A writer and a social critic, James Baldwin , had once stated “an identity would seem to be arrived at by the way in which the person faces and uses his experience.” One’s identity depends on the experiences and the path of life that one walk on. An identity is something that people see you as but an identity is made up of the experiences, good or bad, because it helps shape them to be the person they want to be.The Color of Water by James McBride, is memoir based of James and his mother, Ruth’s life in the 1940’s . This book is about the struggles they face and adversity that impacted their lives. For example, Ruth’s identity was most impacted by her relationships with others because of the abuse she faced and her actions to escape to freedom.
