What is an identity? According to the Longman dictionary, “Identity is the qualities and attitudes that a person or group of people has, that make them different from other people.” Social, Cultural, Economic and Family plays an important role to shape your identity. Some people say that your name is your identity; some says that your features or personality, and other consider your color, race or ethnicity as your identity. Also a stage of childhood, teenage and adulthood to gain your self identity plays an important role. However, I believe that identity is what you are and what you want to other people to accept and respect about yourself.
I consider myself unique person with my own identity. I am a human being I must identified what I …show more content…
I cannot make my identity by how people identify me and how they think what I am; I know what things is strength that never let me give up what I am. It is well said by George R.R Martin’s- A Game of Thrones, “Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armor yourself in it and it will never be used to hurt you.” As the stages of life start with childhood, teenage and then adulthood, and on all these stages childhood is the best part of life. On childhood you gain yourself identity by family and environment, and how they want you to recognize yourself . As what I experienced on my childhood would be negative impact on my life If I didn’t learned and recognize what I am not what other want to see me as make me feel down. My strength is believe on myself that make me confident.. For instance, in our country girl’s height and skin color matters a lot. People give preferences and priority to those who are good in height and skin color. When I was child I identified myself as low confident and not special or good things on me. Because of my family and relatives …show more content…
Now days, people got awareness and educated even though they set their minds and identify their self by cultural and social values. On the other hand, I want to be an individual with my own convictions and principal not just part of cultural unit. In my country, social and cultural traditions affect the girl’s life. When I was 17 years old, my father died and my mother’s Family forced me to get married .Being silent never changed my life and they will do my marriage. I want to be an in dependant woman and want to get good education. Then I took step and speak up for myself. The freedom to lead and plan your own life is difficult but it helps you identify where you can stand in your life. I am not that kind of person I lived my life by my own choices nor people to make decisions for me. At last I talked with my mother she supported me on that situation and I continued my study. That one decision changed my whole life perspectives and makes me self determined and how I identified myself that what I
I consider myself unique person with my own identity. I am a human being I must identified what I …show more content…
I cannot make my identity by how people identify me and how they think what I am; I know what things is strength that never let me give up what I am. It is well said by George R.R Martin’s- A Game of Thrones, “Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armor yourself in it and it will never be used to hurt you.” As the stages of life start with childhood, teenage and then adulthood, and on all these stages childhood is the best part of life. On childhood you gain yourself identity by family and environment, and how they want you to recognize yourself . As what I experienced on my childhood would be negative impact on my life If I didn’t learned and recognize what I am not what other want to see me as make me feel down. My strength is believe on myself that make me confident.. For instance, in our country girl’s height and skin color matters a lot. People give preferences and priority to those who are good in height and skin color. When I was child I identified myself as low confident and not special or good things on me. Because of my family and relatives …show more content…
Now days, people got awareness and educated even though they set their minds and identify their self by cultural and social values. On the other hand, I want to be an individual with my own convictions and principal not just part of cultural unit. In my country, social and cultural traditions affect the girl’s life. When I was 17 years old, my father died and my mother’s Family forced me to get married .Being silent never changed my life and they will do my marriage. I want to be an in dependant woman and want to get good education. Then I took step and speak up for myself. The freedom to lead and plan your own life is difficult but it helps you identify where you can stand in your life. I am not that kind of person I lived my life by my own choices nor people to make decisions for me. At last I talked with my mother she supported me on that situation and I continued my study. That one decision changed my whole life perspectives and makes me self determined and how I identified myself that what I