The Establishment of Identity

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자아에 대한 생각을 영미소설 "Talking in the New Land” and “The Achievement of Desire”를 통해 정리한 영문 에세이입니다. 영어표현은 다소 부족하지만 아이디어가 좋아서 미국학교에서 EN121 시간에 A 맞은 에세이랍니다 ^^

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Introduction - 2 paragraphs
Body - 5 paragraphs
conclusion - 1 paragraph
Works Cited

본문내용

People want to know themselves: who they are, where they belong, how to live, and what to do. Then, through self-examination, they become aware of themselves. This is their “identity”. Identity is influenced by one’s race, language, people, and especially culture.
When I read “Talking in the New Land” and “The Achievement of Desire”, I thought about the authors’ identities. In the USA there are a lot of families in which two kinds of cultures coexist. It makes that immigrant family’s children become confused about their own personality earlier than normal children who usually establish their own identity during puberty. I believe that one’s identity is set by the culture in which a person has lived. If people create their identities with a firm belief based on a living culture, they would not suffer from the many conflicts caused by confusion of their identity for a long time. First of all, it is important that 1st generation parents understand their children’s confusion and help them to create/find their identity.

참고 자료

Cunha, Edite. “Talking In A New Land.” Language Awareness: Readings for College Readers.
9th ed. Ed. Virginia Clark, Paul Escholz, and Alfred Rosa. Bedford/St.Martin’s:
Boston, 2005. 544-553. Print.

Rodriguez, Richard. “The Achievement of Desire.” Ways of Reading: An Anthology
for Writers 6th Edition. Ed. David Barholomae and Anthony Petrosky.
New York: Bedford/St.Martin’s, 2002. 651-670. Print.