How Should Immigrants Change Their Names

If their names are taken away, it would mean that they are losing their identity. The government knew that names are important to individuality so they took them away. If people are given long, meaningless names, it wouldn't give them a sense of independence. The people in the society aren't allowed to choose their futures, either. They are given their jobs according to the “will of our brothers”. (Rand 5). Although the Council of Vocations tells everyone that their brothers need them to make the society better, the government is just getting more and more control. The Council gives all the smart people bad jobs like street sweeper. The government knows that if smart people learn, they might see what is wrong with the government and try to rebel. In “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut the government uses a different method of controlling people. Unlike the government in “Anthem”, which tries to brainwash people into thinking that individuality is bad, the government in “Harrison Bergeron” uses handicaps and harsh punishments to make people fear breaking the law. This government controls its people by fear. People who are smarter, more athletic, or better looking than

Her essay is aimed at Middle Americans or other immigrants living in the country who face the same issue as her. Having a name that is uncommon and hard to pronounce, can be a challenge for the peers of those with the names. The claim is not being made toward the easy to pronounce Bill’s, Susan’s, and Richard’s. The claim is also not aimed at professionals or people of

"I would like to baptize myself under a new name" Cusneros, Sandra "My Name" A name is something that just about everyone is born with having and have no say so in the choice of their name. Some names are extremely different, and some are rather common. There is a huge variety of names throughout our world and names can have effects on people. A name is something that you are referred to as and since some names are different there are people who may make fun of you for it, though you had no input on what your name is. "At school they say my name funny as if the syllables were made out of tin and hurt the roof of your mouth." Cisneros, Sandra "My Name" Some names can be hard to pronounce and can be hard for the person with this name to accept.

She states that changing her name will make transitioning into American schools, making friends, and even possible job prospects will all become easier, people will be willing to accommodate her without such a foreign sounding name.

Names mean a lot they hold power. Peoples names are their identity it’s important that you respect others and there cultures when it comes to pronouncing names. You should put forth the effort to learn others names the right way instead of calling them something that isn’t their name .Like in the book were reading I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings .

Why would anyone change their own name? Authors change their names for many reasons. Authors change their names if they are a woman like the Brontë sisters (Charlotte, Emily, and Anne), if they can’t publish more books, and if they feel like something will happen to them or their family.

While there is no “right” name or “wrong” name, there are most certainly names that have more controversy behind them. For instance, names that provoke racist and unidealistic thoughts

More importantly, it represents a kind of attitude that this person has open mindset to accept new culture and the new living environment. In local people’s positions, they will not argue that if you choose to use your foreign name but they would prefer to social with someone, who close to their cycle. Although name is just a code, it gives the first impression to others. On the other hand, if some has a public stereotype of kinds of culture, their perceptions will be influenced their action, which make them cannot have normal interaction with this person. In the long run, it is not helpful to explore people’s social cycle.

Why do you think people change their names? I’ve never thought about changing my name but people like George Orwell and C. S. Lewis have changed their names. There are many different reasons why writers would change their names to get published. People want to publish more and more books each year so they have to change their names to be able to write more books. J. K. Rowling and S. E. Hinton is a couple of good examples to show why authors changed their names.

The essay “What's in a Name?” written by Lini Kadaba was published on December 7th, 1997 in the Philadelphia Inquirer. Kadaba's essay is rooted in exemplification. She utilizes the framework of names, specifically surnames that were changed during the immigration process, to showcase examples of Americans that had previously immigrated to the United States and successfully assimilated. Kadaba then chronicles those Americas quest over time to regain and reconnect with some of their own culture and learn more about their ethnic roots. In many cases Lini Kadaba found that those Americans were changing their surnames back to versions more closely resembling their heritage. She asserts that pressures to assimilate have lessened over time and that

→ You might have never wanted to change your name, but a lot of other people thought different. You might have never known but Benjamin Franklin changed his name because he wanted to publish more papers in colonial times. J.K Rowling changed her name because she was writing about a boy and she didn’t want people to know that she was a girl. People change their names for many different reasons. They either don’t like their current name, or they are doing it for a reason. So just think? Why do they change their names?

This desire deeply affects their identities and their situation becomes difficult. On the surface their identities are clear because they are adopting new identities and forgetting the old ones. But in reality they are unable to forget their older identities. Identities of immigrants are not transparent; they are unclear, creating problems for them.

Firstly, most of the time authors have other jobs or would write a story that they felt would be a disgrace on their family. For example a grocery store worker or a librarian, and sometimes even a professor. A professor named C. S. Lewis changed his name for that very reason, he was “concerned about his status as a professor at Oxford, used the name Clive Hamilton to publish a collection of poems.” Although many people have reasons to use a pen name but not all of them have to do with their jobs. According to the article (What’s in a Name?) Eric Blair changed his name to George Orwell because he feared that his work would embarrass his family.

FSA Practice writing Why do people change there name when the write or publish? I would always like to change my name, because people spell it wrong and say it wrong all the time. I wish that people would get my name right, I wonder if that’s why people change there name. For instant Charles Dodgson, a noted mathematician used the name Lewis Carroll. They change their names so they can get published

2.When surnames were being adopted, many were the result of nicknames that were given by friends, relatives, or others. Some nicknames were extremely unflattering -- to the point of vulgarity -- but most of those have vanished, having been changed by descendants through spelling changes or simply by changing names after emigrating. Nicknames are perhaps the most fascinating surnames -- but not always very flattering to one's ancestor. Gotobed, for example, stemmed from someone who was very lazy, and Kennedy is Gaelic for "ugly head".