1. Can we ever really know a person?

I believe that we can never really know who another person is fully. There are things and events in a person’s life that they normally wouldn’t share with everyone. Everyone has an internal mind, which consists of our personal thoughts. These thoughts are apart of us, which makes us separate from others. Also, when people go through traumatic experiences the cause of them could leave a person changing in a matter of ways. One’s personality can completely change because of the feeling they received that may have altered the way they view the world or even how they view themselves. A lot of the time when big impact events occur, the thoughts of that person can cause them to hide there true feelings. There are so many cases when a person will commit suicide and there close family and friends will say that they never saw it coming. We hide so much in our minds, that a person who may seem happy on the outside may be struggling and fighting on the inside.In Morrison’s essay, she creates an image on how she wishes her new neighbor could be. Over time she develops a mental picture and becomes very disappointed when she discovers that her neighbor is not who she imagine them to be. This occurs a lot for me personally, I have met people before and without even really knowing them I have created a person who I think they are in my mind. In time I learn who they are and most of the time I am disappointed that they are not what I wanted them to be. Also, many people have multiple personalities that can be deceiving when trying to get to know a person.