Don’t you wish you knew what people thought of you when they first heard your name and looked at you? This question might wonder around in your head, hesitating about what you think about your name, thinking it means something else then what you originally might have thought it really meant. Names can honestly tell someone about the other person’s life without them even knowing about them or anything they have done in the past, it’s just the way they say their name and the way you picture them inside your head. You don’t need to know anyone in order to treat them from simply knowing their name. The way society treats somebody is usually from the way the person presents himself, but telling someone a name and not seeing the person is something
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This text describes how someone can interrupt somebody else just by the way a person’s name sounds. You don’t need to see a face, their clothing, the way they act, their personality, or the way they talk. It is all from how someone can interpret somebody else’s name, names will be the background information for someone else to judge you off of. Never hate or disrespect your name, it is given to you for a reason, cherish it for your whole life. Remember this, you live your life knowing that all you can do is the best, no one else can expect anything else from you. Names are going to give your life, they will mean many things to you but you won’t know how to interpret it. After I have ready both "My Name" by Sandra Cisneros and "My Name" by Ryan Schey, I will simply describe the relationship between a name and how their name is accepted by society. In other countries, your name will mean something totally opposite of what it means in your hometown country. Not everyone will have the same mind set of what your name …show more content…
Names can mean more than just one word, it can go on to be a quote, a sentence, or a fact. You want to live your life based off what you want people to think about you and make them think your name and story truly means something other than what it meant before. “At school, my name is formal. It sounds like my dad, or maybe my grandpa, but not me yet. So stiff and sharp with its foreign syllables, an odd title stolen from an office door plaque. At home, my name has room to breathe, to sprawl on the couch and kick its feet up. Picked up by others, tossed around, cut down to size or exaggerated beyond belief.”(Schey P3) This is an excellent way to look at it, people in some areas choose to have your name to be a much respected and mature name as they treat it as they would want their name to be treated. Even though when he gets home, his name means something totally opposite then it did at school. They are comfortable with is name and can use it however they would like to, as he is much more use to it at his house and feels more comfortable the way they treat it. While some people disrespect his name and think it’s just a useless name and they don’t care about it as if doesn’t have a meaning of life anymore. This quote defines the way society treats certain people with a type of name. “My name makes noise. It can even have a certain
This text describes how someone can interrupt somebody else just by the way a person’s name sounds. You don’t need to see a face, their clothing, the way they act, their personality, or the way they talk. It is all from how someone can interpret somebody else’s name, names will be the background information for someone else to judge you off of. Never hate or disrespect your name, it is given to you for a reason, cherish it for your whole life. Remember this, you live your life knowing that all you can do is the best, no one else can expect anything else from you. Names are going to give your life, they will mean many things to you but you won’t know how to interpret it. After I have ready both "My Name" by Sandra Cisneros and "My Name" by Ryan Schey, I will simply describe the relationship between a name and how their name is accepted by society. In other countries, your name will mean something totally opposite of what it means in your hometown country. Not everyone will have the same mind set of what your name …show more content…
Names can mean more than just one word, it can go on to be a quote, a sentence, or a fact. You want to live your life based off what you want people to think about you and make them think your name and story truly means something other than what it meant before. “At school, my name is formal. It sounds like my dad, or maybe my grandpa, but not me yet. So stiff and sharp with its foreign syllables, an odd title stolen from an office door plaque. At home, my name has room to breathe, to sprawl on the couch and kick its feet up. Picked up by others, tossed around, cut down to size or exaggerated beyond belief.”(Schey P3) This is an excellent way to look at it, people in some areas choose to have your name to be a much respected and mature name as they treat it as they would want their name to be treated. Even though when he gets home, his name means something totally opposite then it did at school. They are comfortable with is name and can use it however they would like to, as he is much more use to it at his house and feels more comfortable the way they treat it. While some people disrespect his name and think it’s just a useless name and they don’t care about it as if doesn’t have a meaning of life anymore. This quote defines the way society treats certain people with a type of name. “My name makes noise. It can even have a certain