Q's Insecurity - Essay

Q molds himself into what he gathered others wanted him to be, therefore he is immensely insecure.

Q's instinct make him wary of his surroundings, yet fearful of the residents. When Q first arrives to the land where there are no dinosaurs, he does not know how to react. Q is aware of the reputation dinosaurs have and he ceases to wonder if the others know who he really is. After his first encounter with them, he thought, “... I would never have imagined it possible to talk like that with a non-dinosaur, and I was very tense...(pg. 98)” Q's instincts taught him to be wary of these creatures. Speaking to one so nonchalantly made him edgy and fearful. The fact that he was incredibly out-numbered added to his worries. Had he told them he was a dinosaur, what the non-dinosaurs resented most, they surely would have shunned him – or worse, killed him. Because of this, he is caught between two worlds in hopes of survival. To remain alive, he settled into his new habitat.

Q builds personal relationships that only intensify his insecurity. As Q settles into the life of a non-dinosaur, he becomes interested with one particular girl – FernFlower. When they conversed, she only told him of dreams she had of dinosaurs. Some were peaceful, others spine-chilling. He felt discredited over these dreams she had, yet he wanted to embrace her and be her comfort. He wanted to seize a moment of affection, but “[n]othing too intimate; [he] had never dared touch her (pg. 101).” Either of of fear or respect, Q decided not to clasp FernFlower the way he wanted. She may have dreamed of dinosaurs, but had she encountered a real one, her fondness of them would have shifted. Q knew this, so he continued to let her be convinced that he was a non-dinosaur, though the real Q was inside him, waiting to rupture. Soon enough, that happens.

Though Q is adjusting to the life of non-dinosaurs, his insecurities can no longer be confined inside him. Q continues to allow FernFlower to tell him of her dreams, but eventually he can bear no more. With a sudden burst of pride, he bursts out: “Why do you bore me with these dreams of yours? You can't dream of anything of sentimental nonsense! (pg. 107)” Though it is does harshly, Q finally allows his inner anger to come out as a dinosaur. After all the time he spent deceiving the non-dinosaurs, Q firmly tells FernFlower how he is through with her nonsense. By allowing his emotions to intensify within, his outburst only proved to others how dreadful dinosaurs really are.