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    professional identity is a topic that sounds so far fetch and it sounds like it would take a person their entire career to establish it. Of course as humans we have trouble with the idea of needing to changes or to live up to people expectations of you. I’m glad to say that we don’t have to live up to anyone expectation; however, in order to make the final decision to establish the foundation of your professional identity we must look with ourselves to find that professional identity.…

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    What does the question “Do people need to belong?” mean? It is a possibility that no one needs to belong, they do not need to fit into any group or family. No one can control someone to fit in a group, they can not be forced or peer pressured to choosing something different. Others believe that people have to fit in somewhere, like if they belong in a special group and not individually, to give their life purpose. There is always a way where you can find your purpose without something to belong…

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    Identity today is a complex subject. What is your identity? What specific traits determine who you are? It’s difficult to give an exact definition to such an abstract concept but many authors have expressed their perspective on it through their literature. Two works that share a common subject of identity and its meaning are The Secret Life of Walter Mitty by James Thurber and Identity by Julio Noboa Polanco. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty tells the story of Walter, a man who fantasizes daily…

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    different. The American Identity is an idea of being a strong, generous person with their own views and opinions without looking to others for guidance. In the story Sleep Hollow written by Washington Irving, Ichabod Crane and the American Identity are complete opposites. Director Tim Burton put his own twist on the movie Sleepy Hollow. Although in both the movie and story Ichabod is a vulnerable character, in the movie Ichabod is great representation of the American Identity. In the story,…

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    Identity is the characteristics which determine who a person is as it forms the base of a persons true sense of self. One’s identity is not static, but rather constantly changing and developing. Many elements affect an individual's identity. This idea is displayed throughout the texts To Kill a Mockingbird, Witness and ‘We Are Going'. In Harper Lee's novel To Kill a Mockingbird, the concept of how family contributes to one’s identity is explored. Another factor that shapes identity is the…

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    people all over the world try and figure out who they are and what they want to do. They try and find their Identity, uniqueness, character, their status, their “name”, however you want to put it; it all means the same. Every day people are figuring it out. Sometimes you never figure it out and sometimes you will. By using 4 different pieces of writing, I will get my point across. “Identity,” poem by Julio Noboa, “America and I,” nonfiction essay by Anzia Yezierska, “Keeping up with the…

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    would be no one”(Burkitt, 2009 p.190). This is why we have ideas of social selves, suggesting that, the self is centre. Meaning creating a self identity becomes necessary. Giddens argues that, it’s the result of postmodernity. Formerly people were already positioned into categories and ones identity were already determined. “The sources of our identities are no longer stable and secure”(Burkitt, 2009 p). But now we’ve moved away from a term Giddens call; time-space distantiation towards…

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    Volleyball Identity

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    participations define the person that we are. Once we find something that we enjoy above all else, and stick to it, we start to build our identity. My identity was formed the second I signed up for YMCA volleyball in third grade. From my first game to the games occurring now, volleyball has been my main interest, my best talent, and the biggest contributing factor to my identity. When I was little I had significant problems with my self-confidence. I was the tallest girl in my grade which made…

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    Every single person has their own unique identity. Identity is the image that one projects out into the rest of the world. Kazou has identity the characters as human clones in the novel, each of them has human feelings, and sexual desires. The true identities they lived and died with the people they connected with, both at Hailsham and in those they met on their paths to completion. In the novel, Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguros has questions the Identity of Kathy H... The novel starts off in…

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    Developing and describing my own background and identity is a lifelong process, which can be differ from one stage of to another. "Identities are the traits and characteristics, social relations, roles, and social group memberships that define who one is" (Oyserman, Elmore, & Smith, 2012, p. 69). My personal identities and roles are developed through by background experiences. I was born and raised in very small village of Nepal, where I did not have so much opportunity to enhance my knowledge,…

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