Individual and National Identity – Who Am I essay
Many things converge to make up our identities, including
the following factors. How have the following factors influenced you and the
formation of your character? Answer each with a complete sentence and an
example or some kind of elaboration.
- Culture:
What is your ancestry? Has it influenced you in the formation of your
character?
- History:
What is your family history? Has this influenced you in any way?
- Environment:
In what kind of environment were you raised? Rural, city, home, apartment,
crowded city, isolated country, cold, hot, ocean, continental.
- Geography:
Where were you born? Where did you grow up? Has this formed your character
in any way?
- Family:
Calm, relaxed, noisy, stressful, enough money, money strapped, small
family, big extended family, single child, many siblings.
- Religion:
Are religious beliefs important to you? Do others religious beliefs (or
lack thereof) affect you or bother you?
- Crises:
Has a personal or family crisis had a major effect on the formation of
your character?