Faking It Vs. The Bastard

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The text “Faking It” by Emily Landau demonstrates the greatest drawbacks of being an impostor over “The Bastard”. Although both of the texts have drawbacks to being an impostor there seems to be more of them in “Faking It”. In addition, the biggest difference between the two texts is the drawbacks to being an impostor in “The Bastard” seems to be easier to live with as opposed to the drawbacks in “Faking It”. In the end the impostor in “The Bastard” may hurt more people at first but over time the people they hurt will move on but in “Faking It” the impostor will stay around the same people which could lead the people they are around to start to do the same things that they are which would lead to there being more people with “Impostor phenomenon”. Therefore the impostor in “Faking it” by Emily Landau has the most drawbacks. In “Faking it” the impostor has to live with it their entire life. Whereas the impostor in “The Bastard chooses to be the way …show more content…

In “The Bastard” the impostor didn’t care who he hurt he just wanted to “[introduce] himself to [all of the people from the village]” (71) so that he could earn their trust and then he could “[break] into every store front on the main street” (74). This could potentially have big long- term impacts on the stores, but no long-term impacts on the people themselves as they will never have to see the impostor again and will move on from it pretty quickly. Whereas in “Faking It” the impostor phenomenon makes “[people] come up with excuses not to pursue certain opportunities” (61). This could lead to the people around them self-doubting themselves and maybe even start to show signs of the impost phenomenon. Thus the impacts on other people that is caused by the impostor in “Faking It” seems like it would have a worse and longer effect on

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