The main character's conflict is that he doesn't recognize who he is anymore. I know this because he doesn't recognize himself in the mirror. He is constantly surprised by the fact that he's in jail. He thought everything was like a movie. Now he wants to treat it like a movie that he's directing. He wants control over the events that are happening. He doesn't want to face the fact that he was imprisoned. The main character is facing a big conflict about how much he has changed.
I can relate this to a close friend who recently experienced self-loss. He had made some pretty bad decisions that haunted him for a very long time, and he never could figure out who he really was. Was he a thief, a smart kid, or something else entirely? My friend did figure out who he was and fixed his past mistakes, but it was a very painful time for him.
You explained the beginning very well. I like how you explained about the part where he is surprised every day. You still need to add the second paragraph explaining a text to self or text to world you had. Besides that this is a well written paragraph.
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