Identity
According to Dictionary.com, one’s identity is, “the state or fact of remaining the one, as under varying aspects or conditions”. During an individual’s lifetime, from his/her childhood to adulthood, many transformations occur. All these alternations greatly contribute to the development of the personality of an individual, along with his/her identity as well. This is the major determinant into which a person will end up to be in life. Many of these factors are cultural, religious, and also righteous perspectives about what is right and wrong in terms of one’s self-expectations. This is what leads to the very many distinct traits in one’s life. Therefore it is of great importance that individuals reason with his/her actions in order …show more content…
Cultural barriers have a great contribution to who a person finally becomes in life. Along with that, religious beliefs and moral believes greatly affect people as they grow.
Children are known to get their perspectives about different subject matters from the environment they are accustomed to. Hosseini uses the character of Amir to demonstrate that during ones childhood, the ethnic attitudes of a child are highly influenced by the ones that raise them from childhood to adulthood. This is seen when Amir watches his best friend, Hassan who is part of a different ethnic group called Hazaras that were considered low-class and the minority in Afghanistan, get raped by the bully on the block. Amir thought to himself, “He was just a Hazara, wasn’t he” (Hosseini, 76). To cover up his fear and guilt of not helping his best friend, he tried to cover it …show more content…
On this journey, an individual witnesses himself climb through cultural barriers while strengthening his/her religious believes along with building a strong outlook on life. Through Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner and Miriam Toew’s A Complicated Kindness, it is evident that although both protagonists from the text are affected by from these influences over time in different ways throughout their journey of life, they eventually go through the process of self-growth leading to the realization of their true identity. As a result of this, the attitudes, actions, and behaviors of Amir and Nomi are altered and their outlook on life is seen to have a more mature perspective. With that being said, the identity of an individual is completely dependent upon the individual’s life experience, and each identity is unique and is not duplicable. In conclusion, every human is different and faced with diverse struggles on a regular basis, but the way he/she handles these situations is what defines them
According to Dictionary.com, one’s identity is, “the state or fact of remaining the one, as under varying aspects or conditions”. During an individual’s lifetime, from his/her childhood to adulthood, many transformations occur. All these alternations greatly contribute to the development of the personality of an individual, along with his/her identity as well. This is the major determinant into which a person will end up to be in life. Many of these factors are cultural, religious, and also righteous perspectives about what is right and wrong in terms of one’s self-expectations. This is what leads to the very many distinct traits in one’s life. Therefore it is of great importance that individuals reason with his/her actions in order …show more content…
Cultural barriers have a great contribution to who a person finally becomes in life. Along with that, religious beliefs and moral believes greatly affect people as they grow.
Children are known to get their perspectives about different subject matters from the environment they are accustomed to. Hosseini uses the character of Amir to demonstrate that during ones childhood, the ethnic attitudes of a child are highly influenced by the ones that raise them from childhood to adulthood. This is seen when Amir watches his best friend, Hassan who is part of a different ethnic group called Hazaras that were considered low-class and the minority in Afghanistan, get raped by the bully on the block. Amir thought to himself, “He was just a Hazara, wasn’t he” (Hosseini, 76). To cover up his fear and guilt of not helping his best friend, he tried to cover it …show more content…
On this journey, an individual witnesses himself climb through cultural barriers while strengthening his/her religious believes along with building a strong outlook on life. Through Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner and Miriam Toew’s A Complicated Kindness, it is evident that although both protagonists from the text are affected by from these influences over time in different ways throughout their journey of life, they eventually go through the process of self-growth leading to the realization of their true identity. As a result of this, the attitudes, actions, and behaviors of Amir and Nomi are altered and their outlook on life is seen to have a more mature perspective. With that being said, the identity of an individual is completely dependent upon the individual’s life experience, and each identity is unique and is not duplicable. In conclusion, every human is different and faced with diverse struggles on a regular basis, but the way he/she handles these situations is what defines them