Cultural Identity Paper
January 18, 2017
Communal Identity My country El Salvador has a similar culture as the other counties in Latin America, and more specifically to other countries in Central America. Mestizo culture dominates the country, influenced by culture clash of ancient Mesoamerican and medieval Iberian Peninsula. In El Salvador, the official language is Central America Spanish. Less than one percent of the population speaks the Pipil language, in places such as Izalco and several other towns. English is taught as a second language, and is commonly spoken by business people, as the country is developing through globalization. Many Spanish who settled the country intermarried with the native Indian population and …show more content…
My family have always encourage me in all types of situations and also religious because only God could guide me when I need it the most. My jobs and experiences did also helped me to shape me the person that I am right now. Every job I had always leave me with an extraordinary experience in my life that I made me to become a better person. When I was 15 years old, my life change because that is when I came to the United States. The interpersonal layer of meaning focuses on the dynamics of styles, intimacy, emotion, and role behaviors, the styles and sensibilities of specific people filling these roles may differ (17 pp). When I come to the United States, it start my new life styles, new country, new language, and new life. At the begging was very hard because I did not how to speak English, but when I started going to high school everything turn down smooth. Although not everything was happy, I went thru a difficult time because my friends in high school did not understand me and I did not understand them. Over the years, I got used to the new lifestyle in this country, and every experience helped me to mature more. I took bad decisions where, I had a boyfriend when I was 17 years old, and he was older than me. I got pregnant, and another life experience happen in my life, I was a new mother, in a new country where I did not know what to do in my life. My baby boy born healthy, but the doctor diagnosed me with a pre cancer cells in my cervix. I was devastated because now I had a big reason to be alive, I had a miracle in my life and I needed to be healthy for him. At the end, doctor cured me, and I was very bless with this country and the doctors too. Story elements is the simple terms of a narrative story. Stories are one of the earliest and most favored forms of communication, enriching the development of individual lives from childhood through adulthood and old age (32