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#+TITLE: Facing the Shadow Self
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#+SUBTITLE: Lessons in Personal Acceptance from Persona 4
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#+AUTHOR: Correl Roush
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#+EMAIL: correl@gmail.com
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#+STARTUP: indent
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#+TODO: IDEA(i) TODO(t) | DONE(t!) CANCELLED(c@)
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#+OPTIONS: todo:nil toc:nil num:nil
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#+LATEX_CLASS: tufte-book
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#+LATEX_HEADER: \usepackage{tcolorbox}
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#+BEGIN_LaTeX
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\newenvironment{marginbox}
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{\begin{marginfigure}\tcolorbox}
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{\endtcolorbox\end{marginfigure}}
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#+END_LaTeX
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#+BEGIN_LaTeX
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\newenvironment{margin}
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{\begin{marginfigure}}
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#+END_LaTeX
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#+begin_html
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<style type="text/css" media="screen">
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.margin, .marginbox {
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margin-left: auto;
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width: 70%;
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margin: 1em;
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text-align: center;
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</style>
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#+end_html
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#+begin_center
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#+ATTR_LATEX: :width 0.5\textwidth
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[[file:../images/p4-cover.jpg]]
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*Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4*
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#+end_center
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#+begin_abstract
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Persona 4 is a role-playing game released in 2008 that draws upon
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concepts from Jungian psychology -- particularly the ideas of personas
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and shadows -- and places them at the very core of the game's themes
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of interpersonal relationships and truth-seeking. While investigating
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a series of bizarre murders and kidnappings, a group of high school
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students learn to accept themselves, support one another, and set
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things right in a town clouded with comfortable lies and false
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assumptions.
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#+end_abstract
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* Facing the Shadow Self
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#+begin_marginbox
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[[file:../images/p4-yukiko.png]]
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*Yukiko Amagi*
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The daughter of the owner of the local inn, Yukiko feels trapped into
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being next to manage the family business. She secretly wishes a prince
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would arrive to whisk her away.
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#+end_marginbox
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** TODO Repression and Denial
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file:../images/p4-shadow-kanji.png
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** TODO The Battle (You Can't Do It Alone)
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When denied by the character /("You're not me!")/, the manifested
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shadow self becomes enraged, taking on a new, more powerful form
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symbolic of the character's inner struggle.
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file:../images/p4-shadow-yukiko.jpg
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It's interesting to note that, at this point, the character is
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ill-equipped and powerless to do anything, and must rely on their
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friends to weather the assault and attack their out-of-control shadow.
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** TODO Acceptance
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#+begin_marginbox
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[[file:../images/p4-kanji.png]]
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*Kanji Tatsumi*
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Kanji's rough appearance and tough-guy attitude are at odds with his
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hobbies, which include sewing and painting. Having endured insults,
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rejection, and accusations of homosexuality, he's come to hate and
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fear girls, and question his own masculinity.
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#+end_marginbox
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Following the battle, the shadow reverts to its doppelganger form.
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This time around, the character truly faces their shadow by admitting
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their true feelings to themselves, in front of their friends. This
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marks their first step towards growth and recovery, having accepted
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the side of themselves they've been struggling with alone thus far.
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Acceptance is the key thing here. At no point do their friends judge
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or attack them for having those feelings. Instead, they listen and
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support the character as they realize that having those thoughts are
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ok. They learn that their feelings exist for a reason, and through
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understanding them, they can find compassion for themselves and move
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past the pain.
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#+begin_margin
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#+begin_quote
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It's okay... Let the kid spill the whole thing. If not, Naoto's just
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gonna keep hurting...
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--- Kanji
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#+end_quote
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#+end_margin
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Finally, their shadow transforms once more, this time into the new
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persona they've acquired to face themselves and others. Exhausted from
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the ordeal, the character is carried out of the TV world back to their
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home, where they then rest and recuperate for several days.
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* TODO Personal Growth
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#+begin_marginbox
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[[file:../images/p4-naoto.png]]
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*Naoto Shirogane*
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A child prodigy, Naoto is a young, highly skilled detective, and is
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remarkably mature for her age. In order to fit in with her peers, and
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to emulate the fictitious detectives she admires, she dresses and acts
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male, even speaking in a lowered voice. The members of the police
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force still regard her as a child, however, and she struggles with her
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gender, seeing it as a impediment she cannot overcome.
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#+end_marginbox
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Only after a main character has faced and accepted their shadow selves
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can the player form a bond with them, referred to in the game as a
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"social link". From that point onward, the player will have
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opportunities to spend some of their free time with that character.
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** IDEA Strengthening Social Links
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