I. Q&A

1.? What does “entitlement” mean? Can you give an example to explain it?

In this chapter, "entitlement" means someone who think they are special, so they believe that they deserve more attention and regard. Actually, just like Manson said, entitlement is just like narcissistic bubbles, which surrounds those entitled people and make them incapable of acknowledging their own problems. For instance,? we maybe come across some blind pride person, who called themselves "Mr./Miss. Perfect". They just belive they know everything, if other people shows a little doubtful, they will lose their temper.?

2.? What’s the point of telling Jimmy’s story?

Jimmy is the typical entitled person. Because he feels as though he deserves good things without actually earning them. Manson use Jimmy's story to tell us many people so fixated on feeling good about themselves that they making self-deception.

3. Do you think you are special? What’s wrong with feeling you are sepcial?

When I was in primary school, I thought I was special sucks, because my Chinese teacher always said I was stupid and my writings were ugly. However, from high school, my life were totally changed. All my teachers praised me that I have a great talent in classical Chinese literature. They said that my poems and papers are brilliant and I am so special and suppossed to make a different. When I was in colledge, I almost believe what they told me. Am I the special person? Actually, NO. When I think I am special wonderful, I can quickly find out my shortcomings which make me doubt myself. Once a time, I lingered about self-doubt and self-affirmation. Finally, I found out that I am not speical, both good or bad aspect, I just a normal person. Whatever my teachers said, it just showed they like or dislike me.? ? ?

4. If you are not special, how can we achieve greatness?

The point is if one day I achieve greatness, that is not because I am special. On the contrary, believing I am just common makes me feel more free and less pressure, which is the important way to achieve greatness.

II. Words and expression

1. He had a delusional level of self-confidence.

delusional ? 妄想的

delusion 迷惑、欺騙、錯覺? （ a false belief about yourself or the situation you are in）

這個詞的變形在這一章中多次出現(xiàn)有序，比如delusive贸呢，同義詞：raud、befuddlement

2. “Sure,” I say, and slug myself downthe hall, baggy jeans and moppy hair and oversized Pantera T-shirt and all.

baggy jeans and moppy hair? baggy 和moppy在這里押尾韻爷恳，讀起來十分有趣。

moppy 亂蓬蓬的

3. My sweat blossoms like a fungal growth. It spreads from my palms to my arms and now my neck.

這兩句用來形容作者如坐針氈、汗流浹背的焦躁不安的狀態(tài)辙喂，blossom用在這里十分形象。

第三章中這一節(jié)的心理描寫非常精彩鸠珠，仿佛是在讀扣人心弦的小說巍耗，心緒隨著作者的心理變化起伏不定。

4. After all, it takes a lot of energy and work to convince yourself that your shit doesn’t stink, especially when you’ve actually been living in a toilet.

這一句諷刺了entitled people的自我感覺良好渐排， your shit doesn’t stink, especially when you’ve actually been living in a toilet 簡直是十分不留情面炬太、一針見血。

5. There’s no way we can process the tidal waves of information flowing past us constantly.

the tidal waves of information 和flowing past 搭配非常巧妙驯耻。

III. Thoughts

看到朋友圈有個姑娘寫了一句話"每個人都是英雄亲族，都走在自己的屠龍之路上"炒考，于是心有感觸，回來補寫一點感想霎迫。

Manson告訴我們斋枢，“You are not special.” 要承認自己的平凡，顯然需要勇氣知给。因為我們的世界里充斥著各種名人新聞瓤帚、各種偶像劇、各種drama涩赢，所有的這一切都在告訴我們別人有多么特別多么優(yōu)秀缘滥。在這樣的環(huán)境里，如果自認平凡谒主，幾乎是等于不思進取的朝扼。然而，給自己打上一個“特別”的標簽霎肯，無疑是一重枷鎖擎颖。因為覺得自己特別，所以希望別人給予特別的關注观游，于是就在自己盲目而虛無的世界中自我欺騙搂捧。結果，我們所認為的“特別” 懂缕，其實只是包裹著自負與自卑的的自我欺騙而已允跑。所謂的"entitlement"，無疑就是這樣的標簽搪柑。

而我們并不需要這樣的標簽聋丝，我們不是特別的，但是工碾，每個人都是一個獨立的個體弱睦。我們不是工廠里批量生產的瓶子，整齊劃一渊额、千篇一律况木。從皮囊到內在，從思想到靈魂旬迹，我們都有不同的地方火惊，每個人都是如此。所以說奔垦，我們無須標榜自己的“特別”屹耐，更無需因自己的特別去設定一些虛無縹緲的目標。每個人都有獨特的靈魂宴倍，我們需要的是坦誠面對真實的自己张症。

就我自己的經歷而言仓技，可以說經過了從自卑到自負，到最終認清自己的過程俗他。當小學老師說我是個智障的時候脖捻，我真的認為自己是特別差勁，簡直無可救藥兆衅。而后地沮，自己的文學才能逐漸被肯定，一路上聽著師長們的贊美走過了高中和大學羡亩。于是摩疑，我居然真的覺得自己是特別的，甚至年少輕狂地覺得畏铆，我應該做出一番與眾不同的大事雷袋。直到有那么一天，我遇見了一個比我優(yōu)秀千倍辞居，更比我勤奮萬倍的人楷怒，我的世界就像多米諾骨牌那樣在他的面前坍塌了。并不是他的光芒讓我睜不開眼瓦灶，而是他對自己的認知與定位讓我自慚形穢鸠删。他的出現(xiàn)擊碎了我的自以為是，從那時起贼陶，我仔細的審視自己刃泡，原來我的自認為特別，不過是為了遮掩早年的自卑碉怔。我認為自己的“特別”烘贴，不過是那些喜歡我的人對我的贊美，并不見的就是我的真實能力眨层。如果說我擅長文學研究庙楚，那么這也并不是因為天賦，而是因為喜歡趴樱，所以能夠投入。的確酪捡，我從來都不特別叁征，現(xiàn)在，我只是努力的做一個優(yōu)秀的普通人罷了逛薇。

沒有那么多龍需要屠捺疼，并非每個人都是英雄，但我們都有屬于自己的生活永罚，都有自己經營與維系的小世界啤呼。