There are many characteristics that make up who you are and your personality. Most people have the normal characteristics, like being a fast runner or being good at something. Some have unusual special characteristics, like learn things really quickly or speaking another language easily. Although not all of the characteristics that you get or grow into are good for you. Everyone gets at least one of these, and most people try to hide them but some don’t succeed. These are characteristics that are damned.
Insecurity is one of those, because it makes you unsure of yourself and the decision you make. In the book Monster, by Walter Dean Myers, Steve the main character is insecure of himself. In the book Steve describes seeing a face in the mirror he doesn’t recognize. The face doesn’t look like him and he doesn’t believe he could change that much in only a few months. Steve’s insecurity is becoming more unstable because so many changes are happening all around him. People are talking about like he’s not even there and some of the things he hears from those people make him question if he question himself even more. Is he truly is a monster?
Insecurity is a damned characteristic because it can either make you hurt others in order to feel go about yourself or it makes you look and/or feel weak. In Steve’s case it makes him both feel and look weak. He says that he wants to be a good person yet he doesn’t feel like one. His insecurity is feeding off the things that other people are telling him. He’s becoming unbalanced and is starting to lose the battle. His insecurity may lead him to make decision that might be lead to his downfall.
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