hahah english paragraph done after a billion hours of editing and it's still not perfect, sighh.

Humans: beings that have a tendency to be judgmental, and base their judgements solely on outward appearances. Valgardson’s Identities reflects this idea and shows how identifying ourselves and others based on outward appearances can turn deceptive and dangerous. The story starts out with the protagonist being dependant on his own outward appearance and the judgements of others to keep him safe. He relies on his “day old beard […] combined with his clothes [to] provide immunity” against those that he has classified as dangerous. He depends on the judgements of those in front of him and focuses completely on trying to blend in with them. He never considers or realizes that there will be others like his actual self that will be deceived by his appearance, thus putting his own life on the line. In this case, a police officer is deceived by the protagonist’s appearance, which causes him to perceive the man as a danger. This perception leads the officer to make a huge mistake – one that he would never be able to take back. He identifies the man “as a potential thief and not as a probable owner” as “he has been trained to see an unshaven man in blue jeans” as such. The police officer sees the man and instantly judges him based on his appearance. He is fooled by his own judgements and never considers that the man has no intention of doing any wrong and is just a man trying to get back home. These events lead up to the protagonist putting his faith in the Police Officer because he “recognizes the uniform”. He is certain that his safety is ensured, and “does not feel fear but relief”. Thus, he “instinctively [relaxes], certain of his own safety”, and in his last ironically trusting “movement of his life, he reaches his hand toward his wallet for his identity”, and dies. The protagonist did not realize that he was putting his life in danger by unknowingly trusting an inexperienced officer who was judging him superficially. The officer, being nervous, fails to consider what else the man may be and shoots him. The trust that the protagonist placed in the police officer’s uniform consequently deceived him into acting in a way that would end his life. Thus, the story illustrates how humans are extremely superficial –we judge others based on appearance; what we do not realize is how these perceptions can lead us down a deceptive and dangerous road.