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Human beings are one of the most sentient and intelligent beings of the known universe. Each person is known to present a zeal of individuality, each specialising in a unique set of traits while learning from them creating new ideas. Moreover, Veronica Roth written a novel called Divergent. The novel takes place in a world composed of a literal definition of identity where each person is divided into “factions”, defining how they think and behave. All things considered, the story identifies many components of self-identity and symbolises it into a new take to how the human perceives individuality. The story is followed by many characters, Four, a young man empowered by an ugly past, and Tris, a teen with a gift she is forced to partake. In

the point of view shown in the short story Stranger to me is first person. This means its shown through only one characters eyes, in this story it is alley because she is the main character and is telling the story in her head as she go’s on with her life. The Author chose a first person point of view because that is the view in which it impacts the readers the most in any type of story. When you read about how someones else life is and how they are struggling through it you feel as though you can either understand or feel as though you are in there shoes. Alley a strong character is through her first person view suffering in pain, it becomes a whole noter level when we seek the story from how she feels and acts. When you read to her point

Nowadays children but more so adolescents have a hard time finding who they really are and figuring out there identity In the Short Story “Mirror Image” by Lena Coakley the idea of finding your true self is found in the main character of this Short story Alice. Alice does not think that her identity and her personality are the same. Alice has a hard time trying to figure out who she really is in her new body due to her family not ever letting go or forgetting that she looks different than before, but after Alice meeting with Mr.Jarred she comes to terms that she is the same girl. Firstly, everything on the outside of Alice is a different world to her and others because when Alice first sees herself after having surgery on her new body with only her brain being the same she knows that she no longer looks the same due to her new body and how people treat her differently

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Much like Maeve’s trial and error phase, Erikson’s theory of identity versus role confusion explains psychological conflict of adolescence. This theory states that this conflict is resolved positively when adolescents achieve an identity after a period of exploration and inner soul searching. If a young person’s earlier conflicts were resolved negatively or if society limits their choices to ones that do not match their abilities and desires, they may appear shallow, directionless, and unprepared for the challenges of late adulthood. (p. 314). Maeve luckily didn’t make many choices that were resolved negatively. These social and emotional changes weren’t always easy for the rest of the family to deal with, but they were a part of her growth. With us there to provide nurturing support, she was able to develop her own healthy identity after her period of “soul searching.”

Over one hundred years ago, transcendentalist poet Ralph Waldo Emerson declared, “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” Throughout time his message remains applicable as society attempts to conform everyone to its standards. The secular population tends to wrestle with the idea of individualism, like Emerson, alongside the idea of amounting to society’s uniform expectations. Today’s society sends out mixed messages; one encourages each person to embrace their uniqueness, and another message promotes the similarities between everyone. By establishing conflicting viewpoints, many people struggle to find an identity. Mary Oliver’s poem, “The Journey,” explores the inner

When an individual's pursuit of self-awareness is disrupted, it often becomes characterized by the creation of an opposite in other people. This theme is evident in Julia Scheeres's memoir Jesus Land. During her period of adolescent self-discovery, Julia is met with obstacles caused by fanatical authority figures in both her family and church. This struggle ultimately leads Julia to disown and even demonize her closet relation, her brother David. Although the book is a concentrated depiction of this pattern, the idea of othering is prevalent in our country as a whole. Specifically, gender othering always has and always will be an issue in America and the American Dream. Through the description of her adolescent experiences in her memoir Jesus Land, Julia Scheeres exposes

In May 23, 1999, Anna Quindlen, an extraordinary American writer gave a commencement speech at Mount Holyoke College to a group of students, that were graduating. The speech revolved around on perfection, and making individuals choices around communities . Quindlen believed in constant improvement for the class for their benefit. She stresses the importance of being themselves and quit the dreams of being perfect. Her rhetorical language left the meaning of true life on the college students which allowed it to be precedent for their future lives. Through all her emotional anecdotes, allusions, imagery, and tropes she inspired the graduating class to stop striving to fit society’s standards. Through her appeals Quindlen believes in making individual decisions for themselves before they forget who they really are.

Self is a person’s identity, character, and personality. Self differentiates a person from a population by creating the individual through soul, spirit, and state of mind. Self is the basis of humanity. In Ayn Rand’s Anthem, by the laws of a government based on bettering your brothers (21), the concept of solitude is closely related to ego; an idea so horrid the word is declared unspeakable (49, 105), and the freedom of individual thought is denied (22). Rand traps her characters in a totalitarian society of primitive technology to showcase that viewing society as one results in the failure to embrace individualism. This causes a lack of awareness as the primary focus of people is to replicate the norm rather than to strive for their own success. Technological progress is established via unique ideas of a single being--like Equality--because the crowd of dependent people has neither the capable thought process nor courage to stand out.

Brushing my teeth, I look in the mirror. Aside from the toothpaste making its way through my beard, I appear to be like any other college student you’ll see. I am young, active, a bit stressed at times, and probably running late to something. It has taken me years to realize, however, that the reflection I see is unidimensional. The mirror does not reflect who I am: a mosaic of interacting identities. This emergent property of multidimensional identities may not be reflected in the mirror, but it is the driving reason behind my decision to pursue medicine.

Once an experience tests your understanding of what reality is, you question how you ever got by without the knowledge of what you know now. As an eighteen-year-old girl, raised in a small town in Northern Michigan, I was unknowingly shielded from the inevitable truth. I was raised to be fair, hardworking, and compassionate. I naively assumed that everyone else was raised this way. My neighbors in Glen Arbor were genuine, friendly, and loving people. I had no way of knowing that this reality, my reality, would be tested through the melting pot of backgrounds and personalities I came across when I moved to Atlanta.

When we think of political parties, our minds automatically link with the popular two: The Republican party and the Democratic party. These two parties have made a reputation for themselves. Being the top two, people often forget that there are other platforms aiming for the coveted role of presidency. Some of these other platforms include the Libertarian party and the Green party. The Green party, in particular, is one of the newest and smallest parties. In this past election, people were not as familiar or educated on the Green party as they were on the other parties, therefore, people assumed it would be a waste to vote for the Green party candidate, Jill Stein.

into who they are even to adulthood. Within Olson's article, she tries to "toe the line between what is normal

In the first chapter titled, “The Search for Glory”, Karen Horney explains a human’s potential to develop their own unique thoughts, wishes, interests and feelings, which is their real self. She describes the real self as, “ that central inner force, common to all human beings and yet unique in each, which is the deep source of growth”. The real self is all about the individual’s depth and clarity of their own feelings, strength of their own will power, special talents or gifts they might be born with, and are able to express themselves. The goal as they grow older is to grow toward self-realization. But first to expand their given potentialities, they must be provided with favorable conditions to grow. These conditions include a warm atmosphere, for a feeling of inner freedom and security encouraging them to have their own thoughts and feeling, leading them to better self expression. Next they need the good will of others in order to develop

The journey of self-discovery of identity and culture is a very challenging process because it involves discovering and revealing the good and bad experiences that shaped us as human beings. The effects of self-discovery includes: happiness, disappointment, clarity, enlightenment, and even self-fulfillment. However, it also entails fear, doubts, confusions and misunderstandings. Most importantly, it also means finding our ultimate purpose of life. According to Abraham Maslow’s arguments, in “The Need to Know and the Fear of Knowing,” boils down to finding our inner and outer knowledge of oneself. He concludes that “all factors that permit courage, freedom and boldness will thereby also free our need to know.” He argues that when we safely release ourselves from unnecessary fear and pain, it is one way of freeing ourselves from mental and emotional traps. He asserts that by bravely re-visiting all our choices of life, digging deep into our childhood, and even exposing our unpleasant experiences will eventually make us wiser and stronger. He emphasizes that each approach could be culturally diverse and is also based on individual’s needs. For example: In “No Name Woman,” Maxine Hong Kingston argues that a ghost haunts her for publicly revealing the family’s secret about her aunt disgraceful past. She recreates the events of her life, both imaginary and factual stories to help her better understand the Chinese culture as well as to figure out what part from her identity is