The Mirror

Machado de Assis

Sep 2025 · SAMPI Books

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In "The Mirror", Machado de Assis shows, through Jacobina's experience, that each person has two souls: one intimate and the other shaped by social perception. Upon losing the prestige of his ensign's uniform, he discovers how identity depends on the approval of others.

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