My reaction to "Burges an I"

My reaction to this excerpt was one of amazement. The author has an internal struggle between himself and the person he is to the world. To the world, he is an accomplished professor famous for his writings and his accomplishments. His inner self though is a person that has a taste of ordinary things like coffee , hourglasses or topography. Yet the author sees that these things are being suppressed, mainly because of external pressure to be more like “Mr.Borges”. Little by little he sees that his identity is changing, that he is becoming more and more alike like Mr. Borges to the point that he cannot identify who he really is. In an attempt to please those around him , the author has given up the sovereignty of his soul and instead of being a typical person, he has morphed into Mr. Borges, who is the person the world wants him to be.