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I think it is therefore strange that Rona (the controlled more ordered of the two) is the one to make the discoveries. For example, the sunflowers and golden dog, also the field of roses found in the dark. This is another technique, which in my opinion is used well by Galloway, she is not afraid to challenge conventional discourses or place ‘spots and stripes’ side by side. This is what I consider responsible for creating intrigue and interest within the novel. Cassie the disjointed and fragmented character is passive in these discoveries and fails to achieve independence. She strives to please the people around her and confesses that she, “got comfort from knowing I could do something he really liked.”
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This shows how these two ‘heroines’ are not afraid to stand up and speak against stereotypical views; it is this willingness to create a new lifestyle and whole other way of life that binds these two characters together. The fact that Galloway uses italics and capitalisation shows just how firm the characters are in their beliefs. The fact that they wish to challenge what is seen as “the norm”, leaves them without direction. They travel foreign countries with out-of-date, useless maps, which I believe reflects the lack of stability and direction they feel in their lives; it is their “bricolage” approach to life, which produces fresh hope for the two women. This promise of hope is solidified as the end of “Foreign Parts” approaches:
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These women who were fragmented, jigsawed characters have, by their own selves, began to piece together a new life; a life which defies traditional discourses. Their holiday together has given them a chance to allow self-discovery and has created hope for their future. Janice Galloway’s unique style is what I believe makes her novel, “Foreign Parts” truly accomplished. The disjointedness of her two characters is portrayed perfectly throughout the book and is essential in relaying the themes “Foreign Parts” explores.
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Galloway is dependant on structure, primarily the fragmented text, to reflect the confusion and lack of identity and stability, experienced by the characters, it is this stylish use of structure that holds the key to the novel’s literary success. Galloway’s text closely intertwines theme, structure and character, it therefore proves a difficult task to dissect this novel, but once accomplished it reveals themes which are important and relevant to many people in today’s society. It is qualities such as these, which make this intelligent novel a contemporary and yet controversial success.
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Critically assess the relationship between national identity and schooling in the period 1870-1939? The relationship between national identity and schooling is one that has been seen as both a problem, where by the integrating of the concept of national identity into schooling is seen as the “poison” that generates “cross-national conflict” (1) and a defensive reaction to preventing and dealing with the problems that Britain faced during that epoch, where the political and social environment in Europe “provided a sort of hothouse atmosphere for nationalistic
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writings of the most fervent kind”(2) “Dr Tate outlined in brief that ‘national identities depended on stories ‘and that teachers need to provide children ‘with a sense of belonging to a community which stretches back into the past and forward into the future ‘ in order to five them ‘ a sense of meaning'” (3) The idea of creating a sense of belonging for children, is one that is shared worldwide, humans I have been told, need narratives, however the use of ‘national identities’ here is used in a positive
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be taught in schools and at what level for what age. Attendance and a uniformed standard of education were central to what the government sought to achieve in this legislation. This piece of legislation was hated so much by the teachers, and thus it was attacked by masses of teachers thus was withdrawn in 1898. The New Code of 1871 awarded 40 hour drills per year via grant aid. The drills were seen as a form of implementing the importance of obedience into the children. The importance of obedience was seen as vital to the social stability of the school.
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In the article, Seefeldt states that “those exposed to domestic abuse, gang violence…do not feel safe or secure.” And that “their insecurity will interfere with their total development,” meaning that children are more likely to feel less secure and unsafe if they grow up in or around unsafe communities and bad influences (Seefeldt). Imagine yourself as a small child. Wouldn’t it be scary to grow up around drug addicts, thugs, and gangs? Wouldn’t you be scared of the constant danger lurking around every corner? Just wearing the wrong colors can end your life. Or maybe even things that you can’t control like your ethnicity can end you up in a coffin. If you grew up around all these horrifying situations, wouldn’t these things make you feel unsafe and less secure? Overall, the writer telling us that growing up as a child in an unsafe community can mess with their total development shows that identity can be formed by external forces.
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But not only does the writer show us that growing up around negative forces shape ones identity, he also tells us that parents play a role in a child’s overall development. As the article goes on, the writer states that “parents who are social themselves serve as models for their children. Children may be able to use the image of their parents interacting with others in their own attempts to make friends with other children,” showing that parents’ interactions with their own peers, can reflect on their child’s social skills too. Have you ever heard the saying “like father, like son” or “like mother like daughter”? People usually say this because they see something in the child that resembles the parent. This usually happens because the children follow patterns of behavior from their parents.
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The child can maybe copy how his parent talks or can even copy simple things like how his parent walks. But did you know the way a parent socializes can reflect on the child’s social development? The article tells us that children can use the image of their parents socializing in their own attempts in making friends and being social themselves, and that parents who are more secure and competent offer children a model of security to build their own social skills. Ultimately, Seefeldt stating that parents can affect a child’s development confirms that identity can be shaped by external forces once again.
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Around at the end of the article, Seefeldt also states that “In addition to a child’s family, the teacher becomes an agent of socialization” presenting the idea that teachers can also have an imprint on a child’s identity. Have you ever had a teacher that has affected your life? As the human beings, we all have teachers in our lives. Whether it be inside the classroom or out. They can teach us anything from math to valuable life lessons. And according to the article, they can also set new or different standards for social behaviors meaning that without our teachers, we probably wouldn’t know right from wrong. All in all, our environment, parents, and teachers, all external forces, can shape us in a negative or a positive way.
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In Aida Bortnik’s short story “Celeste’s Heart”, Celeste is shaped by external forces in a positive way, because her little brother causes her to go from a voiceless girl to a strong-willed lady. As Celeste was putting her little brother to sleep, after yet another punishment from her teacher at school, her brother, as usual, asks her when he was going to start to go to school, “But that evening she didn’t laugh and she didn’t think up an answer.” Celeste being speechless in this situation shows just how scared she is for her brother’s future (Bortnik 65). Celeste’s brother’s question makes her think of him suffering the same kind of punishment as she does. Even though Celeste’s brother isn’t going to go to her school for a long time, she worries for his future. Celeste is the only girl in her class that doesn’t complain when the teacher punishes the class, but as soon as she starts thinking about her brother enduring the same kind of mistreatment as she does, she realizes what she has to do.
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So the next time her teacher punished the class, she rebuked against the rough treatment for her brother’s sake. Imagine yourself in Celeste’s shoes. Imagine your little sibling having to put your hands up simultaneously for a long period of time. Wouldn’t you be worried and scared for your sibling’s future? Wouldn’t you do anything so that your sibling wouldn’t go through the same punishment as you? This is exactly what Celeste is doing. Ultimately, Celeste rebelling against her teacher and risking further punishment just so that her brother won’t endure the same punishment as her confirms that Celeste’s love, an external force, affects her in a positive way.
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In William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet, Juliet is shaped in a positive way by external forces as well because the encounters that she and Romeo have because they cause her to go from a naïve, obedient girl to a mature, self-assured woman. In the opening act of the play, Lady Capulet asks Juliet if she can accept Paris’ love. Juliet responds that she’ll try to “like if looking liking move,” but she won’t fall for him more than her mother’s “consent gives strength to make it fly,” showing us that she is still too immature to make her own decisions and immature overall (1.3.99-101). She also shows us that she is childish in the way she thinks when she says that marriage “is an honor” that she doesn’t think about (1.3.66). But after encountering Romeo, we see her adopt a more adult persona. For example, during the balcony scene, Juliet says that the love they have for each other is “too like lightning” and that it is a “bud of love” still under “summer’s ripening breath” and the next time they meet, the flower will be beautiful, showing us that Juliet is mature enough to recognize that she is going too fast and recommends that the both of them take things slower.
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Not only that, but when Romeo asks Juliet to marry him, she asks “where and what time” they’ll get married and adds that she’ll follow him “throughout the world” wherever he goes. Juliet deciding to marry Romeo and going with him wherever he goes shows us that she is now mature enough to make her own decisions (2.2.146-148). And finally, we see Juliet’s encounters with Romeo change her even more towards the end of the play. She complains that she has “bought the mansion of love but not yet possessed it” and even though she is “sold,” she is not yet enjoyed, meaning that Juliet wants to move in with Romeo and have sex with him already (3.2.26-27).
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All these events happen right after Romeo and Juliet’s first encounter at the Capulet party. And after that, we see start seeing Juliet change, more and more after or during every meeting with Romeo. From something little like having the ability to make her own decisions, to something big like changing her mind about marriage. It is a well-known fact that the different people we encounter in our lives can change our identities drastically or subtlely. For Juliet, this person is Romeo. As the play progresses, we see how Romeo changes her identity both drastically and subtlely. The way she acts and the way she thinks change all because of the moments she has with Romeo. Overall, Juliet changing from an obedient and naïve girl to a capable, mature and self-assured woman because of the encounters she has with Romeo proves that she is shaped by external forces in a positive way. In K.L. Going’s novel Saint Iggy, we can see that Iggy is shaped by external factors in a neutral way because the lack of presence and proper parenting of his parents causes him to look for other people’s help other than his parents during a hard time.
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When Iggy comes home from getting kicked out of school he wants “to tell [his] parents all about it,” but he can’t because his mom went visiting someone and “probably isn’t coming back,” and his dad is “stoned off his a**”. Here we see that Iggy wants to tell his parents about what happened at school, but he can’t because his mom isn’t home and his dad is busy doing drugs (Going 1). So instead of seeking help from his parents, he decides to “get away” from his dad and go to his friend Mo’s place because he wants to seek his help and also because that’s the only place he “can think of” (15-18). Iggy not wanting to be around his dad during this hard time shows us that the lack of proper parenting from his dad causes Iggy to not want anything to do with his dad and decides to face the situation without him. Iggy also shows just how much he doesn’t want any of his parents help by seeking help from his friend.
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As we grow up our parents are usually the ones that get us through hard times no matter what they’re going through in their own lives. And we usually accept their much needed help and attention because we probably can’t go through it on our own or with anyone else. But for Iggy, his parents haven’t been there for him during the hard times in his life since he was a little kid. Iggy probably lost trust in the fact that his parents are going to be there for him during this hardship. So instead of going to his parents like any other kid with good parents would do, he goes to his friend. Ultimately, Iggy going to his friend for help instead of his parents shows us that the lack of presence and proper guidance from his parents, an external force, causes him to seek other people’s help.
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In Edgar Allan Poe’s short story The Tell-Tale Heart, the narrator’s identity is shaped by the eye because he is coaxed by the eye to kill the man, showing that external forces can affect one’s identity negatively as well. As the narrator was whining about the eye of the old man, he says “whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold…I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye forever.” The narrator telling us his horrid thoughts conveys just how irritated and sick of the dreaded “vulture eye” (Poe 1). He feels so sick that he plots to kill the old man, not for who he is, but simply for his so called dreaded eye. You can also infer just by how the narrator talks about the eye that it drives him to the point where he cannot hold the hysteria inside.
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Like when the narrator finally saw the old man’s eye after many nights of spying on him just to see his terrible eye and to murder him, he describes the eye as a “dull blue, with a hideous veil over it that chilled the very marrow in [his] bones”(4). It is a known fact that a person can dislike a person for an action or a trait; however, they keep their feelings inside and go on with their lives because they have control over themselves. But the narrator just can’t do the simple act of keeping his feelings inside and going on with life, instead, he murders the old man just to stop having to look at the dreaded eye. This shows that the old man’s eye, an external force, influences the narrator to feel sick to his stomach, and ultimately end the old man’s life forever.
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Not only can external forces have an impact on your identity, but internal forces can mold one’s identity as well. In the article “Adolescent Identity Development”, the author confirms that internal forces can shape our identity as well. As the writer talks about the different dimensions of identity, he tells us that “our self-identity shapes our perceptions of belonging,” meaning that the way we see ourselves usually determine how we respond to different factors in our environment and how we react to them. In our lives, there can be many factors inside of us that can shape our identity, whether it be love, the drive to see someone, jealousy, or a thirst for power (“Adolescent Identity Development”).
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What the article is saying is that these forces can shape how we see and respond to society. For example, if you are a weak little boy growing up around gangs, you might see the power of gangs engaging and choose to indulge in illegal activities purely for your thirst for power. Or if you’re head over heels in love with someone, your love may shape your actions and choices. Maybe even your willingness to see someone can cause you to do something you wouldn’t normally do. All in all, these forces can either lead you to do something good, bad, or both.
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In O. Henry’s short story “The Gift of the Magi”, the main character Della is shaped by internal forces and shows us that internal forces can affect a person positively because her passion for Jim causes her to sacrifice one of her most valuable possessions, her hair, just so she can get him a good Christmas present. But not only does she sacrifice her hair for him, but also the opportunity to use the money she got from selling her hair to pay off her expenses. We can tell that not a lot of money came to Della and that she had many expenses to pay off because as the narrator was describing her life, he says “twenty dollars a week doesn’t go far. Expenses had been greater then she calculated… they always are” (Henry 2). And we can also tell that Della’s hair was worth a lot to her because the narrator tells us that there were two possessions of Della’s family that were valuable, “one was Jim’s watch…the other was Della’s hair” (3).
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We can see that Della loves Jim very much because she would much rather buy Jim a present than pay off her expenses or keep her hair. As human beings, it is normal for us to feel affection or fall in love with something, whether that something is a person, TV show, or a hobby. And we all have made sacrifices for things we love (flirting, doing homework, free time). But the love we have for that person, object, or hobby determines how big of a sacrifice we would make. For Della, her love for Jim causes her to sacrifice one of the only valuable things she owns, her hair. Her love for Jim makes her feel morally obligated to give him a present, or otherwise feel guilty. We can infer that Della probably didn’t want to cut her hair, but then again, if she didn’t come up with enough money to get Jim a decent present, she would feel guilty. Della’s love for Jim also causes her to not use the money for her hair on something else, her expenses.
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Ultimately, Della choosing to cut her hair and spend the money for a present for her dear Jim shows that she is shaped by her incredible love for Jim in a positive way, an internal force. In Mark Haddon’s novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Christopher is shaped by internal forces in a positive way as well because his drive to see and live with his mother gets him to do things we wouldn’t expect from a person with autism. When his mother was explaining the time when Chris and her were a buying a Christmas gift, she says that Chris broke down because he was frightened “of all of the people in the shop.” Chris breaking down because of the amount of people in a certain place shows us that he did not like lots if strangers around him (Haddon 106). But later in his life, Chris goes on a train all by himself to London, just so he can finally see his mother. Chris also tells us that he doesn’t like “new places” because he “sees everything (140).
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Chris not liking new places shows us that he is scared of the outside world,” But once we start to doubt Chris’ ability to go out into the world, he surprises us and proves us wrong. He goes on a whole adventure to places he does not know, just in the name to see his mother. It is a known fact that sacrifices are a part of our lives. We make them for our own desires and our loved ones. Our sacrifices can be big or small depending on what we intend to accomplish. For Chris we see him make a big sacrifice by doing something he horribly hates, going to a new place with lots of people (subway).
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We see that Christopher’s drive to see his mom causes him to do things he would never do under normal circumstances. We can infer that Chris probably hated being on the train but his willingness to reunite with his mother caused him to tough it out and stay inside. We can only imagine how grueling this experience for Christopher was. Just imagine not liking the feeling of being surrounded by people you don’t know and being in the same situation as Chris. Would you have stayed in that area? Chances are, if you didn’t have a reason to be there and go through that agony like Chris, you wouldn’t stick around at all. Overall, Christopher is shaped by internal forces in a positive way because his drive to see his mother causes him to sacrifice staying home and being secluded from the world like how he usually likes and going out into the world..
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In Frank Stockton’s short story The Lady or the Tiger, the princess shows us that internal forces can affect a person’s identity either positively or negatively, because the portion of barbarism inside of her and her love for the youth lead her to do things she doesn’t want to, see things that aren’t really happening, and can ultimately lead to the death or happiness of the youth. When the day of the youth’s trial arrived, the princess attended it. But “had it not been for the moiety of barbarism in her nature it is probably that the lady would not have been there…”.The princess attending the trial even though she doesn’t want to shows that the princess herself does not want to attend the youth’s trial, but she goes to it anyway to satisfy her barbaric desires. Have you ever done something that one side of you disagrees about doing it, but the other side totally agrees with your decision? This is what exactly is happening to the princess.
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One half of her doesn’t want to attend the trial, but the barbaric side of her coaxes her to do it anyways, ultimately showing that the barbarism the princess inside of her controls her choices and well-being. But the princess’ identity is not only shaped by her barbarism, but also by the love and affection she has for the youth. As the narrator was talking about a lady that the princess despises, he says that the princess had often seen “or imagined that she had seen, this fair creature throwing glances of admiration upon the person of her lover, and sometimes she thought these glances were perceived, and even returned,” showing that the princess’ love for the youth is clouding her mind from the truth and reality (8).
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The princess starts assuming that her love is being charmed by the lady and that she might lose the youth to her. These assumptions make the princess very jealous and envy of the lady. Not only do the princess’ barbaric desires and love for the youth trick her mind, but could very well end the youth’s life, or simply salvage it. All in all, the princess exhibiting that internal forces can shape one’s identity in either a positive or negative proves that internal forces can make an impression on a person’s identity positively or negatively.
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In his memoir Always Running, Luis Rodriguez shows us that internal forces can affect a person’s identity in a totally negative way because his thirst for power causes him to go from a helpless little boy to a power thirsty hooligan. When Luis was in school one day, “Thee Mystics”, a powerful and influential gang, raided his school. As the ruckus slowly came dangerously towards Luis’ way, he was riveted, riveted by the power Thee Mystics possessed. When “Thee Mystics” finished their raid, Luis says that he “wanted this power” and “wanted to be able to bring a whole school to its knees and even make the teachers squirm”. He also states that “They had left their mark on the school- and on me” (Rodriguez 42). After Luis sees how Thee Mystics easily took control of his school, he wanted one thing they had, power.
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He wanted to finally be able to overcome the weal and fearful reputation he was labeled as, and finally obtain what he wanted when he wanted it. Not only can you see the imprint this day made on Luis throughout the book (starts getting into trouble, begins to hang out with the wrong people, and eventually gets kicked out of school), but he confesses it as well. Power is what everyone secretly craves in their lives. Especially for an immigrant like Luis who was always pushed aside and left out simply he wasn’t an American citizen. So when Luis saw Thee Mystics’ power, he saw gangs as a quencher for his thirst of power. Luis just wanted a break from being taken advantage of by Rano, by teachers, by the cruel prejudiced society he lived in. Ultimately, Luis wanting power at an early age after he witnessed how easily Thee Mystics brought his school to its knees proves that he is influenced by his desire of power, an internal force, in a negative way. Both internal and external forces can shape a person’s identity and how they turn out to be.
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I can use my own life as evidence for this because you can definitely see the imprint of both forces on my identity. My desire to be the best is one of the biggest internal forces that shape me because it causes me to go to try my hardest in everything I do. Myself in school would be a good example of me pushing myself to be the best. Whenever I get assigned to do something, I try my hardest to produce the best piece of work I can. Whether it is an essay or a simple worksheet, I will try my hardest to make it perfect. I also try to make my grades the highest they can. If I have an A I will try my hardest to make it a higher A. My desire for perfection can also be seen in everything I do outside of school. Like if my parents make me vacuum the house I will literally spend hours to make the house the cleanest it can possibly be. When I do something I try to do it at the best possible degree I can. This obsessiveness for perfection usually leads me to do things other people wouldn’t do.
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Things like staying up until 1 am to write one paragraph and trying my hardest on improving an “A” grade. Overall, my desire for perfection and to be the best reflects on my identity, but not only do internal forces affect my identity, but external forces act on my identity as well, more specifically, my parents because they make me want to keep on striving for success when things get hard. This encouragement from my parents causes me to not only get through hard times, but it also causes me to get good grades. In fact, without them, I don’t believe I would be where I am in terms of school because they are my inspiration in doing well in school. Ultimately, both internal and external forces shape who I am because my desire to be the best in everything I do and my parents causes me to be the person I am today.
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In conclusion, identity changes overtime in response to both external and internal forces, meaning that people can choose what their identity is shaped by to a certain extent, but there are still things in our environment that can affect our identity too. Studies show that external forces can shape identity because people, objects, and other things in our environment all have the power to mold us either negatively or positively as we mature. Not only does research show us that one’s identity can be shaped by external forces, but characters from stories also prove the same. Characters like Celeste from “Celeste’s Heart”, Juliet from Romeo and Juliet, Iggy from Saint Iggy, and the narrator from “The Tell-Tale Heart” show us that identity can be molded by external forces, but not only can identity be shaped by external forces, identity can also be shaped by internal forces.
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Research also shows us that Identity can be shaped by forces inside of us like our love, hatred, etc. Like external forces, internal forces can shape ones identity in a positive way, or negative way. Della from “The Gift of the Magi”, Chris from The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, the princess from “The Lady or the Tiger”, and Luis from Always Running are all excellent examples of internal forces affecting a person’s identity. My life can be used to exhibit the effect of both internal and external forces on a person’s life. To sum it up, external and internal forces can shape a person’s identity negatively or positively.
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“Adolescent Identity Development.” ACTforyouth.net. ACT for Youth Center of Excellence, 2013. Web. 15 Jan. 2013. Poe, Edgar A. “The Tell-Tale Heart.” Complete Stories of Edgar Allan Poe. New York: Bantum Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, 1984. 1-7. Print. Bortnik, Aida. “Celeste’s Heart.” Sudden Fiction Latino: Short-Stories from the United States and Latin America. Ed. Robert Shapard, James Thomas, and Ray Gonzalez. New York: W.W. Norton and Company, 2010. 64-66. Print. Going, K. L. Saint Iggy. Orlando: Harcourt, 2008. Print.
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Haddon, Mark. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. New York: Random House, 2004. Print. Henry, O. “The Gift of the Magi.” Gutenberg.com. Project Gutenberg, n.d. Web. 2 Aug. 2012. Rodriguez, Luis. Always Running. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005. Print. Seefeldt, C. “Factors Affecting Social Development.” Education.com. Pearson Allyn Bacon Prentice Hall, 2011. Web. 10 Jan. 2013. Shakespeare, William. Romeo and Juliet. New York: Spark Publishing, 2003. Print. Stockton, Frank. “The Lady or the Tiger?” The Norton Anthology of Short Stories. Ed. Harold Bloom. New York: W. W. Norton and Company, 1998. 1-13. Print.
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Personal Identity refers to the essentials of a person. It includes those traits that distinguish one person from another and one’s consciousness of his own being or identity (Encarta 2001). Defining one’s own identity is a very important developmental task for any adolescent. From a psychosocial point of view, striving for a unified and integrated sense of self may assist in defining personal goals and the sense of direction. It may also promote the constructive integration into society. The search for identity is a persistent theme in our society.
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Social scientists use the term “identity” in a variety of ways to explain an asIdentity sortment of phenomena. Some vocabularies such as: identity crisis, finding yourself, self-actualization, self-realization and the likes are used for the search for identity. For the purpose of this paper, Identity is an internalized, self-selected concept based on experiences inside the family and outside the family. Identity forming takes selection of values, beliefs, and concepts that may define one’s sense of self.
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The identity of the individual develops and sets across one’s lifespan, beginning with a young child’s awareness of significant others and an initial sense of self and extending to the older adults’ summation, integration and evaluation of ones life accomplishments (Erikson, 1963). Identity, then, is a broad term, which describes the general aspects of the individual’s total personality – that is, the formation, absorption, or incorporation of, for example, societal norms, values, beliefs, and standards.
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Identity is determined by the intrapersonal, interpersonal, and environmental characteristics, and interactions of significant components of an individual’s unique world. Review of Related Literature Erik Erikson Erik Erikson is American psychoanalyst, who made major contributions to the field of psychology with his work on child development and on the identity crisis. He specialized in child psychoanalysis. In 1933, when he migrated in the United States, Erikson became interested in the influence of culture and society on child development (Encarta 2001).
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He is considered a Freudian ego-psychologist; this means that he takes the foundation of Freud’s theories, but turns away by focusing on social and cultural orientation instead of a sexual one. Erickson’s theory closely ties personality growth with parental and societal values. Developmental Psychology Developmental Psychology is one field in Psychology that deals with behavioral changes and continuity from infancy to adult stage (Meyer 2001). A great deal of emphasis in psychology has been given to the child and to the deviant personality.
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Developmental psychology is particularly significant, then, in that it provides for formal study of children and adults at every stage of development through the life span. Developmental psychology reflects the view that human development and behavior throughout the life span is a function of the interaction between biologically determined factors, such as height or temperament, and environmental influences, such as family, schooling, religion, and culture (Meyer 2001). Studies of these interactions focus on their consequences for people at different age levels.
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“People never notice anything. ” (Salinger, 9) The novel «The Catcher in the Rye» has been rejected by magazine “New-Yorker” which earlier had published six stories by J. Salinger including two of the most popular: “A Perfect Day for Banana Fish” – in 1948 and “For Esme – With Love and Squalor”- in 1950. When editors read the novel, they have flatly refused to publish a fragment from it. They have explained to Salinger that it seems, that the author tells a history not so much, how many shows his own refinement.
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One of the editors, Eugene Reinal, has won doubtful glory, having complained, that cannot understand in any way that lunatic Caulfield. Later Salinger has presented the book in publishing house “Little Brown “. Editor-in-chief John Vudbern has reasonably refrained from questions about mental health of the hero. The novel has been published in July, 1951, since then it has been sold more than sixty millions copies.
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For many Americans, evolved in the fiftieth years, the novel «The Catcher in the Rye» embodies the essence of this mood. Holden Caulfield for them is a king of grief. People usually get acquainted with the book «The Catcher in the Rye» when they are fourteen, according to adults – parents or teachers, – which also read it at this age because they were advised by their parents or teachers.
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The secret of its unfading popularity also consists in it. The book where the author with sympathy draws a portrait of the teenager who doesn’t not wish to adapt to a society became for many adults the standard tool of social adaptation of teenagers (to tell the truth, at other conservative schools this book till now is forbidden). It is accepted to think, that youth likes «The Catcher in the Rye» because reading about its main hero they learn to find out themselves. Salinger has supposedly stated in his book what each teenager – no matter how sensitive and smart he is- a teenager belonging to middle class does not dare to tell aloud.
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It is considered, that reading of «The Catcher in the Rye» – all this is the same as for the first time to see yourself in a mirror. But to think so means to underestimate originality of the book. All emotional complexity of teenage age consists in that that you do not know, why you feel unfortunate angry or lonely. Attractiveness of the novel «The Catcher in the Rye» consists in that there are weighty reasons in this novel for these feelings. Emotions are filled with sense. Holden speaks as a teenager, so it seems that he thinks as a teenager.
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But similarly to all wise children in Salinger’s works, Holden thinks as an adult. Hardly probable is that other children can judge people so clearly and ruthlessly. Holden prepares characters with devil accuracy. The secret of Holden’s success as story-teller is that he leaves nothing without comments. He always speaks about what readers are interested in. But the editors of “New-Yorker” were right: Holden is not a typical teenager. He is some kind of prodigy child. When Salinger wrote the book, he did not expect in any way, that his book will be included in lists of the literature for 9th grade pupils.
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In fact Holden is unhappy not because people are pretenders but people are pretenders because he is unhappy. His attitude to people is irreconcilable and sharp for the same reason on which the feelings of Hamlet are sharp and irreconcilable because of melancholy. The image of Holden always correlated with truth, assumes, that he possesses instinctive moral genius – as well as Hamlet. But his opinion according to which all the world is depreciated, is a normal feeling of the person at which someone has died close. The life starts to seem pity attempt to forget about death, all loses sense.
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What has led Salinger to this plot? The most part of the novel «The Catcher in the Rye» it is written already after war and though Salinger is strange for counting « the military writer », most of his biographers believe that exactly war has made Salinger to be Salinger, has painted his satire bitterness, has shaded his humor full of grief. The book incorporates many themes: love, freedom, loneliness, and other. Caulfield’s youthful intolerance also draws, invincibly draws reader’s hearts. It is not surprising, that Holden greedy searches though for any outlet, thirsts human heat, participation and understanding.
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It appears that Holden can’t find anything really positive for himself. He can find only symbolical formula of the aspirations. He imagines a huge field of rye, where children play. And he is the unique adult on this field. He is unique who can rescue and rescues children from falling in a precipice. The author strictly follows the logic of Holden’s character , only bringing him to searches of the answer to the damned questions, but searches will appear only in Salinger’s later products together with more adult heroes.
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At the end of the novel it becomes especially clear, that to the big world Holden can oppose the world of children only which besides need to be protected from adults. Children – a subject of special attention of Salinger and in many other works by him. They are not spoiled yet. Huckleberry Finn and Holden Caulfield take a journey into self-discovery. In “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”, Huck Finn is trying to find purpose and identity through conflicting morals. While Holden Caulfield in “Catcher in the Rye”, is an adolescent struggling to find maturity and manhood. In comparison, they are both on a journey towards maturity and identity.
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Life itself is a journey full of bonding and experiences which leads to wisdom and understanding. Huck Finn is a young boy deciding which morals to follow. The quest for what’s right is long and confusing. During his adventure he is forced to choose between his morals and his conscience. When Huck runs into the bounty hunters he is forced to make one of these decisions. He must choose whether to turn in his run-away slave friend, Jim, as his conscience advises or to trust his morals and protect his friend in need. Fortunately, his will is strong and he creates an elaborate lie to prevent Jim’s capture.
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Huck seeks refuge in nature, where right and wrong don’t exist and life’s beauty is what is truly important. He mentions that nature is peaceful and he need not worry about either his morality or conscience but is allowed to ponder these personal discrepancies. Holden Caulfield, however, has a much more complex yet equally important struggle. His struggle is of his own hypocrisy and misunderstanding. This struggle can be overwhelming for some and it is for Holden who requires help to come to terms with maturity. Even though he is constantly speaking as if he is experienced in connection and bonding, they were always just facades.
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Holden thinks he is superior to his environment because he has a false knowledge of it and its workings. This is best explained by his reaction to his old friend June with whom he would like to have a meaningful relationship but can’t come to grips on how to go about it.. In spite of his appearance of worldliness, he is really a “faker”, a type that he despises. Both Huck and Holden must complete their own journeys to become complete individuals. This journey is only a step on the staircase of life which ultimately leads to inner-peace and happiness. Each experience is unique and powerful but are essential to getting the whole picture.
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Introduction of IDs has been necessitated by the realization that, a lot of immigrants have been able to infiltrate the immigration and police departments and gained entry into the UK without undergoing the necessary verification process. This is worrying considering the fact that, verification not only minimizes the risk of terrorism but also prevents other illegal immigrants to UK such as child sex workers as well as illegal workers. The introduction of IDs is also aimed at preventing other forms of violence such as violent crime.
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According to (LSE, 2005.89-134) lack of stringent and effective identification process has been found to encourage crime in that people are more likely to engage in crime on realization that it is hard to be caught. Identification cards are important in that they enable the government to plan more effectively. Accuracy in census can only be achieved if proper identification measures are put into place. For instance cases of ethnic discrimination have been blamed on poor census processes, which never come up with the actual number of ethnic minorities such as the blacks in a given community.
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The sensitivity of the issue of issuance of the national identification cards in Britain can be evidenced in the way it took long for the parliament to agree on the issue. The introduction of identification cards in Britain for all citizens 16 years old and over is long overdue. The introduction of identity cards alongside passports will see the government increase effectiveness in the control of movement into and out of the country. It has been evident that, passport as an identification document had some clear disadvantages compared to a national identity card.
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While passports are regarded by most people as a travelling document, the identification card will be regarded as solely meant for identification purposes with the UK. Identification cards will bear more details compared to the current passports something which signifies a greater role in accurate identification of the identity card holders. The introduction of the identity cards is also aimed at minimizing the widespread faking of passports. It is estimated that in Britain more than 50,000 passports are in possession of illegal holders.
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The identification cards due in 2009 have improved security marks, which make it very hard for criminals and fraudsters to fake. If faked, from the look of the new identity cards, it will be easy to differentiate between fake and genuine identity cards. The mode of introduction is voluntary atleast upto the year 2010. This serves to accommodate the concerns of the opponents of the introduction of national identity cards who argue that, requirement to hold both a passport and a national identity card is an infringement of human rights as well as fundamental freedoms for the citizens.
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Given the fact that, positive identification of criminals has been in the past found to impede investigations especially towards serious crimes, an improvement in the identification of criminals is highly welcome. As mentioned earlier, the identity cards have enhanced features which make it very hard to be faked and therefore chances that the new identification cards will solve the prevailing problem of mistaken identities are very high. Incidences of mistaken identities occasioned by ineffective identification documents and the over-reliance on passports have seen many people prosecuted for wrongs or crimes they never committed.
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Therefore it becomes easy for offenders to escape and get away with claims or allegations of having been victims of faulty identification. Therefore, there is a need for proper identification cards, which can serve to authenticate claims of involvement of citizens in crime. Effective identification will see a downward surge of illegal immigration into the UK (Thomas, 2005. 12-68). Due to the faulty identification process used in the past many illegal immigrants have gained entry into UK and have not only settled here but they have also acquired jobs meant for Britons.
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This can possibly be a cause for the high rates of unemployment given the fact that immigrants are a source of cheap labour and employees who get the opportunity may prefer to employ illegal immigrants as opposed to locals whose wages and salaries are usually higher than those of the immigrants. Conclusion The idea about introduction of national identity cards is a noble one given the fact that the government has taken all possible measures to make sure that the identification cards will only be used for the benefit of the citizens but not as a source of discriminatory treatment based on ethnicity, color, race, religion or social status.
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One of the most well-known forms of communication on the web is email. Email allows its users to exchange information and multimedia back and forth. In today’s society almost every person has access to an email account, and it is one of the fastest and convenient ways to contact others and receive information. In today’s world people are very busy and it can be hard to get a hold of someone or to work on another person’s schedule. Therefore email provides an efficient way to control the time span in which you wish to communicate.
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It is beyond doubt that the internet’s library of multimedia files that can be easily accessed by users is another positive aspect of the web and also a very good source of entertainment for many. Podcasts have digital files, such as feeds of audio, video and other content that are automatically updated. Podcasting has been implemented not only for business but also in classrooms, audio is captured during class then stops at the end, and the resulting MP3 is then made into a file that is published onto a classroom blog where it is made available to students.
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It is evident that at this high percentage spammers are taking advantage of many web users every single day. Not only do the spammers falsely advertise products and phony prize winnings, but some of the emails they send contain viruses that force users to reboot their entire system. The reason the problem continues to grow is due to the difficulty to even catch spammers, this contributes to the harmful and annoying effects of spam, which is why it is one of the down sides of the internet.
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Identity theft is another negative aspect of the internet. Many people submit personal information about their identity such as social security numbers, health care records, and credit card information to online sources on a regular basis as a convenient way of paying bills or ordering merchandise. With these large amounts of detailed personal information floating around on the web it has become very easy for criminals to steal a person’s identity. Since the numbers of identity fraud are so high, there are concerns that many users are going to stray away from the use of the web in fear of falling victim to identity theft. It is evident that the advancements in technology have greatly increased identity fraud, and there is no question that it is therefore a negative aspect of the internet.
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As every teenager becomes older they seek for their own identity, which is vital for their personal development. In the novel, The Catcher in the Rye the author JD Salinger explores this issue. The Catcher in the Rye is a story about a anxious teenager named Holden Caufield who is struggling to find his identity and is pressured with many teenage issues such as the urge to rebel and has trouble ending friendship’s. Holden Caufield tell his story in first person in a scattered form of stream of consciousness, which takes the reader through his adventurous and unstructured life.