An example oh making your identity known was in the essay called "American Dreamer". In the essay, the author Bharati Mukherjee makes her identity present by stating that "I am a voluntary immigrant. I became a citizen by choice, not by simple accident of birth" (334). Mukherjee is addressing that you must stand out and make your own important choices and decisions. The most important decision that Mukherjee made was that she wanted to be an American citizen, and that being one would make a statement about her identity. Mukherjee makes her identity clear when she explains how her citizenship means a lot to her and that she takes it seriously. Being able to make your own critical decisions and not following the same path as everyone else enables a person to stand out and make their identity more prominent. A personal identity is very critical because if we do not have an identity, people cannot distinguish one person from another physically. One of the most important facts that contribute to having an identity is that all humans have their own personality. If two identical twins were to stand side by side, the ability of telling them apart would be rather difficult. Although both of the twins look exactly the same in all aspects, the only way to tell them apart is by looking deeper into their personalities. The human personality is not the same in all people. Because of this, people are able to voice their own opinions and do not conform to societies" rules. An individual cannot copy another person's identity because an identity is .
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attained through the process of maturing and learning through experience.
