What is the relationship between the onion and the self?

https://genius.com/Wislawa-szymborska-the-onion-annotatedLinks to an external site. 

Above is the link to Wislawa’s Szymborska’s poem,  The Onion.

What is the relationship between the onion and the self?

According to the text, what is the self? 

Is the self, as Goffman alludes to, rhetorical or situational ?

What role do others play in determining self concept?

See: Irving Goffman’s Clip on The History of Everyday Life in Studio for additional help