Jayson Hughes
English 1100
Prof. Young
Identity
3 September 2015
Identity to me means a whole lot. It is everything. Being yourself, being able to do whatever you want and just knowing deep inside that it’s you. You’re not trying to be anyone else but the real person you are. People always say there are three different types of a person, one is how you act when you are with your friends, the other is how you act in front of your parents, and the third one, the one that is the most true to yourself, is how you act when you are alone. I believe that to be true. I see people all the time act different for different kinds of people; for instance, they change how they act when they are around certain kinds of people. For me, I believe I always act the same; I don’t try to fit in for anyone or anything. I don’t conform to what people believe is right, if I think something is right I will do that, not what others want. Just how the dentist was trying to control Gloria’s tongue. That wasn’t right, “’were going to have to do something about your tongue”. Like what is that? She can’t help that. Language was everything to her, it was her identity.
English 1100
Prof. Young
Identity
3 September 2015
Identity to me means a whole lot. It is everything. Being yourself, being able to do whatever you want and just knowing deep inside that it’s you. You’re not trying to be anyone else but the real person you are. People always say there are three different types of a person, one is how you act when you are with your friends, the other is how you act in front of your parents, and the third one, the one that is the most true to yourself, is how you act when you are alone. I believe that to be true. I see people all the time act different for different kinds of people; for instance, they change how they act when they are around certain kinds of people. For me, I believe I always act the same; I don’t try to fit in for anyone or anything. I don’t conform to what people believe is right, if I think something is right I will do that, not what others want. Just how the dentist was trying to control Gloria’s tongue. That wasn’t right, “’were going to have to do something about your tongue”. Like what is that? She can’t help that. Language was everything to her, it was her identity.
My identity is a basketball player,
who ever would of thought? I really don’t look like I play basketball. I mean
look at me, not big, not tall. Just average. That’s why it is always hard to
tell someone’s identity. Sometimes to figure out someone’s real identity you
have to sit down and talk to him or her. I have seen some very Hispanic looking
people and they do not speak any Spanish at all. All I know is I love talking
to people that are from different areas and just getting to talk to them and
discover their true identity.
In “how to tame a wild tongue”
language was a very big part of Gloria’s identity. She’s always saying how you
can tell how someone is from the language they speak. She says, “ When other
races have given up their tongue, we’ve kept ours.” She’s proud of that, as you
can tell. Language means so much to her. But, she still says the struggles of
identities are still there. “Yet the struggle of identities continues, the
struggle of borders is our reality still.”
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