Veronica Roth Identity

Identity, the reality of being who or what a being is, however who establishes that? A novel by Toni Morrison, Sula, is a magnificent story about identity. Sula is about two inseparable young ladies “Nel and Sula” trying to find their place in this world,though as they age, they distance. What makes you, you? Who or what gives you a place in this world? How does one know if they have an identity or not? Your identity is established by you, however what if you aren’t yourself, but a part of someone else.

Identity is a group of characteristics, data or information that belongs exactly to one person or a group of people and that make it possible to establish differences between them. The consciousness that people have about themselves is part of their identity as well as what makes them unique. According to psychologists, identity is a consistent definition of one’s self as a unique individual, in terms of role, attitudes, beliefs and aspirations. Identity tries to define who people are, what they are, where they go or what they want to be or to do. Identity could depend on self-knowledge, self-esteem, or the ability of individuals to achieve their goals. Through self-analysis people can define who they are and who the people around them

Identity is who someone is, where they belong, how they fit in. In the book Tangerine, written by Edward Bloor, the main character Paul searches for his identity. Identity is very difficult to find, and can only be found through mistakes and realization. Paul is on a quest to find his identity, but can he overcome the troubles from his parents and Erik.

As homo- sapiens, we have been designed to question our reason for existing. What have we contributed to our society? Who will we become in the future? And most importantly, we question what makes us who we are. Identity is not what we look like, who our parents were, or the grades we make. However, identity is defined as a distinguishing characteristic or personality of an individual, which is established by psychological identification. In Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury uses the antithesis between Mildred isolating herself from the outside world, and masking her true unhappiness, and Clarisse, who is considered “unsociable” for asking real questions such as whether or not Montag is in love or happy, to demonstrate the theme of the importance of discovering your identity.

She wonders how each choice will affect the city and how it will affect her. The tagline of Insurgent is “one choice can destroy you” (Roth). Tris’ decision can destroy her, not literally, but emotionally. Deciding against Evelyn means deciding against Tobias, whom she trusts and loves. But deciding to go against Marcus and to help Evelyn’s plan succeed, means destroying an entire faction and killing more people. “How strange that something so simple could have been instrumental in my decision to ruin one of my most important relationships and friendships, and damage another” (Roth 155). Tris ultimately decides against Evelyn and Tobias is not happy with her. Not only does Tris have endless amounts of guilt swimming through her head, she has to decide the fate of her city. Actress Shailene Woodley, who plays Tris in the Divergent Trilogy movies, shared in an interview with Los Angeles Times, “it was fun to explore this Tris because she was going through so much more of an internal emotional battle than in the first movie. In the last film she lost her parents, she lost her best friend, so in this movie she’s dealing with a lot of guilt while also trying to figure out how to continue to aid the community that exists around her.” Tris’ final decision may define the final outcome for the community. When talking about if Tris will kill the main antagonist, Janine, in an interview with The Huffington Post, Roth says that Tris always has “her parents in her head, telling her what’s right and what’s wrong.” Tris listens to what she imagines her parents would tell her and that is where she bases her decisions

In other words, Tris will do anything to protect her family, even if she has to fight for them.

Her whole life in concealed in a single expression. Never changing but always different. Her deep brown hair dirty and her skin dry from many days without any clean water. As she searches her hair breaks free of her safe haven encircling her courageous disguise. Only showing her strong character because weakness is not an option. Showing weakness will make her vulnerable, will make her a target, will make her flee out of fear. Her life is not something that anyone could imagine that anyone would believe. She may be young but she has experienced more than we will in our lifetime. When she shows strength she shows she is capable, she is willing to fight, she chooses life over death. Concentration set in her eyes. She will let nothing stand in

What makes your identity? Is it your past, your family, your hopes, dreams, fears? It is all that and more. Your identity makes up who you are. It is always growing and ever-changing. Your identity is what makes you human. Finding it can be a struggle, maintaining it can be even harder. Katniss and Peeta in The Hunger Games were two examples of finding and holding onto your identity. Katniss was the girl who had to grow up to fast. She had to learn how to provide for her family, to be strong. Katniss thought to do this she had to create a wall to hold back all the childish things that were apart her. She put on a mask to grow up but to also protect herself from those who would wish to abuse her innocence. The mask, the wall they kept her

She perseveres through challenges that no normal mundane could do. She shows strength persistence even when the challenges are overbearing.

Identity is the way we express ourselves through a variety of characteristics and factors. Those factors include the ones we are born with, like ethnicity, sex or one’s body. They play a large role in defining identity but aspects of a person’s identity can change throughout their lives from different experiences and influences. It can alter how individuals see themselves or how others perceive them. Art explores and questions ideas about identity and the issues associated with it.

In all good underdog stories the main character has to go through some kind of experience or set of events in order to understand who they are. Tris is found to be divergent and she does

Over the time period in which she uses to train she is able to find her inner

Tris escaped death when her mother saved her from being shot by officials of the Dauntless faction. She had to keep on going when she saw her mother and father die from bullet shots when they tried to save her from harm. She finally got her boyfriend, Four, to wake up from the simulation, and together they forced Jeanine, the antagonist of the book, to close the simulation so that the murdering may stop. Her courage kept her going to save Four and by her courage, she kept on going even though she saw her parents die. It is pretty safe to say that her courage had saved her city from a massacre by the Erudite, which thwarted the operation to wipe out the Abnegation, and her courage was indeed

Across the globe there are many people with all different identities, but what is identity? Identity indicate's who or what (someone or something) is. Within one's identity are personality characteristics of who he or she is. For Amanda two of her identity characteristics are independence and stubbornness. These two characteristic traits have been caused by a significant event in her life. And now shape who she is and how she communicates.

Many theorists see Identity as something that is solid and unchanging - something that is true to your inner-self. Others argue that your identity is something that is constantly changing and adapting, and something that requires commitment and action to sustain. Problems that occur with finding an identity lie in that people seek to be accepted into that new identity and be validated by others.