Identity vs Society

A person’s identity is influenced by how you view yourself and how society views you. In Jonathan Lykes poem This is a Siren, and the short story The Bear that Wasn’t by Frank Tashlin, both authors shine a light on how great of an impact society can have on an individual’s identity. Society has already established different stereotypes for each individual which causes everyone to perceive others in a certain way without truly getting to know them. This can cause an individual to change the way they perceive themselves in order to be accepted by society and to fit in it’s expectations of that individual. “This thing called perception, that gives people the opportunity for acceptation, or on the flip side, to be a circle of rejection…” (Lykes 2010) Here, Lykes talks about how we perceive each other can either make us accept one another or reject one another. However, in the end, it is up to the individual to decided if they are going

The text proceeds from analyzing each poem individually, and later draws parallels between the two. It tries to answer the questions whether the poems are a call to social irresponsibility, and if the object of the poem, the common man should be scorned or pitied. That the common man who is busy conforming to the norms of the state and the society has lost connection with his natural surroundings evokes sympathy for him. Materialism has subsumed his capacity to think to an extent that he cannot even decide whether he is free to do as he wishes – can he say no to enlisting for war? Or can he hold an opinion that did not coincide with the larger public?

Identity is a complex ideal that everyone struggles with. Consequently, people often will not act as who they are due to a fear of being ridiculed. To me this is such a ridiculous time waster, instead this time people waste on being someone else could be used for much more meaningful memories. Society makes people feel like they have to fit a mold, yet I personally have learned from my dad that it is a necessity of life to accept who you are.

One reason why our identity is externally influenced by others, is because we let ourselves be shaped and molded into whatever image society wants at the time. The evidence to support this claim is from an article called “Do you choose your identity or is it chosen for you?”, where it discusses such ways of us letting ourselves, and our identity be modeled into whatever the world wants when it wants. In the article, author Dana Mrkich says, “When we are unaware of the power of external influences, we are akin to pieces of clay, being unconsciously molded to fit into the accepted or preferred norms of someone else’s reality.” This quote shows that our identities are being impacted externally because for example, we are always changing to fit the new trend or style, then we do it again, and again, and again. Therefore, this proves that we are

2. The task of writing a poem about identity encloses an individual creative approach, which allow students to share intimate thoughts, emotions and feelings about the way they perceive themselves. My short poem narrates about the difficulties and choices I had to undergo as an immigrant, who had left everything behind and fought through all the obstacles without surrender and doubts.

Social class is more than just the money you have, in our society having money means showing identity in diverse ways. Your class and your identity affect things in your everyday life. “Class is a social ranking based primarily on economic position in which achieved characteristics can influence social mobility” (Agbor,Ololube,Onyekwere). What you make determines where you fall in the social class ranking. For instance the ranking system goes the upper class, working class, middle class and the lower class. According to English Dictionary the upper class is composed of the wealthiest people and have a high rank in political society. Investopedia states that only 1% of the United States is upper class. As a result, they will never have to work a day in their life because money has been passed down through generations.

Identity is a huge issue in today's world. It can be with children and even adults, but there are many things that can shape it as well. Kids and adults are around so many people who will judge you without any straight knowledge or reliable facts, they just judge on how you act. This results in what the people who are stereotyped will act, or look, or even think. People who are stereotyped will always act or be something they’re not to fit in.

Having an Identity is a crucial component of someone’s life. In what way they express themselves can have an effect on the experiences they go through and the people they meet. People take an interest in others from what their hobbies and skills are. Similar obsessions lead to closeness as a result of shared passions. Those people that surround you influence your identity, even with such similarities, there are variations between you and them. As you become acquainted those variations slowly change your identity and there is a change in obsessions. Whether it is through stereotypes from the past and still exist today or through people seen on social media, which has become increasingly popular over the years. There are an abundance of factors in society that have an impact on identity. These influences have been around for a long time, but it is only being recognized now.

People get their identity in other people but we shouldn’t find our identity in other people. So instead we find our identity in ourselves. The problem with that is that you will set to high of standards of yourself. Then you

Aldous Huxley 's novel, Brave New World, tells the story of a dystopian world that contends with some of our modern world 's most debated topics; individuality vs. society and the price one is willing to pay for security. Far from a idyllic utopia, Huxley portrays an advanced, highly ordered, and technology-driven society in which security and stability are purchased at the price of individuality. While the citizens of World State seem to be content with a world in which all individuality must be given up; individuality is necessary for the survival of both society and the individual, thus the individual needs must be placed before the needs of the society.

Education is available to all member of the society, but the way each individual experience varies. People from different gender all experience education system differently, some individuals are privilege while others are not. Gender defined as an individual’s internal sense of being a male or a female, however gender is socially constructed (kang, 2012 :). Individuals conform to what society perceives them to be. That is why gender and education intersect because they follow a hierarchy of inequality the people who are privileged will get better education then individuals in the lower class. It is easy to conclude that identity exists by itself, but there are many dimension of identity. It becomes clear that people can not completely separate

In “ The Name of the Wind” Patrick Rothfuss once said, “ It’s like everyone tells a story themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes you what you are. We build ourselves out of that story.” Our identity is what we know ourselves by how others view us in the world. Their many identities that we have some examples are race, gender, fashion, class, sexuality, etc. All these identities shape the way we think, act, and view the world. We may not know it, but our identities impact one another either in a negative or positive way. Either we make our identities by our interests or what we feel like we should be viewed as. Some let others make their identity for them, they’re influenced by what they see on T.V. mainly by what celebrities are wearing. I know for me when I was younger I would watch all these NBA games and see these players wear Jordans. Jordan 's back when I was a youngin and still today where cool shoes you had popularity if you had Jordans. All the cool kids had Jordan 's and I wanted to be like that a cool kid. So I acted like someone I wasn 't, buying many pairs of Jordan’s (which are expensive) so I can fit in and so everyone can know me as a cool kid because as a little boy at Colonia Middle School I wanted to have recognition as the kid with the expensive shoes and the showy clothes. Also, I was pressured by my surroundings to buy these items because I saw a lot of kids being bullied for wearing inexpensive clothes and I didn 't

“The Road Not Taken”, by Robert Frost, is probably the most recognized poem in American culture. Anyone who has graduated from middle school at least recognizes the words found in the poem’s final stanza about the road less traveled and the difference it has made (Frost 20), to which the poem’s perceived themes of individual empowerment, and “follow your heart” decision-making, is attributed. This considered, it’s no surprise that I was considerably shocked to discover, upon inspection of the entire poem, that “The Road Not Taken” is not at all what I thought, but is in fact self-contradictory, and thereby a criticism of the nature of human beings.

While social justice has become a burgeoning discourse in recent years, there are many difficulties associated with its implementation and effectiveness in society.

Robert Frost is known for his layering poetry that includes unique characters for the audience to enjoy. He, “always wants to reach for a more complicated vision, one arrived at after much pain, much “sucking up” of passive, reflected beauty” (Panini 235). This quote about Frost suggests that his writing flourishes in the face of uncomfortable subject matter, a quality most ordinary people do possess. However, Frost is not trying to steer the audience toward his way of thinking, he is simply telling us that the characters we sense in the text will have bold personalities, also known as persona. An illustration of this writing strategy is present in Frost’s poem, “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,” from the 1928 collection, West-Running Brook. Here, Frost creates a good example of a Rubaiyat stanza that is broken into four sections totaling sixteen lines. From the moment we meet the narrator, we are aware that his persona is suspicious, from his inspections of the winter surrounding, to the focus on his odd behavior and the final reminder of a plan. What “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” deeply concerns is found in the fresh behaviors and subtle hints that the narrator presents to the reader. Due to Frost’s skillful delivery of narrator’s persona in this poem, the topic of suicidal thoughts is presented to the audience in an attempt to create awareness about this life threatening condition.