What is identity? Identity is the basic characteristics that determine a persons or things fact of being. The short story "Mirror Image" illiterates this best with its different conflicts pertaining not only to physical attributes but also mental, emotional, and even spiritual factors as well. In this short story Lena Coakley expresses ideas that these factors contribute to a persons identity as a whole and not in a single attribute.
             Also a society or other people can have a certain image of a person's identity. They see these characteristics in there everyday actions, such as their speech, the way the move and the way they act. It can also be a way a person feels around someone else. These are all attributes other people can see in a person to make their identity different from everyone else's. Mr. Jarred showed this when he saw Alice in down town Toronto one day, and said "when I look into your eyes I do not see my daughter, I see someone else." Alice's father used to say, "The eyes are the gate way to the soul", and that is clearly what Mr. Jarred saw. Not the soul of his daughter but the soul of Alice.
             Mental attributes also play an important factor in ones identity. If a person believes that himself or herself is an attractive person they will have more confidence and will follow a different path in there life then a person that is over weight who has less confidence to do things they really want to do. Referring to "Mirror Image" this is also evident. Alice before the operation thought that she had a lot of "cellulite" in her body and thought her old body was less athletic then the one she has now. Now she sees her self as being beautiful and athletic. Because of this she start meeting new people and gaining new friends. Also she decides to join the cheerleading team because she is confident in her new body about the w
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