What Were the Motives and Goals of an Individual or Group Identity?
Ho Chi Minh’s identity was characterised by several key factors. His goals to live in a free, independent united Vietnam. They followed the confuscist way of life, and most of the population was Buddhist. The population lived mainly in rural areas, with their lives structured around a village based society. This was the identity that Ho Chi Minh wanted to develop and express, and was the reason he took most of the actions he did.
There were several personal factors in Ho Chi Minh’s life that led to the formation of his identity with him. He was born into a strongly nationalist family. His father ran a nationalist Vietnamese newspaper, which Ho was greatly exposed to as a child. He was French educated, so he learnt the French values of independence and equality. In the early stages of his life he travelled to Paris. There he learnt the communist teachings of Lenin. It was then that Ho began to believe that communism was the best method through which his people could achieve the goal of independence.
Secondly, there were also several other factors that led to the development of Ho Chi Minh’s identity. Vietnam had been subjected to almost 1000 years of rule by china and after that many decades of rule by the French. The French exploited Vietnam’s natural resources for their own benefit. They cared little for the welfare of Vietnamese workers. This inequality and unfair treatment of Vietnam led to the development of Ho Chi Minh’s identity.
Ho Chi Minh, with the aim...
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