"Every person is born with its own individual identity "What make person to lose its personal identity in order to maintain its public identity? ... My true identity was lost when I was graduated; no more studies helping my mom with house hold jobs and after 4 years I was married to my husband and having two children after my marriage seems like my identity was to keep them happy . ... After a month our result was published and as usual I got more than my brother but this was my last result; my family don't want me to study any more as studying fashion studies was the one and ...

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Loss of identity, self realization and identity reconstruction are common themes found in both of the novels , Sirens of Baghdad and The Attack by Yasmina Khadra. ... Regaining one's loss of identity is important for the characters within both novels to undergo. ... Identity or psychological identity is a person's capacity for self-reflection and awareness. ... These types of identity crises are evident in both novels, The Attack and Sirens of Baghdad by Yasmina Khadra and Sirens of Baghdad. ... This sort of respect and pride is what plays a large role in shaping the narrator's ...

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Gogol's search for his own identity in his mix culture grows even deeper after his father passes away. ... We see that writer Natalie Friedman, makes a similar point, "It is ethnic identity, not class, that brings them together; ironically, it is also ethnic identity that drives them apart "(122). It is a clear proof that Gogol's desperation to find his identity confuses this for love. ... Gogol's insecurities about his own identity reflect on his ability to love. ... His conflictions with his own self makes him get lost in his constant search for his own identity. ...

• Word Count: 864
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

A person's identity is often determined by outside factors whether it is environment, rebellion, belief, or freedom of choice. ... The environment you grow in has strong affects on your identity, as seen in the cases of Jayanthi and Claudia. ... There is a reoccurring theme of environmental surroundings and cultural surroundings affecting ones identity as seen in all three cases. ... She wants sex but does not allow herself to be her true sense of self - her identity. ... Many of the things discussed with her patients lead to prove theories that identity is a causation of actions throug...

• Word Count: 1743
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The title of the text, "Looking For Alibrandi" conveys Josephine's search for self-identity. ... This can be related to students because they may also be searching for their self-identity. Most teenagers are looking for their identity but not realizing it. ... Josephine finally did find her identity, Marchetta tells us this by, "One day came. ... This ties closely with Josephine's search for identity, she realises she has been lied to all her life. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Identity means the distinct personality of an individual. ... "And be one traveller" is another story that deals with identity. 12 year-old Alison was on a plane trip when she suddenly gets sucked into the future. ... The use of identity in "Runaway" is when Jamie tries to discover who she is so she can go home. ... All three stories are in some way or another linked with identity and Brian Caswell has been very clever in using this theme over and over again for each story. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In life everyone tries to find his true identity. ... In the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston reveals a woman's identity through her struggles in life, her treatment by society, and her thoughts on life. ... After she found her true love, she found her identity because this brought her closer to herself. ... It did not come easy for Janie to find her identity. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Jimmy's Identity In the movie My Family the identity of Jimmy is very different than any other member of the family. ... His identity and the way he is towards others switches back and forth. ... But in reality, his true identity beneath all of his actions is of a loving and caring person....

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• Grade Level: High School

Family, Marriage, and Gender roles in America At the core of American identities and American dreams lies a family. ... The individual identity, his or her dreams, in large part depend on the family of origin or a family of choice. ... I believe that this would threaten the social identity of our culture, and presumably bring on more troubles than benefits. ... At the core of American identities and American dreams lies a family. ... The individual identity, his or her dreams, in large part depend on the family of origin or a family of choice. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Cultural Anthropology Under the Kapok Tree The ethnography, "Under the Kapok Tree: Identity and Difference In Beng Thought", was in my opinion, a very excellent detailed description of the daily life, rituals, customs, and traditions, and religion of the Beng. The Beng are from a West African forest and have managed to construct a society and live out their daily lives in relation to an interconnected series of meditations on the notions of identity and difference. The ethnography is based on the identity and differences of the Beng. ... Employing symbolic and postmodern perspectives, sh...

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• Grade Level: High School

The theme is best presented in the changing identities of Lucentio and Tranio as well as the true characters of Katherine and Bianca. ... Although Tranio appears to be a nobleman, he is really just a simple servant; his identity did not change even though his outfit did. ... On the outside, Katherine appears cruel, yet as her relationship with Petruchio grows, her true identity shows. She becomes much less of a shrew, her mistaken identity, and begins to become a kind person, her true identity. ...

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Cloudstreet by Tim Winton explores the relationship between family and identity. ... He uses these concepts and links them to the way we turn out, our personalities, the religious values we adopt, and our identity. ... (Page 59) Through this place, the Lambs become an identity to their community. ... Due to Dolly never being there and also her hatred for Dolly, Rose has developed her own personality and identity. ... The "black fellas", a part of the Australian identity may also help to keep the family together. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Louise's major battle was, in my opinion, regaining her identity. ... The fact that we are not told her first name until the end of the story shows loss of identity. ... We came to terms with it and moved on, after regaining our identities once again. ...

• Word Count: 777
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• Grade Level: High School

How does the book deal with issues of identity? ... These questions eventually brought about the issue of identity. ... Eventually, realizing her children should better understand where they came from, Ruth decided to answer all the unanswered questions about her and her children's identity. ...

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While the Helmer household may have the appearance of being sociably acceptable, the marriage of Torvald and Nora was falling apart because of the lack of identity, love, and communication. Nora Helmer was a delicate character and she relied on Torvald for her identity. ... Nora had to understand that she could not rely on Torvald for her identity the rest of her life, and Torvald too had to understand that Nora was a person and he had to treat her as an equal Doll House - symbolizes the tendency of the characters to play roles. ...

• Word Count: 775
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• Grade Level: High School

While the Helmer household may have the appearance of being sociably acceptable, the marriage of Torvald and Nora was falling apart because of the lack of identity, love, and communication. Nora Helmer was a delicate character and she relied on Torvald for her identity. ... Nora had to understand that she could not rely on Torvald for her identity the rest of her life, and Torvald too had to understand that Nora was a person and he had to treat her as an equal. ... Marriage is when two people become one, and if those two do not have any identity to bring to that marriage, then they d...

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• Grade Level: High School

Clergy spouses generally have a strong commitment to the church and try to fulfill high expectations and standards, while trying to maintain a separate identity. The identity of the spouse is often directly connected to the pastor. ... Pastors" spouses essentially struggle on developing a separate identity, personally and professionally, in their desire to avoid being stereotyped as an expansion of the spouse's ministerial role. ... They often wander and isolate themselves from their family and church, doing things out of the norm for a P.K. to prove they have their own identity, ra...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Muslim Marriages in the United States Family is the basis of Muslim society and marriage is the foundation on which the family rests. Notwithstanding the resurgence of Christian fundamentalist thing and or the conservative political drive to enshrine family values' in American society, Muslim family values are "at least on the surface "out of step with the mainstream of Western society and its views on marriage and family. Yet, American Muslims are beginning to follow the Western trend of either marrying later or not marrying at all, despite the fact that Islam clearly favor...

• Word Count: 2151
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

They create two names for non-exist identities to cheat both themselves and others. ... They live in a two-identity life by the mean of lying. ... When Jack speaks frankly to her that he is adopted by someone in his childhood, she immediately asks him to check his real identity. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Identity In the 1800's it was unusual if not forbidden for a women to leave her husband and children to find their own identity. ... "Torvald, couldn't you take over and decide what I should be and plan my costume. " Through her life Nora was unable to have her own identity. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Helmer to be independent and to find her own identity. ... She needs to find her own identity: "I have to try to educate myself, (p. 1148)" The lack of communication and love in this relationship force the Helmers to go apart. ... Nora never accepted to have her own identity and only wanted to please her husband's expectation. ...

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"In one group of stories men and women are already established in a social identity and gender role, the men in the workplace and the women in marriage- (Brown). ... Edna looks past the confines of societal roles, and sees her body as part of her identity, not as her identity itself- (Mckoy page 1). ...

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Characteristics in the movie Much Ado About Nothing contains a course of mistaken identities, two or more sets of lovers, bickering, and jumping to conclusions takes place throughout this movie. One of these characteristics is mistaken identity. ... Claudio had mistaken her identity for that of her cousins. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In Kate Chopin's novel The Awakening, the main character, Edna Pontellier searches for her identity while encountering feelings of true compassion, romantic love, and independence. ... Edna's relationship with Robert plays a large part in her search for identity. ...

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Because of this I could not agree with the author's viewpoint from the book, The Way We Really Are: Coming to Terms with America's Changing Families (Coontz, 1997), that today's families are loosing their identity because of convoluted roles and responsibilities. ... Women wanted to seek higher education, an identity outside of the home, earn a wage, and participate in their own social interactions. ...

• Word Count: 643
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• Has Bibliography