Names Can Give Someone Power

Last week in English, we read this play called The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde. This play was hilarious because to me, it was about being someone else. This also relates to what a lot of people do in society today, minus the double life part. For example, in the play your name can mean a lot of things. It could mean power, wealth, and describes the kind of person you are. In today's society, we have the first two, power and wealth. Now people don't have to be famous to have a powerful name. Let's take my hometown for example. We have the Hostetter's, the Chamber's, the Canaday's, etc. On a completely different scale, we have the Kardashian's, the Jenner's, Miley Cyrus, Prince William, Duchess Kate, etc. and these people have power from name and wealth. Personally, I find people who lie about who they are to be terrible people because then you can never trust them. But if you read this play already, then you know what's ironic about this play! If you haven't read this play, then I don't want to spoil anything for you because this is a really good play! But what I can tell you about the play is that there is this thing called Bunburying, which is when you have another life outside your own. Two of the main characters, Jack and Algernon, do this. Jack does this once, and the name is Ernest Worthing. Algernon does this twice, one with a name of Bunbury and the second name is also Ernest Worthing. They both change their name to be someone that they are not because they want to get away from where they live and be someone they are not and not have to worry about it. People today do this too, even I did once. I remember moving to where I live now and having to make new friends. I was a t a young age so it was okay, but I still wanted to be someone different. When I got to high school, that when I started to act different and called myself Rebecca, which was my alter ego. She didn’t last long because I realized that it made my life complicated. Anyway, in today’s society and in the play The Importance of Being Earnest, you can see exactly what I mean by name equals power and/or wealth.