The Bourne Identity

Community Affect Identity? Have you ever noticed that some people can act or be different based on their community? A good example of this is how the people acted in the book The Giver. The community that Jonas’s lived in was a utopia which means that everything was perfect. The Giver depicts that the community was under very strict guidelines that affected the people’s identity. Not being able to do what the people of Jonas’s community wanted to do affected the people's identity. The elders…

unprivileged. I have the defeatist mindset where I think about all the stuff that I do not have rather than look at what I do. When taking a step back and examining my identity I am: white, middle-class, female, has a mom and dad who are still together, and a has meal for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. In class, we discussed how an identity such as female could be categorized as privileged or unprivileged depending on the light that was shined on it (Sav, Class Discussion). I never really…

I’ve asked myself many question but I’ve never really explored my true identity before. Who is Raffy? What makes Raffy, Raffy? It’s quite odd for me to ask these question because I might think that I should know myself better than anyone else. As it turns out, figuring out who I really is isn’t as simple as it sounds. To make it easier for me, I usually recede back to my own culture, heritage, or my parents. I am like this because my culture is this and that. I am like this because my parents…

The Webster definition of identities is “the distinguishing character or personality of an individual”, however I believe a personal identity is much more than that. In my own words, a personal identity are both characteristic of the individual, as well as events that have molded them into who they are today, and what has caused them to act, or think the way do. I created my project as a metaphor to show my identities that I portrait on the outside, as well as the ones that are less visible to…

Identity is a person’s own sense of who they are; most simply a major part of their individuality. A person’s identity is developed from adolescence to adulthood and becomes part of their culture. It is the image that a person shows the world; through the unique factors of family, personal, and social identity. Identity is viewed as complex if a person is different from what people refer to as the norm. Since the beginning of North America being Caucasian has been stereotyped as the “normal…

conform and feel the need to fit in with others. The poem “Identity” by Julio Noboa Polanco and the anecdote “ The Mermaid” by Robert Fulghum reveals the conflict/tension individuals experience when stuck in the border of conformity and individuality. Although we may feel compelled to conform, people can achieve true happiness/freedom by accepting differences, by embracing their unique identity. Throughout the five stanzas of the poem “Identity” by Julio Noboa Polanco, the author strongly…

Are What You Eat, What Am I?”, Kothari describes her struggle with her identity through the differences in the food that her Indian family eats, as opposed to what her American schoolmates eat. The use of excellent imagery, giving characters identifying attributes, and finding ways to evoke strong emotion has successfully conveyed that Kothari feels as though living on the edge of two cultures has left her without a solid identity with either side.…

find and unlock their true identity. Through unlocking one's identity, an individual enables themself to reach their true potential. When a person unlocks their identity, they are able to carve their path in life through finding and achieving their own quest. While one might believe they have already etched their path in life, an individual cannot truly determine their path in life until they have found their identity. In order to understand and find one's identity, an individual must…

The Breakfast Club (Part Two: Theories) Social Identity Theory: “Tajfel (1979) proposed that the groups (e.g. social class, family, football team etc.) which people belonged to were an important source of pride and self-esteem. Groups give us a sense of social identity: a sense of belonging to the social world.” (McLeod 2008) In this movie there are five adolescents trying to find themselves and fit in within the groups they currently belong or have migrated into; the exception of one, Allison…

Social Identity Theory (SIT) developed from Tajfel’s work on intergroup processes which focused on the genesis of conflict between social groups, and the factors which influence support for, or attempts to change, established social hierarchies (Tajfel, Henri., & Turner, John C. 1979). In Social Identity Theory the self is reflexive in that I can take itself as an object and can categorize, classify, or name itself in particular ways in relation to other social categories or classifications.…