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Identity and Belonging - Online Essay

Identity and Belonging

Prompt: sometimes our sense of identity is really stifled by the group which we are belong to.
- conforming to set "laws" of that certain group (could be social groups, family groups [rules of some traditions/cultures], etc)
- having boundaries to how you present yourself.

How are they stified?
- e.g. if you belonged to a group that says NO YOU LOOK UGLY IN PINK WE DON'T LIKE YOU WEARING PINK, and you like the colour pink ... you wouldn't dare wear it right? You wouldn't dare defy their opinion due to the fact you'd be outcasted yes? Maybe wearing the colour pink = a part of who you are (identity), something that builds your sense of self. You'd have to hide/discard this part of you ...

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too. It's a group of a sort and it does set up boundaries.

If you're thinking about going against that prompt (certainly acceptable to do so in a persuasive form plus the topic says sometimes so in an expository essay you could explore this) you could say something like...
Belonging to a group helps a person develop their sense of identity as the laws and boundaries that come from this provides as a guide/direction to who this certain person will become. So here you could say having a group doesn't really "stifle", it's a part of developing an individual's ...

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Added: 8/31/2014 07:04:16 PM
Submitted By: wan0043
Category: Social Issues
Type: Free Paper
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