The two Gars, Public Gar and Private Gar, are two views of the one man. Public Gar is the Gar that people see, talk to, talk about. Private Gar is the unseen man, the man within, the conscience, the alter ego, the secret thoughts, the id. Private Gar, the spirit, is invisible to everybody, always. Nobody except Public Gar hears him talk.
-- The Author (Author’s Notes)

Importance: This quote explains the essential difference between Public and Private, and offers a glimpse of the practical, apparent way that audiences would see them interact. The description of the two characters is relatively straightforward, with the possible exception of the term "id." That term is taken from a school of psycho-therapy that divides human mental function into three areas. The id is the area in which instinct and raw feelings exist, and function. This is in contrast to the so-called super-ego, the area in which morality and rational...