The role adversities play in shaping our identity is very important. If we learn from them we can be sure what to do when a similar problem arises. This affects our identity, because the more challenging the adversity, the stronger our identity becomes. The more we ignore adversities, our identities might be the same or much weaker. The title of the literature I’m using is “Anne Frank Remembered,” by both Miep Gies & Alison Leslie Gold. My evidence will show that adversities can show the changes of identities. It shows much of what a good change is like. Miep’s tough challenge of leaving her parents probably caused emotional pain and scarring, making a huge impact on her life. Miep’s adversity hiding the Franks help made her famous for who she is today. Doing most of the working & caring. She never would have made herself for who she is today. Facing adversities also were shown in Anne’s life, too. Anne found herself in a situation where she had no one to play with and no one to communicate except for the people living with her.
I said that the more we face adversities the stronger we become. An example is when Miep was a little girl in WWI, she became sick. Miep had weak bones, she describes herself on p.17,”My legs were sticks dominated by bony knee caps. My teeth were strong,” she also wasn’t growing properly. Her parents were told that Miep might die. Her parents then sent her with other kids to Amsterdam where she got taken care of by another respective family. It was a struggle to fit in and learn the daily routines of the people in Amsterdam. She also had to face her real family being away. Miep never gave up and eventually learned the skills. This connects to my answer because it showed how identity changed. After lea...
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...er diary, and were pen pals with Juanita Wagner. She just wanted to like every other teenage girl. She had adversities coming every which way like the other Jews. Her adversities created an identity that made her who she is today. She died with a brave soul. This goes with the fact that she had a better identity following the adversities.
My evidences were Miep’s childhood experiences; Miep’s hiding experiences, and Anne Frank’s war experience. My answer was if we learn from them we can be sure what to do when a similar problem arises. This affects our identity, because the more challenging the adversity, the stronger our identity becomes. The more we ignore adversities, our identities might be the same or much weaker. I wanted to end off by saying if you ever have an adversity to face, face it to have a stronger identity.
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...n many people. Although she suffered immense personal loss, she allowed God to work through her and turn her into a great inspiration. Her father, Casper, did not fail to instill the word of God and good morals into her. Several people continued to encourage her throughout her life after his death. Instead of hiding from society after surviving through the Holocaust, she successfully spread her story across the world and into the hearts on anyone who hears it.
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...n high school and she was striving for big goals, working hard to achieve them, and overcoming countless obstacles. Even when her father stole that piggy bank money she did not give up. Her purpose in life helped transfer her into adulthood. Without this determination and sacrifice, seceding into a successful adult would have been much more challenging.
In today's world, society creates an impact on human life. More of an impact can be seen among family and peers. They can be found at home, work, and school. At home with family, identity can be created on the difference of having one parent, divorced or separated parents, no parents, abusive parents, or even negligent parents. For example, children who grow up without a father or mother figure tend to become more independent at an early stage. Another example is where certain experiences within the family such as constantly witnessing parents argue can cause one's identity to be confined and distant. But, some people shape their identity similar to their parents. Such as a son became a soldier in the army because his father was in the army. Siblings, if any, are also an influence on the social identity of a person. They either become your friend, mentor, or you...
In society, people react to adversity differently. They may choose to overcome those difficulties or they are unable to adapt to those adversity can cause them to suffer from loss of identity.