Our geographical location influence our identity by our lifestyle, memories, fear. Everyone has a different lifestyle from a different location. The location is one critical factor of shaping our Identity. It is because of society, emotions, and experience. A kid from Beverly Hills have a way different identity than a kid from Compton. There is a big difference because Beverly is a nice and rich neighborhood and Compton is a ghetto and bad neighborhood. A kid from Beverly Hills are a spoiled and illusory superiority. A kid from Compton are ignorant and stuck up. In an article Turns out where you live really does shape who you are by Emily Badger, “... Chicagoans are so sensibles, Angelenos so flaky, people in Salt Lake City so self-reliant.” These are stereotypes that describe some people’s identity from their location. From this article, Chicagoans have …show more content…
In the article Here comes the neighborhood by David L. Kirp, they describe what happened about the story of Mount Laurel. The experiment showed that the people from poverty had a huge impact on their lifestyle. “‘I used to be afraid of gunshots,’ another tenant says ‘Now I’m afraid of skunks.’” This shows the changes of tenant's identity because he used to be in a ghetto place that were probably many gunshot occurring a lot. His identity has changed since he moved to Mount Laurel. Everyone have different memories because everyone has a different experience.You always have different memories at different location. In The Catcher in the Rye, Holden is on the way to the museum that he used to go when he was little to see if Phoebe was there. He remembering his memories of his experiences in the museum. “I get very happy when I think about it. Even now. I remember after we looked at all the Indian Stuff, usually we went to see some movie in this big auditorium.” (pg. 199-120). This shows that the museum makes him have a good memory and cheer up his depressing
There are always different areas and beliefs in big cities, but in some cities they are taken to a whole new level. Everyone is proud of where they are from naturally, whether it’s in regards to their sports team, schools, or maybe a famous product that originated from there. There is a very well known divide in the city of Cincinnati, Ohio, where there seems to be a highway or street creating an invisible line. Cincinnati is well known for its education, food, and the diverse lifestyles one may be able experience in the rather large suburban area. If someone asks a Cincinnatian where they’re from, they will proudly respond with either the Westside or Eastside! Common phrases one may hear are, “Westside best-side or Eastside money-side.” It’s not necessarily true that someone is considered good or bad due to their response; it’s just a pride factor to them.
This demonstrates that Holden has this mindset and believes that he isn't ageing because he occasionally believes that he is thirteen most of the time. He's trying to resist adulthood because that’s when all his issues began. In addition, when Holden took Phoebe to a museum he really enjoyed his time there because of how everything was put. Holden sated “the best thing though in the museum was that everything always stayed right where it is. Nobody´d move. You could go hundred thousand times, and that Eskimo would still be just finished catching those two fish, the birds would be on their way south, the deers would still be drinking out of that water hole … Nobody's be different” (Salinger 121). This conveys that Holden is fond of the museum because it doesn't change unlike other places he is surrounded which relates to the death of his brother Allie, who died of leukemia. He believes that when his brother died, his whole world shifted as a result, his parent isolated themselves from him and connects to the reason Holden is unable to acknowledge that his urge is to never change like a
In the beginning of the book, Holden often craves for his familiar past. During Holden’s visit to the museum he observes the sameness of everything. Holden mentions that “the best
Holden’s preference of a simplistic lifestyle is evident throughout the novel, but stands out especially when he visits the Museum of Natural History. He explains that. Holden loves this museum because it is still, silent, and always the same, which is a version of life he likes and understands. He fears dealing with conflict, uncertainty, and change, which he thinks comes with being an adult. It
The Museum of Natural History is used to signify Holden’s fear of change. Holden enjoys looking at the mummies and the exhibits at the museum because they never change and are frozen in time. Holden realizes that he changes every time he goes back and sees the exhibits, but the exhibits do not change. He wishes that his childhood world would last forever like his exhibits.
Thesis: Growing up in a certain neighborhood doesn’t have to determine where you go in life.
Many other factors have affected my social location, such as my age, race, and income. My status as a member of the millennial age group has had a massive impact on my social location, as I have grown up in time where I am able to read and study about the faults of the generations that have come before me. Being aware of these faults has given me the ability to hope and strive towards a better future.
Wolff, Geoffrey. “Suburban Suffering.” New York Times. 12 Mar. 2009. n.p. Web. 3 May. 2010.
Social location plays a huge role in our day-to-day life. We 're classified by social class, education, gender, race, ethnicity, and the culture. Henslin (2015) notes, “One of the beautiful and fascination aspects of sociology is that it enables us to look at both parts of our current reality: being part of a global network and having unique experiences in our smaller corners of life” (p. 3). That statement is what draws me into sociology, we know that everyone 's treated different, and get more privileges than others based on social
Tama Levanthal’s and Jeanne Brooks-Dunn’s research was a non-experimental study of neighborhood effects. Non-experimental study has been criticized because it does not take into account selection bias. Families have a choice of what neighborhood they want to live in. In experimental studies of neighborhoods, the selection bias is accounted for because families are randomly assigned to a certain neighborhood. The Gautreux Pr...
She investigated this concept by spending a numerous amount of months with the residents of Dover Square Project. In the neighborhood of 300 residents, there were around 52 percent Chinese, 27 percent black, 12 percent white, and 6 percent Hispanic. She observed that, for the most part, despite the ethnic diversity, the residents chose and preferred to form and maintain close relationships with those of the same ethnicity rather than socialize and integrate with those different (121). Commonly, all the residents shared a similar mentality in which they believed their neighbors were just temporary associates. Those of the same ethnic group, however, were the exceptions because they were connected with them by “intimate ties” (119). Despite the fact that most of the residents were actually permanent residents, the people in the neighborhood still had this mentality. A majority of the Chinese residents were immigrants that came recently from Hong Kong, speaking “little or no English, although their children” were “typically fluent in English” (121) and had no intentions of leaving. On the other hand, a lot of the Hispanics from Puerto Rico had no intentions of staying and regarded their
Adrienne Rich once wrote an open letter titled “Politics of Location” that profoundly opened my eyes to a relevantly obvious concept of self-identity. More often than not, one fails to see the truth that sits right before his or her own eyes. However, it is still the responsibility of the individual to be accountable for that truth. The concept of politics of location is simply that one’s life experiences affects one’s perspective. Unintentionally, individuals make themselves the center of reality. When, in actuality, one is only the center of his or her own reality. Rich also goes on to explain that people are different; yet, individuals have an uncanny since of imagined community. That being, the feeling that
J.D. Salinger shows that fear of change can stop one from moving forward. The first impactful example J.D. Salinger shows us of Holden’s fear of change is when Holden goes into any detail relating to the museum. Holden relishes in the fact that every time you go to the museum it stays the same, and even recalls that is how the museum was when he visited there as a child. When he was a child, Holden had one opinion about what he thought was the best part of the museum, “the best things, though, in that museum was that everything always stayed right where it was” (121). Holden clearly enjoyed that the museum stayed the same when he was a child and he still does now that he is older. Holden wants to hold onto these memories of when he was younger so he does not have...
Holden tries to preserve his own innocence, and the innocence of others by not letting go of childhood memories and through his desire to suspend time. Holden views the adult world as corrupt and full of phonies. He admires childhood because of how it is free of corruption, and untouched by the adult world. IN order to preserve his own innocence Holden often attaches himself to childhood memories. The Museum of NAtural History is one of Holden’s favourite places . He mentions that his grade one teacher Miss. Aigletinger used to take his class there every saturday. While writing about the museum he says, “The best thing, in that museum was that everything always stayed right where it was” (121). This shows how Holden wants to preserve his innocence because he expresses how he likes how everything stayed the
My culture identity, as I know it as is African American. My culture can be seen in food, literature, religion, language, the community, family structure, the individual, music, dance, art, and could be summed up as the symbolic level. Symbolic, because faith plays a major role in our daily lives through song, prayer, praise and worship. When I’m happy I rely on my faith, same as when I’m sad, for I know things will get better as they have before.