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https://www.art.com/products/p12066298-sa-i1501788/edward-burne-jones-the-mirror-of-venus-1870-76.htm

In this painting , many people are standing together , yet all looking at their own reflection in the water. I feel like this is a metaphor of how our society is set up. Most of us look after ourselves before everyone else, which is debated today as being good or bad. I'm not really sure what I think yet, but there comes a point when you need to put yourself before someone else if you are being taken advantage of. However only focusing on yourself and your needs causes harm to everyone in your life. I think there is a balance.

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https://www.alustforlife.com/the-bigger-picture/how-our-society-and-culture-rewards-narcissists
Narcissism may be on the rise do to social media.  I also feel that with smartphones computers, and TV shows are numbing us to the point where we are lacking empathy as a society.  American culture puts an importance on success. Although people have different versions of success, the classic "American Dream" is whats usually sought after.  With such an importance on succeeding in the world, people are taught to put themselves first to achieve it. This ultimately encourages narcissistic traits to be normalized and humanistic traits to be known as weak.

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Should we empathize with those who can't?

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https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/inside-the-criminal-mind/202002/the-narcissist-criminal

This article talks about how likely it is for convicted criminals to have narcissistic traits such as a lack of empathy and how it connects to their crimes.

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https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/delira/disguise/

This art piece represents to me the many faces we put on to mask our real emotions. In this case, the main character would always have a mask on for long periods of time, pretending to be nice. He would act as if he had sympathy for others by masking his true identity. When the mask would come off, his relationships would end.

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https://postcardstoanarcissist.wordpress.com/poems-songs-about-narcissism-and-narcissist-people/
"You Stole Me"
This poem connects to the book because it is a poem written by someone who has loved a narcissist. The whole book is from The guy's point of view. This poem shows a little bit of the women's perspectives. Obviously it isn't exact, but similar.

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https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/sep/02/diary-of-an-oxygen-thief-review-anonymous

A Irish man living in London ( no specified time period, but sometime present day). This book was written by a narcissistic about his experiences and confessions of finding joy in hurting women. He is surprisingly self aware of his issues, but still continues on the same path.

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https://evgrieve.com/2012/11/q-and-with-anonymous-author-of-diary-of.html

Written by Anonymous. It is unclear if this is an autobiography or fiction, however I choose to believe its real. There are two more books that are prequels and sequels to the original.