Literature employs “egotistical” to convey a character’s excessive self-absorption and pride, often casting such traits as morally or socially detrimental. Authors use it to criticize an overweening sense of self that blinds individuals to the feelings and needs of others, whether in a reflective, self-critical narrator acknowledging personal vanity [1, 2] or in portraits of characters whose arrogance undermines relationships and ethical duty [3, 4]. At times, the term also carries a subtle wit or self-deprecation—as when a writer notes the irony of detailing one’s own affairs in an “egotistical” manner [5, 6]—while in other contexts it serves as a broader commentary on the human condition, merging personal ambition with isolation [7, 8, 9].