View on Secrets

After thinking about A Tale of Two Cities (sorry to remind honors classes of it), I remembered what Dubb had to say about the meaning of the novel. She said Dickens was trying to show how no one person can fully know another. No matter what someone thinks or feels or wants to happen, no one will ever know everything about you. You will keep your secrets from others no matter how close you are. I have my secrets I keep from people. Not even Chelsea knows everything about me, which may be a surprise to some. The fact that everyone keeps these secrets keeps the world interesting. Finding out new things about people is one aspect of life I love. If you know everything about one person, he or she will become boring and normal to be around. Nobody wants a bunch of "Plain Janes" running around, do they? To keep someone guessing can be a great joy. To the guesser, it may not be. Wanting to know something and that thirst for knowledge drives people to seek out secrets. Not knowing things can also protect you from what's going on around you in today's world. Not knowing someone fully can protect you from their past and from how they may hurt you in the future. Secrets are a key to life.