The Importance Of My Personal Identity

No matter how much a person desires to live according to their personal autonomy, he or she will never escape the influence of societal forces. Explicitly or subtlety, these forces shape our individuality. One intriguing manner that these societal forces manifests itself in is our name. As Ruth Graham writes, “It’s becoming increasingly clear today that names carry a wealth of information about the world around us, the family we arrived in, the moment we were born—and that they mark us as part of cultural currents bigger than we realize.” Names alone provide evidence that individuals are made by interactions with social institutions and groups. Ultimately, the inescapable nature of society’s influence demands individuals to ponder how much personal autonomy is actually autonomous and to what extent does the pursuit of personal autonomy lead to a life of emptiness and vanity.

Identity is defined as, “The fact of being who or what a person or thing is”, by Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Identity isn't just who you are, it also decides what opportunities you may have and how you are perceived by others. When I began to think of what made up my identity my initial thought was “What will others think about me?” Society impacts many decisions we make, but our identity is something society should not determine, yet it still does. The pressure society puts on teenagers is overwhelming and can cause teenagers to hide their true identity in order to feel safe. It is normal for humans to crave the acceptance of others in order to be happy but not everyone will accept you someone truly is. I faced these same obstacles when

Stereotypes have been around since the beginning and continue to hurt the lives of certain people in society. Due to stereotypes and prejudice made by certain people, the author, Evan Hunter, successfully demonstrated through the story “On the Sidewalk Bleeding” the consequences of stereotyping. The story focuses on a sixteen year old boy named Andy, and his last moments being alive after being stabbed by a rival gang known as the Guardians. Andy was stereotyped because of his purple jacket that identified him as a member of the Royals. While he is reflecting on his life, four people come by but do not take the time to help. The drunk man

Lately my mornings are spent getting up between 5:30am and 6am. I get myself ready, I never look fantastic just passable, and I go to work. Part of my morning routine is getting my dog, Donovan, ready for the early part of his day as well. We go to the yard for his bathroom routine, we go inside where I feed him his diet dog food and inject him with insulin, we go upstairs where I place a new diaper wrap around his mid-section (dogs with diabetes leak, who knew?), and he goes back to bed to sleep beside my husband. After we say our goodbyes I head to work, or school, or whatever adventure life has for me that particular day. Rinse, wash, repeat. I had no idea when I was in my teenage years that my life at 32 years old would be a tattooed, married, full time working, full time schooling, boring, Puerto Rican, animal lover. Well, the animal loving part I knew since I was maybe 2.

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.

A person’s identity is shaped by many different aspects. Family, culture, friends, personal interests and surrounding environments are all factors that tend to help shape a person’s identity. Some factors may have more of an influence than others and some may not have any influence at all. As a person grows up in a family, they are influenced by many aspects of their life. Family and culture may influence a person’s sense of responsibilities, ethics and morals, tastes in music, humor and sports, and many other aspects of life. Friends and surrounding environments may influence a person’s taste in clothing, music, speech, and social activities. Personal interests are what truly set individuals apart. An individual is not a puppet

One’s entire health is codependent upon various aspects of a stable mental and emotional health; these all rely on who they are, how they think of themself, and how they express what they feel. Furthermore, the state of one’s mental and emotional health can further impact their physical and social health. Good mental and emotional health is built upon several prime subcategories of this form of health, these consisting of one’s personal identity, their self-esteem, and their understanding and expression of emotions.

“He who loses his individuality loses all” (Mahatma Gandhi). A fight that has raged on throughout the dawn of time is the ability to choose for one’s self. Striving to determine a separable destiny that one idiosyncratic being may reap the rewards from. This ability to be unique comes with it an unwavering document of unwritten law. By which, one must respect another’s agency within the bounds of written law. We have lost the importance of personal identity in our day. The treasure that it is to be distinct and for others to do the same. The ethos of being a law abiding individual is all, but gone. We must realize the importance of individualism in our society today. That equality in all things is impossible, the consequences of how we spend

I like it. Immersing myself in another culture truly inspires me. While in Fiji, we did just that.

My purpose is to show my individuality and to express myself. This is for others including myself, to see and to remind us that our identity is very complex.

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.

How do we take advantage of an opportunity given to us? In what way does it influence us to the person we are today? When it comes to my identity, most people describe me based on my appearance, culture, personality, religion, and values. But I describe my identity as how the challenges I face shape me into who I am today. My identity was created by the way I took advantage of the opportunities in my life. We live in a place influenced by the environment and individuals around us, and do not know what the impact has been. Having the opportunity to experience childhood in a challenging way has impacted my life.

Many people question themselves, what is it exactly that makes them unique? What is it that defines them as a unique person that no one in the world possesses? In philosophy, these questions do not have just one answer, and all answers are correct depending on which theory appeals most and makes sense to you. In general, there are two ways people approach this question, some say that a person’s identity is the “self” that carries all of their experiences, thoughts, memories, and consciousness (ego theorists), and some say that a person’s identity is just a bundle of experiences and events that a person has been through in their life, these people deny that the “self” exists (bundle theorists). In this paper, I will be arguing that a person’s identity is just a bundle of experiences, denying the self and the memory criterion.

Growing up, I was always the quiet and introverted child who had trouble in communicating with others. Basically, all of my friendships, from pre-school to senior year, were created from the other person taking the initiative to talk to me. My first friend, Alyssa, took on the responsibility of communicating to others for me when we were younger since she was much more outspoken. But starting this year in a completely new school, in an unfamiliar state, without having any friends or family was a whole new ball game. When applying to California schools, I only focused on being close to resources that would assist my future career in film editing. The idea of being all by myself did not really hit me until I was arranging my stash of instant noodles in the Pentland dorms. Anxious and lonesome, I knew that college would be terrible if I continued to stay solitary. I could not spend all of my meals in my dorm, streaming the latest uploads on Netflix. Therefore, I joined the Nikkei Student Union.

Everyone has an identity. A person's characters are the combination of their memories, thoughts, feelings, and personal experiences. If you are meeting someone new for the first time, what do you see? Their difficult childhood? Their struggles to get where they are? People can only see other’s outer identity and not their character because the components that are the core of one’s character is covered up by their external identity, the labels. The labels shape a person's social and personal identity in society and the environment they grew up in, conforming them to the norm and dispossesses the identities of those who are different.