ENGL
Professor Young
September 3, 2015
Identity
Identity is simple but, complex. Identity is what makes you unique but, simplistically what makes you human. Your identity is what you live with and what you die with. In Gloria Anzaldua's story, "How to Tame a Wild tongue" the topic of identity is severely emphasized though Gloria's opinion on identity. She explains her identity is her language. That is who she is; her language represents her. This being said she is saying her identity is who she is and what she believe she is. Identity is what you represent yourself as. There are many things that complete one's identity. These things would be their characteristics physical and mental. The age, the race, the style, the walk, everything applies to ones identity and who they are as a person. Everyone has there own reasoning for why they are who they are but, all those reasons make you unique and give you that identity. In Gloria's story she emphasized how her language is her identity when she explained the languages she speak at home and with her friends and she states, "They are the last five listed, with 6 and 7 being closest to my heart." This represents her relationship she has with her culture and who she is personally which is very good representation of what identity means.
An identity thief is someone who steals who you are and everything you have taking hem you. Not anyone else but you. The simplest way to explain what identity means is simply by saying you. Everyone has an identity. Some people have more than one but, everyone has one.
Identity is the one thing that differentiates one from their twin. The personality, the features, the hair are very important aspects of identity. Overall identity should be looked at as something that defines someone.
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