In life, who a person is defines them. One must first discover their social identity in order to understand who they are as a person. Some college students determine their own identity because they have their own views on who they want to be and can make their own decisions. However, Students’ environment plays a bigger role because they influence a student on who they should be. In Accidental Billionaire written by Ben Mezrich, he tells the story of the creation of Facebook through the eyes of the Winklevoss twins, Eduardo Saverin, Mark Zuckerberg, and a few others who help create the well-known website we use today. College students’ social identity is created through environmental variables which is shown through the character Eduardo Saverin’s
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Through life experiences and peer influences, social identity is formed. What makes a social identity is the ability for other people to categorize one as a person in a group. In other words, social identity is not representing one single person, instead it is representing a piece of a group. Some people already subconsciously know that who they associate themselves with will reflect their identity. Eduardo Saverin grew up in an environment where who he becomes matters, and it shows in the novel that Saverin cares about how far he will go in life and his name. In the beginning when Saverin scouts out the “color of the [tie] material” of each individual (3). Saverin already knows what the tie represents. It represents the important people in that group since his tie is different from everyone else. Saverin knows that his social identity is created through what clubs he is in and who he associates himself with which is why he approaches the member who stands out the most. He knows what to look for in a crowded room filled with different social groups and chooses the one that benefits him the most. This example shows that social identity is assigned by college students’ peers because of how they parade themselves. By knowing who to look for and who to associate with, one will find their identity which is exactly what Saverin
Through life experiences and peer influences, social identity is formed. What makes a social identity is the ability for other people to categorize one as a person in a group. In other words, social identity is not representing one single person, instead it is representing a piece of a group. Some people already subconsciously know that who they associate themselves with will reflect their identity. Eduardo Saverin grew up in an environment where who he becomes matters, and it shows in the novel that Saverin cares about how far he will go in life and his name. In the beginning when Saverin scouts out the “color of the [tie] material” of each individual (3). Saverin already knows what the tie represents. It represents the important people in that group since his tie is different from everyone else. Saverin knows that his social identity is created through what clubs he is in and who he associates himself with which is why he approaches the member who stands out the most. He knows what to look for in a crowded room filled with different social groups and chooses the one that benefits him the most. This example shows that social identity is assigned by college students’ peers because of how they parade themselves. By knowing who to look for and who to associate with, one will find their identity which is exactly what Saverin