about herself “come and dine with her this evening, with the elderly Baronne de Vance” she feels old and looks old. Lise is very aware of her self and surroundings, for this reason made more difficult to understand what were her intentions with her letter. In the first place Lormerin was her lover, she really loves him and maybe she still do, her husband died maybe she wants to find that love again since there is nothing in between of them. However, is most likely that her feeling about him are resentful. How he didn’t come to the rescue from the gouty, pimply baron that took her away from him? And how could he ignore the news of the birth of her daughter ?. Of course he was to busy with himself feeding his ego. Lormerin was looking forward for the dinner not only for the feelings he had once, his appearance was important to him and thinking in the illusion seeing himself next to her and still look young and handsome of course he will look great next to her. The evening arrive, in Lise’s house she had a old picture of him from those days that the love was on the air. Clever Lise, she want it to feed his ego so his felt will be more