Social And Personal Identity

Personal identity is essential in the human experience. Identity is complex and can be broken down into two main groups: introspective identity, and bodily identity. Introspective identity is based off of the groups, mentalities, or beliefs that you align yourself with, and bodily identity is based off of the physical side of yourself. Whether physical or introspective, your identity impacts every action you take. Whether choices ranging from what colors you prefer to which college you want to attend are primarily based off of your introspective identity, which is a combination of both memory and consciousness, physical identity impacts how others perceive you. Consciousness is mainly the awareness of bodily identity as well as continuous introspective identify, while memory is awareness of introspective identity. These two different facets of identity are imperative in the distinction between bodily identity and introspective identity. In means of personal identity introspective identity (which is evident in memory), is essential, while bodily identity (based partially in consciousness) has less credit.

Irving uses the pseudonym to create a persona in the name of fiction. This rising form of literature seats itself well in the Romantic Movement where creativity is honored over reason. Irving wrote about a guy named Rip who was really a big hearted guy, always ready to help others in need, but didn’t always take care of his own priorities. He lost some of his motivation from his nagging wife to carry out what needed to be done to take care of his family. After he slept for 20 years and in the absence of his wife, he is finally relieved of being hindered and heckled by his wife. Hawthorne shows the value of being honest by an example of Young Goodman Brown who was susceptible to suspicious acts. If you go behind someone’s back, more than likely it is not a good act to carry out and more times than not, you will probably get caught and suffer some sort of consequence. Poe shows us that fear is a

First, Irving implements American values through very captivating characters. The characters can be compared to the everyday life of the citizens of early America. An example of this is Rip’s marriage to his wife Dame Van Winkle. In the story, Irving described Dame Van Winkle as being sharp-tongued and relentlessly nagging, “morning, noon, and night, her tongue was incessantly going and everything he said or did was sure to produce a torrent of household eloquence” (65). Dame is in direct conflict with how Rip wants to live his life and her constant nagging is a result of Rip going against the current social norms of working and not being lazy. Rip’s laziness causes his farm and his children to suffer, and “his fences were

Irving writes a story in 1824 around the time when american economy was booming. This was around the time manufacturing was popular and people actually had money to buy things. Irving tells a story about a man who sells his soul for money. In this story he makes fun of an aspect of society. This is shown when he talks about the influential white establishment.

Irving used satire in his stories to send the readers a message. He used humor to describe his wife and their relationship. When Rip awakened from his deep sleep he found that his wife had passed and the revolution war was over. Irving compared the two events, the Americans were free from the King’s rule and Rip was free from his nagging wife. He used satire to better tell his stories and to connect the two incidents.

As I explored the aspects of identity through filling out the social identity wheel, I was able to distinguish the elements which make up my social identity and make note of the ones which I was most aware of. Through this exercise I began to realize that my age, gender, and religion were all aspects which heavily influence my everyday life. I may not be intentionally thinking of these things during an ordinary day, but I deem them as primary aspects due to the fact that they shape many of my routine happenings. For example, here on campus I try to attend the church service at St. Paul’s on as many Sundays as time allots. Luckily enough, a few girls on my floor are also interested in this so we often attend as a group. This heavily correlates

For Irving, he doesn't want to an American who doesn't know who he is, but no past and no history means no American identity. He might want to recover the lost past cut by the revolutionary war, but for most people going back to the past is like going back to the embrace of Dame Van Winkle who can symbolize British government controlling over the Americans and the Rip Van Winkle. Just as Rip Van Winkle wants to escape his overbearing wife, the Americans also want to free from the control of the tyranny of England. Rip expression anxiety of identity, can compare to other people who have gone through similar transitions. Most people have faced that transition optimistically, but

John Irving is an acclaimed American novelist whose penchant for complex characters and intricate storylines distinguish his work from that of other contemporary fiction writers.

Irving expresses the importance of knowing that there is a clear line of being single minded and serving one master. Irving was serious in teaching the importance that greed will rule one’s world by obey its

My social identity plays a huge part in shaping and defining my role as a leader. The way I view myself combined with the way that others view me frames the narrative of my opportunities to be a leader in many ways. Of my various social identity characteristics, the two that play the largest part in my life are my gender and appearance as a woman and my economic standing as lower middle class.

Everybody has an identity, it makes them individual and unique, and it defines who you are as a person. This project about my identity showed me what makes me unique. I would have never known how much my friends mean to me or how my identities connect with each other. I have three identities that make me who I am, cultural, personal, and social. A specific quality that covers my cultural identity is being Czechoslovakian. Both sides of my family have at least a part of Czech in them. My great-grandparents are from Czech Republic and my grandpa was the first generation in America, he was born in Ohio. This is very important because I have always identified as Czech and it is a big part of me, as I am so interested in ancestry. For my personal identity, the biggest part is my personality, being loud and outgoing, has always been important to me. The reason being, it is how people view me. A lot of people know me as the loud person or the person who talks a lot. That is meaningful to me considering I like people to view me in a certain way The last identity, social, is one of the most important to me because it involves my friends, and through this project, I learned how vital they really are to my social identity. I realized that I have a good amount of friends in this project. It is nice to have people as a support system and to relate with. These qualities show that I value being loud and outgoing. It also says that I value my family and they are a big part of life. The last one, social, ties in with the first one because it shows I am outgoing and friendly.

Society has a way of making assumptions based on one’s physical characteristics. Often at times we categorize individuals to a particular social group. In regard to society’ perception of an individual this however, contributes to the development of social construction of racism. Most people want to be identified as individuals rather than a member of specific social group. As a result, our social identity contains different categories or components that were influenced or imposed. For example, I identify as a, Jamaican, Puerto Rican and a person of color. I identify racially as a person of color and ethically as Jamaican and Puerto Rican. According to Miller and Garren it’s a natural human response for people to make assumptions solely

My discourse community is one of a kind, and special, because we are all so close so we always know what's going on with each other. We also always have something to do every day there is never a day where we would just sit around and be bored. We also are all athletes, so we go to the gym and run basketball games and workout. My discourse community is important because we keep each other on the right path and not let each other go down the wrong road. If one of us has a problem we can help them handle it. It's also a place where we can tell each other things, and the whole world won't know because we keep things between us. This is extremely important because you always need someone to talk to you can't just keep everything to yourself. The type of people that thrive in my discourse community are hustlers this is because we are always thinking of ways for us to make money so you need to be able to come with ideas to contribute to our community. Self-motivated people thrive in our discourse community because you got to be willing to do things without being asked to. Another type of person that thrives in this community is someone who doesn't get pushed around, because at this time there is a lot of people mad with us for something that happened. So, when we see them in public they always are trying to start a problem. When that happens, we can't just let them push us around, because that would make us look weak so we got to be able to stand up

Social identity theory, it is a person’s sense that is based around the group they are in, either by their personal identity or with different kinds of social identities. That is, people will try to improve their own image of themselves. The theory was proposed by Henri Tajfel. People can increase their self-esteem by both their own achievement and interaction with a successful group of people. This shows the importance of social belonging. This theory is based around three mental processes, social categorization, social identification and social comparison.

Humans, by nature are social creatures. A human's ability to be able to live effectively together and communicate with language is what differentiates humans from other species. When humans interact with each other it gives them a sense of comfort, unity and belonging. Through the connection everyone has with one another humans also feel a sense of purpose and meaning in their daily lives. Families, friends and partners are all considered important individuals to most humans. Close relationships with others would be acknowledged as a valuable component in a human’s life. These relationships are nurtured, given attention and taken care off carefully to ensure the relationship remains healthy. More specifically a relationship is given love, care and both individuals must trust one another in order to develop and build a strong and lasting relationship. In the image taken by Garry Winogrand, a simple image displays a greater meaning when analyzed. The photo carries out an important and clear message about humans and their ability to connect and interact with each other, and how it is essential to humans. Each component of the image has a distinct and important meaning. The image’s message is depicted when the location, the specific contents of the image and the year in which the photo was taken is thoroughly examined. Relationships are a vital necessity in a human’s life because it greater increases efficient cooperation with each other, their emotional