Galen Strawson published a piece titled “I am Not a Story” that explores the ideas of life as a narrative. She argues that life does not have to be a narrative. I noted many areas in her piece that tied to Beck’s, however, most of the time she was arguing the opposite of Beck. Strawson says “…we really are the characters we invent” and goes on to say that she doubts “… what they say is an accurate description even of themselves”. This reminded me a lot of Beck’s piece as she also mentioned the idea of being able to alter your own narrative story. Every person has the ability to “invent their character” by including details of their past that they want people to know and leaving out others. With that being said, Strawson also mentions how people can have multiple selves which I agree with. Not every person has to have one single narrative. Yes, their narratives will share some common experiences but they can alter depending on the audience. For example, some teens will include how they have drank alcohol before when talking to their friends. Meanwhile, this same kid will leave that part out of his life narrative when, for example, on an interview. Lastly, Strawson touches on the idea of humans having “skins”. What I interpreted this to mean is that since they are constantly shedding this skin, they never have a constant story. I feel that this captures life very accurately as it is continuously changing. However, all these life changes are part of your narrative and allow you to learn to prepare for what changes will come next.