My Faithful Mother Tongue By Milosz Summary

Identity is being who or what a person or thing is. Defining who we are can be so many things. For instance, our culture, how we were raised, adapting to situations. And even where we come from. We have to love ourselves first, and figure out what is important to us: like having priorities. We may find our identity in hobbies or activities, and maybe through different connections of people.

Defining ourselves plays a big role in our heritage, and how we were raised. Although, we continue to grow, and experience different lessons of life. What remains the same is our heritage, and where we come from. We often form our identity from the world who throws hints and clues at us. The ones we choose to associate with are because we see who we want to be, and the experiences we find ourselves in is lessons of life. With relationships or connections is belief that it’s found through individual’s sense of self. Without knowing who we are, and where we come from we live with a sense of emptiness.

He reminds himself about his homeland language, to continue in a distant country. “But without you, who am I? Only a scholar in a distant country” (Milosz 19-21). He knows who he is a person, but in a distant country he feels that he is a philosopher like everyone else. He identifies his identity by his relationships with others. “You were my native land; I lacked any other. I believed that you would also be a messenger been me and some good people” (Milosz 7-9). All he knows is his language, and he feel he could form relations by having