She concentrated more on what is self-respect rather than its exercise. It starts with a personal anecdote about her loss of innocence on her future. She later says, in the third paragraph, that self respect is "a private reconciliation," "a habit of mind that can never be faked but can be developed, trained, coaxed forth" and "has nothing to do with the approval of others - who we are, after all, deceived easily enough; has nothing to do with reputation." On the other hand, living without self respect is, including other various definitions, "the gifts irrevocably wasted through sloth or cowardice." People with self respect, meanwhile, have "a mortal nerve" and a character with "negotiable virtues." She makes it implied that those people have serenity inside themselves. Later she cites a short incident involving a girl, her mother, her distracted father and Indians. Self respect, in the end, is courage to go through unwanted situations.
The author makes a good job of citing famous literary works, which in some manner, strengthens ethos. She colored her essay with metaphors, similes, references of well-known characters and places. However, the author put it in excess, confusing the reader rather than explaining what she is talking about. Her essay, perhaps because of her way of writing, made it too dynamic, jumping from one issue to another missing the proper transition. She used some incomprehensible expressions, such as "negotiable virtue," making other poetic sentences, but leaving them unexplained. The essay in general looks very Dostoevskyan, but at the same time, her discourse sounded like Vinicius de Moraes.
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