Gabriela Allen
September 17, 2014
Professor Young
ENGL 1100
Essay 1: Identity Final Draft
Many
different people have a different kind of way that shows other people who they
are. Human beings all have different
identities that have a value to the way they are living. McBride and Anzaldua both had shown different
examples of the ways identity may be shown.
Both of these authors show the different ways their identity shows how
it lets people know where they come from.
The authors show how important identity is towards life and how it could
affect you. I agree with McBride and
Anzaldua towards the fact that identity is very important. Identity is an
important aspect towards your own life.
Identity is your own personal traits
that make you the person you are today.
Your identity can come from where you grew up or whom you grew up
around. Your identity is what tells you
who you are. It give you an open mind on
how you act the way you do. They way you
dress is a big factor when you’re going to school because most of the time
someone could be judging you or praising how you dress. You dress for yourself and it shows those
classmates the type of style you are into.
Identity includes all of the physical aspects of your life, the way you
act, how you may speak, and the way you may react to different situations. You gain this identity all throughout your
life from your parents and peers.
Identity is based off of how you were raised and where you came
from. The area you grew up I also am a
big part to what makes up your own personal identity. Different things that make up your identity
are your physical features, your emotion, and nationality, how you speak toward
an adult versus someone your own age, and a socioeconomic status. A lot of your identity comes from your
parents and ancestors. They were the
starting block of the life you live so without that you wouldn’t have the
identity that you have.
Anzaldua
in her essay, “How to Tame a Wild Tongue” shows different aspects of her identity
and what she thinks of it. In her essay
she speaks of the different languages and how that is part of someone’s
identity. How you speak usually defines where
you came from. “Wild tongues can’t be tamed,
they can only be cut off (Anzaldua 246).
This specific quote from her essay really stuck out to me. It is saying that you cannot control the way
people speak. They speak their own
language and the only way you could stop someone from speaking the language
that defines them is if you cut someone tongue out. Realistically, you would not do that. It gives someone the ability to speak what is
on their mind in their own way given whatever custom and culture they may come
from. Language is also a learning experience for those who may not hear
different languages all of the time. It
gives you an idea of where someone you may have just met, came from and how
they may celebrate different celebrations.
Language is an important part of your identity and Anzaldua really
proves her point throughout her essay.
James McBride does a good job at
describing how important identity is because he shows how curious he is as a
child to know where he came from and what makes him, him. His mother was white and he was not so he was
always wondering why he was not white to.
He was always asking questions as to why they weren’t the same color or
questions like if her parents were nice and loved her. He wanted to know all about his elders and
why he was made the way he was. He was
interested in finding out his own identity, which is important to a lot of
people. McBride, because he was a
different color, would get made fun of.
He had basically beaten someone up and that shows a little bit of his
identity. The way you may react in these
types of situations shows other people the type of person you may be. That’s why my parents have always taught me
to be respectful so then you get that respect back in the long run.
James
McBride and Anzaldua both do a good job of showing how important identity is in
many different ways. I agree with their
main point in these essays because your identity is an important thing to know. It is what makes you who you are. Your own identity is the only thing that can
give you ideas of where you came from.
Another person’s identity would not be capable of proving where you came
from. It comes from you. McBride wanted to know where he came from and
Anzaldua did a great job on proving how language was an important part to
someone’s identity. Personal traits are
what make up your own identity. McBride
and Anzaldua do a wonderful job on showing how identity is important towards
your life and how it makes you a better person inside and out.
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