Identity And Identity In Our Secret By Susan Griffin

What does identity tell us about someone? Can they be identified without having an identity? In my opinion, identity is not something that identifies our race, gender or sexuality. I believe that when identifying someone, it comes within that person, meaning you identify someone by their thoughts and actions. Not everyone has their own identity because they can be someone who follows another person’s footsteps, but that identification technically does not belong to them. For example, I read a short essay titled “Our Secret” written by Susan Griffin, who is a feminist writer. Her essay revolves around the connectivity between human beings and how they are connected whether they are strangers, or even friends of friend. Griffin’s essay mainly focuses on Heinrich Himmler, the head of the Nazi Secret Police. She connects herself with Himmler even though they are not related. Going on about …show more content…
I somewhat lived in Himmler’s shoes because he had to do everything his father told him to do and he followed his orders step by step, didn’t disobey him, not even once. I understand that this is normal for a child because children starts off without any knowledge. They gain knowledge from their parents, teachers, and adults in general. I could say that I didn’t have an identity when I was young because I did everything my parents told me to do. When people say, “You act just like your mom and dad.” Maybe it’s because that’s the way they raised me, so I wouldn’t say this is my identity. I feel that for me to be identified as something or someone, it has to come from myself and not from other people, because everyone has their own identity, and that’s what makes them original and unique. I want people to see me as myself, the person who I grew up to be and not as someone