The Formation Of An Individual: Cases, Terms, & Tools

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conflict, but you are actively participating in
your own realization.

Before we can break free of the oppression that I just described we must first
be able to realize when we are being oppressed. Through a complicated process
of influence we gain our own thoughts, words, and actions. It first starts with
our own set of beliefs. Most likely the ones that our parents set for us. But
after we gain that first sense of who we are, and who we should be, then and
only then can we realize if we are oppressed. We must understand the actions of
ourselves before we can understand those of others.

On the journey to create our own individuality we need to be influenced because
after we are influenced we can then Aweed out@ the ideas that most likely
conform to our own opinions. This onion is the most effective tool or method in
the formation of an individual.

Paulo Friere addressed the issue of oppression and why it must be stopped in his
essay APedagogy of the Oppressed.@ In this ...

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liberate himself from his master, and
likewise it is necessary for all men to liberate themselves. Throughout Friere=
s=s entire article we can deduce the theme that humanization is the pinnacle of
existence, and like any human being we all seek the pinnacle. But the hardest
goal in achieving this humanization is the first step in overcoming oppression.
Once oppression is conquered, humanization is a more possible goal.

The initial steps in the formation of an individual must the conscious
realization of who we are, then we must decipher all of the restraints that hold
us back form who we want to be. Next we join hands and begin our quest of
humanization. Once we have been humanized ...

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