Desiree Rielly Professor Guy Pollio 5 December 2012 English 101 What Shapes You? Often times‚ we rely on the world to we live in to shape us. From mass media‚ to magazines to commercials‚ we always find ourselves seeking the next best thing instead of what we already have. The way society shapes us develops each and every one of us because we are persuaded by such advertisements. Robert Scholes of “On Reading A Video Text”‚ and Shirley Jackson of “The Lottery”‚ show appropriate
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Identity is a unique thing that everyone has to own and it can be described through places or cultures or other things that affect our life. From the past until now‚ humans search for their identity. The universe consists of different places with various landscapes which reflect people’s identity through location or culture and time. Landscapes are the meaning of people’s lives which give symbols for people’s culture‚ traditions‚ and valuable things. When people go to different places‚ they find
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opposite direction of the door. What is it that distinguishes us apart from each other? Society norms seem to be helping people in creating their identity. Daring to be different is what makes a human an individual. Andres Martin‚ author of “On Teenagers and Tattoos” and Brent Staples‚ author of “Black Men and Public Space” both describe experiences with identity in their short essays. These authors explain that identity is created from the social norm. Once identity is created‚ a person can choose
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We define identity as the collective aspect of a set of characteristics by which a thing is definitively recognizable or known. Our identity is formed by the people around us; mainly being our parents. We have no considerable identity that lasts with us our entire lives. Rather‚ our identity consists of an on-going process in which our behavior follows patterns based on the patterns we see in the people around us. From the moment our life begins it is shaped by our parents‚ even before birth they
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the development of my identity and the key factors that were important in that process. Now‚ there are many factor/concepts I can talk about that play a hand in identity development‚ but I choosing just to focus in on just two factors. Those two key factors in identity development are the two concepts reference group and statutes. The first concept/ factor is Reference group: a group that provides a standard of comparison against which we evaluate ourselves. Last concept/factor is status: a position
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Express our own self: Shape our identity Use different language with different people Language is part of own identity and it can express our own self‚ but also language may have some bad influence‚ for example some family who speaks wrong grammar will limit their future path and may being discriminate. We use different language with different people. In the article ‘Mother Tongue’‚ Amy and her mother used ‘Broken English’ to communicate to each other‚ it is because of her mother tongue. Although
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Identity formation There are a myriad of ways that we can form our identity. Identity reflects who we are‚ how we learn‚ grow and develop. Parenting styles‚ culture‚ and growth from one stage into another stage are some of the factors that affect our identity and makes us different from others. The primary goal of psychology is to describe‚ explain‚ predict‚ and control those fields which become a part of our identity. As we learn‚ identity includes sets of characteristics that describe different
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challenges of our lives‚ our identities change continuously. Our identity is how we view the world‚ our lives and ourselves. This is shaped by the results of our challenges; either success or failure‚ as well as the groups of people we belong to. Yet there are some aspects of identity that have been naturally given to us such as family‚ religion‚ culture and appearance. Everybody will always have different personalities due to our different experiences. Our identities are formed from our past experiences
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complex communication in their daily life. As for cultural identity‚ it is being defined as the identity of a certain group of culture of a particular person. In American anthropology‚ culture can be interpreted as sets of ideal life practices and routines that are being set up by people that come from different continents of the world. For some people‚ culture is the lifestyle that they live and breathe in. Culture shapes one’s identity by the things that they are doing in their daily life or things
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Factors influencing individual identity Individual identity could be influenced by many factors. These factors are family‚ friends‚ culture‚ gender‚ personal interests‚ appearance‚ environment and many more. Some of the factors likely have more impact than others and some may have not any impact at all. Part of individual ethnicity is culture. Culture could be represented through the art‚ sport‚ customs and traditions‚ food‚ language of community. All around the world we have different
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