Why I Am I?

By using the term looking-glass self Cooley implies that we perceive ourselves through the process of imagining how we appear to others. That occurs even when we are alone, as he said we are "living in the minds of others without knowing it." (Cooley, 1992: 202). Cooley also added that the process of imagining the self goes through three steps, firstly, we think how we will appear to others; secondly, we imagine how others will judge us and thirdly, we feel either pride or shame because of these judgements and we change ourselves according

Who am I? This question asked so often suggests that there is actually a reasonable answer. Almost as if our own personal being were a fixed thing. Generally, people who ask this type of question are usually struggling with their identity and thus are looking for something to make sense of themselves. The irony is that the more you seek to identify who you are, the more you are exposed to being fragile. Some people spend their live looking for an answer that could possibly satisfy them but still never find anything. The main focus shouldn't be on discovering who you are but on considering the social influences that have affected you.

Who do you think you are?There are many factors that shape one’s identity. But the two most important factors that can shape one’s identity are family and friends.

For years people have gone back and forth on what your identity means. Some say it is how you carry yourself and others say it is based on your cultural background. These two arguments are both valid, but is not giving the benefit of the doubt to the individual in which is being considered by their identity. Although most cultures are made up of languages and the traditions within we cannot limit an individual to be based off the language they speak. On the cultural aspect that does not apply necessarily because culture makes up only a part of your identity, whereas language is a source of communication. These are two factors people confuse each other with when thinking on the identity plane. Culture and identity are under the same umbrella

There are numerous ways to identify would I am. I am a african american female that is country and loves the outdoors mainly like mud riding . My cultural identity is important it’s part of me . it’s who I am . inside and out . My religion is very important to my family, when I become an adult my religion will pass on to my children. Growing up it made me realize that my cultural is like a oreo hard on the outside and and the inside is thing sweet person filled with joy and happiness .

Identity is what defines us as a person. Everyone one on earth has their own unique identity. To showcase my identity, I created a collage of images and descriptive words, called an identi-kit. This identi-kit shows what I feel like is my identity to myself and the others. My identi-kit identifies me as a mixed martial artist. The identi-kit has images of a deadly shark with mixed martial arts gloves on that say mixed martial arts on the front and fight shorts with the words competitor and warrior on them. It also has descriptive words like “killer instinct” and “fight” which describe my spirit. There are three assumptions that come to question when asking about one’s identity. The first is if you were born with this

Interactions between people are never ending. The effects of one conversation could affect the outcome of that person’s life, consequently changing their identity completely. There comes a time, though, when dealing with others confident in their identities, where one must ask themselves the personal question of “who am I?”. No matter if you’ve just stumbled upon this question, in the process of discovering the answer, consistently changing your answer, or confident in your answer, the people around you are the ones you have to thank for molding your personal identity.

Who am I? Who are you? As a person, we are labeled by our identity. According to Dictionary.reference.com the word “identity” is defined as condition or character as to who a person or what a thing is. Distinctive traits give personality to individuals. As people living in society, we tend to leave a trail or a legacy of who we are behind us. There is a paradoxical nature to one’s

Who I am? Personally, I believe that a person’s identity can take only one of two routes. One, a person’s identity can change within that person’s life. Who I am now, is not necessarily who I was when I was younger. Experience can and will likely modify our identities. Therefore, experience can solidify our personal identification or it can weaken our personal identification. And as such, individuals and their perspectives are always evolving, or at the very least, they should evolve over time. Although there are some identities that evolve throughout one’s lifetime; there are some identities that remain consistent. Two, some identities cannot and will not change. So identities are socially and/or politically forces upon you, some identities are genetically assigned to you, and some you choose to keep. No matter the reason or reasons, these identities have been and will be consist within your lifespan. But, how you deal with them is up to you as an individual.

I’m not sure I’ve ever really asked myself who I was because it has always felt as if that was a question best left for my later years, when I could reflect on everything I have done. Looking back at my life now in review, I can see the foundation of the question but not the detail of every single brick layered upon top of it. This foundation is made upon soil seeped with sweat and tears of my struggles and built with the

“We are not born knowing who we are or what our place is in the social landscape; we learn to be American or Japanese, male or female, husband or wife, or Amy, Richard, Micheal, Rachel, or Rebecca.” Our identities are constructed by this “social landscape”. The social construction of identity takes place by living life through first hand experiences and through certain social circumstances. Amartya Sen says,” Classification is certainely cheap, but identity is not. More interestingly, whether a particular classification can plausibly generate a sense of identity or not must depend on the social circumstances.” Identity is a complex matter but can be defined in simple terms. It is who you are. Your personality, the way you act in response to

People identify themselves by their colour, culture, language or religion. The identity goes back to generations and it doesn’t start or change within the individual. It is an evolutionary process where each person brings upon some changes. This is best described in Alice Walker’s short story, “Everyday Use”, where three characters, a mother and two daughters, are portrayed differently, each with its different qualities and philosophies on life that are often seen in generations.

The question “How do you identify yourself?” that was once arbitrary asked of me, has had my mind occupied for a long time. And as my life became, just like a book, layered, complex, and chaptered, the path to answering this question became convoluted.

Who are you? Who am I? These are questions that we all ponder at some point or another in our lives. As human beings we are seemingly inundated with the desire to classify and categorise. We are constantly defining and analysing the differences that we observe in the world, it seems only natural that we would apply this method of classification to our position within our society. More specifically, we want to understand our social identities and this can be achieved by acknowledging which groups we identify most with.

To begin, let’s talk about Charles Cooley. Like previously stated, Cooley created the concept known as “The Looking-Glass Self.” In a nutshell, this concept demonstrates the fact that each individual not only views themselves from their own standpoint, but rather, they internalize what they think other people think of them and begin to think likewise. This concept is broken down into three basic stages: perception, interpretation, and response. Perception is asked by the question, “how do I appear to others?” For example, after asking themselves this question, someone in this stage might conclude that their crush thinks they're too tall. Interpretation can be asked by the question “what must others think of me?” For example, the same person in my previous example could come to the conclusion that her