Our character is educated and shaped by the general population, gatherings and things around us. Personality and having a place, thus, are practically synonymous. We work out who we are by building up where we have a place. We always come close and balance ourselves with others: who are we like? Who are we not like? Who do we want to be like? We see this through different individual battles of the contributors in Growing Up Asian in Australia who are always contrasting themselves and their Anglo peers.
How we see our self and how we imagine others see us is important in light of the fact that from multiple points of view it will establish our place in the world and can create our identity. As Muslims our identity should begin with God. As a Muslim I know for a fact that when I’m around the general public I tend not to be who I am and others see me for who I’m not as I’m not confident with the public as we do not have anything in common whereas when I’m surrounded with family, friends, and cultural and religious groups I will be who I am because …show more content…
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.
You're on your own.
And you know what you know.
You are the guy who'll decide where to go.”
With confidence you decide where to go but without it the people around you will decide your path. This is apparent when Sunil changed his name to Neil; he was unconfident and eventually succumbed to the pressure – he was directed by his bullies. When I was unconfident in public I succumbed to pressure and changed my ways. When we are unconfident others are not only blind to our true identity they modify and shape an increasingly fake identity.
To conclude this essay we see that it is our responsibility to ensure that we show who we are and be proud of it when surrounded by others it doesn't matter whether your black, white green or Muslim Jew or Christian but it does matte that we believe in our identity and
How we see our self and how we imagine others see us is important in light of the fact that from multiple points of view it will establish our place in the world and can create our identity. As Muslims our identity should begin with God. As a Muslim I know for a fact that when I’m around the general public I tend not to be who I am and others see me for who I’m not as I’m not confident with the public as we do not have anything in common whereas when I’m surrounded with family, friends, and cultural and religious groups I will be who I am because …show more content…
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.
You're on your own.
And you know what you know.
You are the guy who'll decide where to go.”
With confidence you decide where to go but without it the people around you will decide your path. This is apparent when Sunil changed his name to Neil; he was unconfident and eventually succumbed to the pressure – he was directed by his bullies. When I was unconfident in public I succumbed to pressure and changed my ways. When we are unconfident others are not only blind to our true identity they modify and shape an increasingly fake identity.
To conclude this essay we see that it is our responsibility to ensure that we show who we are and be proud of it when surrounded by others it doesn't matter whether your black, white green or Muslim Jew or Christian but it does matte that we believe in our identity and