Teenage life, the time where we are in shambles about who we are. We only care about the present and what is in front of us. We adapt to what the majority do. The point where we are most vulnerable to many influences. These influence comes from our friends, family, media that molds our identity. This is the point where we rarely checkout our self and we don't care what will be our identity.
A few weeks ago, in my english class, we discussed the difference of identity and self. We read a short article written by Catherine Latterell. She gave three assumptions that Identity is what were born with, shaped by culture, and shaped by our personal choices. According to her we all have the choice to pick the traits and opportunities that will shape our identity, at the same time there are those things about ourselves that we can't choose, they are just given to us when we where born for example : name, skin color , religion , gender.
Identity, personality, and self are three different part of us. We sometimes roll them into a giant ball and consider them as one. Always remember that Who you will be is decided by you. What you are is given to you when you where born. Lastly, You are the only one who knows who you really are, you are only one and cannot be copied.
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