The Nature of Identity

As we grow older, we start to construct and develop ourselves. The way we dress, talk and act in public, to what we do at home. All of this is determined by a term called identity, which helps us shape who we are as people. This is decided based on our surrounding such as family, friends, society, all the way to the internal chances, like our behavior which help shape out personality. Some people might not know who they are, they could still be finding themselves, but might not know if being themselves is something they can do. Moreover, they could be trying to fit into someone elses shoes trying to be something they are not. Which is why we try hardest to shape our identity but in the end, it is hard to find out who we are because all we want to do is just fit into what society tells us we should be.
There are many factors that can determine how a person is viewed from the prospective of others. You can let people see you in a certain identity, while your internal identity is not show to the other persons naked eye. However, sometimes while pretending to be someone on the outside your subconscious mind begins to become that without even knowing. This is shown threw Zarchary Graff from “Life After High School”, who shows people how much he loves Sunny, he even tells her how much he loves her but at the end of the short story he turns out being homosexual. He tried being as normal as possible thinking that something was wrong with him because of his preference in men, and as time went on he actually began to think he loved Sunny because of who he was trying to portray on the outside. People begin to be someone they are not simply because others want them to be that. Barbara Burhman from “Life After High School”, since elementary ...

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...ty on the inside, well, that's a whole different story. Lately, this year so much has happened in my life it’s hard to know what my identity is. I thought that my internal identity was someone who was on top of his game, happy, looking forward to the day, but recently it has not been the same. I don't know what my internal identity is at all. I’m not that happy person on the inside i used to be neither am I the most focused on anything. I'm lost.

In conclusion, our identities give us the power to be anything but the main important part about identity is how we shape ourselves. What factors do we let contribute to who we think we are and who we know we are. Identity is the base which all of us stand on which determines who we are in life. Overall, identity should be on how you want others to view you and how you want to come off to them as. That to me is identity.