How do we form and shape our identities, and once we discover who it is that we are how does it define us?
From the time that I was a little girl I have struggled with the age old question "WHO AM I???" and "how do I KNOW??" As I've grown up I have gone through all the stages that most girls go through,
ya know the ones?......The princess stage, the dress up stage, the valley girl stage and so on and so forth.
But I knew that these persona's were not WHO I was but instead a mask that I wore. I realized that I could be anyone. Perhaps I'd be a British school girl one day and a country gal the next. So my favorite question to ask myself is 'who am I' what is my purpose, and how do I define myself?
As an Eighteen year old many things have changed in my life, people move on, those that used to love you forget that you exist, acquaintances fail to remember your name. You become lost to them, and lost to yourself. I catch myself still wondering who exactly I am.
I mean am I the pretty girl? the smart AP kid? perhaps an athlete? Do I know? does anyone really know?
And throughout my young adult years I have come to the conclusion that what you do can change, everyday if you wish, but who you desire to be the most ultimately is who you become. To me you discover your identity when faced with a moment in life that defines your character to the point where there is no going back, or changing the past.
I have had many defining moments in my young life, some proud, some hard, many very sad.
but through them I finally can answer "Who am I"
I am many things.
I am the smart AP kid
I am the Athlete.
I am the pretty girl.
I am a redneck cowgirl.
I am ME.
So often society attempts to put us into boxes, to label people in order to make them easier to accept.
This is a facally. If I was placed in the dictionary I would like to be labeled as indefinable.
My identity will morph and alter as the years go on, that I am most positive of, but I will always be a variation of that little girl I used to be with the honey brown curls and a head full of dreams.
I will never let this world tell me who I am, because there is no defining...me.
2.
Over the summer I had the great pleasure in reading the fantastic novel The Outlander by Gil Adamson. This novel absolutely captivated me. The main character is a young beautiful widow whom is running from the law for murdering her abusive husband. Mary faces ridiculous odds. She decides that running away from everything she knew was the best way to forget her past but as she discovers... you simply cannot run from yourself.
Throughout the novel Mary battles with delusions, who is she, did she ever know? I can relate to Mary and her identity crisis...
she woke in the lonely wood startled, who was there? could they here her? Her? or was she an it? Mary struggled to know who she was, "was this real" Mary starts the book without knowing anything about herself. She just knows that she was supposed to be a good wife... and "learn to love" her husband.
Throughout the novel Mary turns from a sniveling girl to a strong woman. She changes and adapts to her life and realizes that only YOU can define who you are and that what you do with that identity is entirely up to you. She reminds me of myself. Strong, independent, non needing.
3.1. How does Oedipus help to answer or address your big question? Reflect on some pertinent textual details and ideas from those books.\
Oedipus Rex also addresses identity, Oedipus struggles with his identity his entire life, although perhaps unknowingly.
He proves that identity is LEARNED and developed by how we want the world to see us.
Oedipus was the King of Thebes and the people viewed him the way he viewed himself.
Haughty
Stuck-up
SMART MOUTH
Leader
However as the play progresses and Oedipus realizes that he is a "damned creation." He has SLEPT with his mother for chissake he becomes a different person. He blames himself for Thebes failure as a city.
Alas, how can I speak to them?
What right do I have To beg his courtesy? Ones whom I've so deeply wronged.
Oedipus
He replaces that king identity with feelings of deep regret.
He allows himself to be defined by his actions, and thereby it changes how we view our identities.
Mary in Outlander finds who she is through hardships.
Oedipus in Oedipus Rex changes who he was after he knows his wrongs.
And Me??
My identity will continue to change, to grow.
It will wax and wane as the sea, it will grow me up and help me to avoid becoming a dictionary definition. but instead I will be indefinable by societal displays. and only understandable to myself.
For once you understand yourself than you truly comprehend who you are.
How do we form and shape our identities, and once we discover who is is that we are how does it define us?
1.
From the time that I was a little girl I have struggled with the age old question "WHO AM I???" and "how do I KNOW??" As I've grown up I have gone through all the stages that most girls go through,
ya know the ones?......The princess stage, the dress up stage, the valley girl stage and so on and so forth.
But I knew that these persona's were not WHO I was but instead a mask that I wore. I realized that I could be anyone. Perhaps I'd be a British school girl one day and a country gal the next. So my favorite question to ask myself is 'who am I' what is my purpose, and how do I define myself?
As an Eighteen year old many things have changed in my life, people move on, those that used to love you forget that you exist, acquaintances fail to remember your name. You become lost to them, and lost to yourself. I catch myself still wondering who exactly I am.
I mean am I the pretty girl? the smart AP kid? perhaps an athlete? Do I know? does anyone really know?
And throughout my young adult years I have come to the conclusion that what you do can change, everyday if you wish, but who you desire to be the most ultimately is who you become. To me you discover your identity when faced with a moment in life that defines your character to the point where there is no going back, or changing the past.
I have had many defining moments in my young life, some proud, some hard, many very sad.
but through them I finally can answer "Who am I"
I am many things.
I am the smart AP kid
I am the Athlete.
I am the pretty girl.
I am a redneck cowgirl.
I am ME.
So often society attempts to put us into boxes, to label people in order to make them easier to accept.
This is a facally. If I was placed in the dictionary I would like to be labeled as indefinable.
My identity will morph and alter as the years go on, that I am most positive of, but I will always be a variation of that little girl I used to be with the honey brown curls and a head full of dreams.
I will never let this world tell me who I am, because there is no defining...me.
2.
Over the summer I had the great pleasure in reading the fantastic novel The Outlander by Gil Adamson. This novel absolutely captivated me. The main character is a young beautiful widow whom is running from the law for murdering her abusive husband. Mary faces ridiculous odds. She decides that running away from everything she knew was the best way to forget her past but as she discovers... you simply cannot run from yourself.
Throughout the novel Mary battles with delusions, who is she, did she ever know? I can relate to Mary and her identity crisis...
she woke in the lonely wood startled, who was there? could they here her? Her? or was she an it? Mary struggled to know who she was, "was this real" Mary starts the book without knowing anything about herself. She just knows that she was supposed to be a good wife... and "learn to love" her husband.
Throughout the novel Mary turns from a sniveling girl to a strong woman. She changes and adapts to her life and realizes that only YOU can define who you are and that what you do with that identity is entirely up to you. She reminds me of myself. Strong, independent, non needing.
3.
Oedipus Rex also addresses identity, Oedipus struggles with his identity his entire life, although perhaps unknowingly.
He proves that identity is LEARNED and developed by how we want the world to see us.
Oedipus was the King of Thebes and the people viewed him the way he viewed himself.
Haughty
Stuck-up
SMART MOUTH
Leader
However as the play progresses and Oedipus realizes that he is a "damned creation." He has SLEPT with his mother for chissake he becomes a different person. He blames himself for Thebes failure as a city.
Alas, how can I speak to them?
What right do I have To beg his courtesy? Ones whom I've so deeply wronged.
Oedipus
He replaces that king identity with feelings of deep regret.
He allows himself to be defined by his actions, and thereby it changes how we view our identities.
Mary in Outlander finds who she is through hardships.
Oedipus in Oedipus Rex changes who he was after he knows his wrongs.
And Me??
My identity will continue to change, to grow.
It will wax and wane as the sea, it will grow me up and help me to avoid becoming a dictionary definition. but instead I will be indefinable by societal displays. and only understandable to myself.
For once you understand yourself than you truly comprehend who you are.
How do we form and shape our identities, and once we discover who is is that we are how does it define us?
1.
From the time that I was a little girl I have struggled with the age old question "WHO AM I???" and "how do I KNOW??" As I've grown up I have gone through all the stages that most girls go through,
ya know the ones?......The princess stage, the dress up stage, the valley girl stage and so on and so forth.
But I knew that these persona's were not WHO I was but instead a mask that I wore. I realized that I could be anyone. Perhaps I'd be a British school girl one day and a country gal the next. So my favorite question to ask myself is 'who am I' what is my purpose, and how do I define myself?
As an Eighteen year old many things have changed in my life, people move on, those that used to love you forget that you exist, acquaintances fail to remember your name. You become lost to them, and lost to yourself. I catch myself still wondering who exactly I am.
I mean am I the pretty girl? the smart AP kid? perhaps an athlete? Do I know? does anyone really know?
And throughout my young adult years I have come to the conclusion that what you do can change, everyday if you wish, but who you desire to be the most ultimately is who you become. To me you discover your identity when faced with a moment in life that defines your character to the point where there is no going back, or changing the past.
I have had many defining moments in my young life, some proud, some hard, many very sad.
but through them I finally can answer "Who am I"
I am many things.
I am the smart AP kid
I am the Athlete.
I am the pretty girl.
I am a redneck cowgirl.
I am ME.
So often society attempts to put us into boxes, to label people in order to make them easier to accept.
This is a facally. If I was placed in the dictionary I would like to be labeled as indefinable.
My identity will morph and alter as the years go on, that I am most positive of, but I will always be a variation of that little girl I used to be with the honey brown curls and a head full of dreams.
I will never let this world tell me who I am, because there is no defining...me.
2.
Over the summer I had the great pleasure in reading the fantastic novel The Outlander by Gil Adamson. This novel absolutely captivated me. The main character is a young beautiful widow whom is running from the law for murdering her abusive husband. Mary faces ridiculous odds. She decides that running away from everything she knew was the best way to forget her past but as she discovers... you simply cannot run from yourself.
Throughout the novel Mary battles with delusions, who is she, did she ever know? I can relate to Mary and her identity crisis...
she woke in the lonely wood startled, who was there? could they here her? Her? or was she an it? Mary struggled to know who she was, "was this real" Mary starts the book without knowing anything about herself. She just knows that she was supposed to be a good wife... and "learn to love" her husband.
Throughout the novel Mary turns from a sniveling girl to a strong woman. She changes and adapts to her life and realizes that only YOU can define who you are and that what you do with that identity is entirely up to you. She reminds me of myself. Strong, independent, non needing.
3.1. How does Oedipus help to answer or address your big question? Reflect on some pertinent textual details and ideas from those books.\
Oedipus Rex also addresses identity, Oedipus struggles with his identity his entire life, although perhaps unknowingly.
He proves that identity is LEARNED and developed by how we want the world to see us.
Oedipus was the King of Thebes and the people viewed him the way he viewed himself.
Haughty
Stuck-up
SMART MOUTH
Leader
However as the play progresses and Oedipus realizes that he is a "damned creation." He has SLEPT with his mother for chissake he becomes a different person. He blames himself for Thebes failure as a city.
Alas, how can I speak to them?
What right do I have To beg his courtesy? Ones whom I've so deeply wronged.
Oedipus
He replaces that king identity with feelings of deep regret.
He allows himself to be defined by his actions, and thereby it changes how we view our identities.
Mary in Outlander finds who she is through hardships.
Oedipus in Oedipus Rex changes who he was after he knows his wrongs.
And Me??
My identity will continue to change, to grow.
It will wax and wane as the sea, it will grow me up and help me to avoid becoming a dictionary definition. but instead I will be indefinable by societal displays. and only understandable to myself.
For once you understand yourself than you truly comprehend who you are.
ya know the ones?......The princess stage, the dress up stage, the valley girl stage and so on and so forth.
But I knew that these persona's were not WHO I was but instead a mask that I wore. I realized that I could be anyone. Perhaps I'd be a British school girl one day and a country gal the next. So my favorite question to ask myself is 'who am I' what is my purpose, and how do I define myself?
As an Eighteen year old many things have changed in my life, people move on, those that used to love you forget that you exist, acquaintances fail to remember your name. You become lost to them, and lost to yourself. I catch myself still wondering who exactly I am.
I mean am I the pretty girl? the smart AP kid? perhaps an athlete? Do I know? does anyone really know?
And throughout my young adult years I have come to the conclusion that what you do can change, everyday if you wish, but who you desire to be the most ultimately is who you become. To me you discover your identity when faced with a moment in life that defines your character to the point where there is no going back, or changing the past.
I have had many defining moments in my young life, some proud, some hard, many very sad.
but through them I finally can answer "Who am I"
I am many things.
I am the smart AP kid
I am the Athlete.
I am the pretty girl.
I am a redneck cowgirl.
I am ME.
So often society attempts to put us into boxes, to label people in order to make them easier to accept.
This is a facally. If I was placed in the dictionary I would like to be labeled as indefinable.
My identity will morph and alter as the years go on, that I am most positive of, but I will always be a variation of that little girl I used to be with the honey brown curls and a head full of dreams.
I will never let this world tell me who I am, because there is no defining...me.
2.
Over the summer I had the great pleasure in reading the fantastic novel The Outlander by Gil Adamson. This novel absolutely captivated me. The main character is a young beautiful widow whom is running from the law for murdering her abusive husband. Mary faces ridiculous odds. She decides that running away from everything she knew was the best way to forget her past but as she discovers... you simply cannot run from yourself.
Throughout the novel Mary battles with delusions, who is she, did she ever know? I can relate to Mary and her identity crisis...
she woke in the lonely wood startled, who was there? could they here her? Her? or was she an it? Mary struggled to know who she was, "was this real" Mary starts the book without knowing anything about herself. She just knows that she was supposed to be a good wife... and "learn to love" her husband.
Throughout the novel Mary turns from a sniveling girl to a strong woman. She changes and adapts to her life and realizes that only YOU can define who you are and that what you do with that identity is entirely up to you. She reminds me of myself. Strong, independent, non needing.
3.1. How does Oedipus help to answer or address your big question? Reflect on some pertinent textual details and ideas from those books.\
Oedipus Rex also addresses identity, Oedipus struggles with his identity his entire life, although perhaps unknowingly.
He proves that identity is LEARNED and developed by how we want the world to see us.
Oedipus was the King of Thebes and the people viewed him the way he viewed himself.
Haughty
Stuck-up
SMART MOUTH
Leader
However as the play progresses and Oedipus realizes that he is a "damned creation." He has SLEPT with his mother for chissake he becomes a different person. He blames himself for Thebes failure as a city.
Alas, how can I speak to them?
What right do I have To beg his courtesy? Ones whom I've so deeply wronged.
Oedipus
He replaces that king identity with feelings of deep regret.
He allows himself to be defined by his actions, and thereby it changes how we view our identities.
Mary in Outlander finds who she is through hardships.
Oedipus in Oedipus Rex changes who he was after he knows his wrongs.
And Me??
My identity will continue to change, to grow.
It will wax and wane as the sea, it will grow me up and help me to avoid becoming a dictionary definition. but instead I will be indefinable by societal displays. and only understandable to myself.
For once you understand yourself than you truly comprehend who you are.
How do we form and shape our identities, and once we discover who is is that we are how does it define us?
1.
From the time that I was a little girl I have struggled with the age old question "WHO AM I???" and "how do I KNOW??" As I've grown up I have gone through all the stages that most girls go through,
ya know the ones?......The princess stage, the dress up stage, the valley girl stage and so on and so forth.
But I knew that these persona's were not WHO I was but instead a mask that I wore. I realized that I could be anyone. Perhaps I'd be a British school girl one day and a country gal the next. So my favorite question to ask myself is 'who am I' what is my purpose, and how do I define myself?
As an Eighteen year old many things have changed in my life, people move on, those that used to love you forget that you exist, acquaintances fail to remember your name. You become lost to them, and lost to yourself. I catch myself still wondering who exactly I am.
I mean am I the pretty girl? the smart AP kid? perhaps an athlete? Do I know? does anyone really know?
And throughout my young adult years I have come to the conclusion that what you do can change, everyday if you wish, but who you desire to be the most ultimately is who you become. To me you discover your identity when faced with a moment in life that defines your character to the point where there is no going back, or changing the past.
I have had many defining moments in my young life, some proud, some hard, many very sad.
but through them I finally can answer "Who am I"
I am many things.
I am the smart AP kid
I am the Athlete.
I am the pretty girl.
I am a redneck cowgirl.
I am ME.
So often society attempts to put us into boxes, to label people in order to make them easier to accept.
This is a facally. If I was placed in the dictionary I would like to be labeled as indefinable.
My identity will morph and alter as the years go on, that I am most positive of, but I will always be a variation of that little girl I used to be with the honey brown curls and a head full of dreams.
I will never let this world tell me who I am, because there is no defining...me.
2.
Over the summer I had the great pleasure in reading the fantastic novel The Outlander by Gil Adamson. This novel absolutely captivated me. The main character is a young beautiful widow whom is running from the law for murdering her abusive husband. Mary faces ridiculous odds. She decides that running away from everything she knew was the best way to forget her past but as she discovers... you simply cannot run from yourself.
Throughout the novel Mary battles with delusions, who is she, did she ever know? I can relate to Mary and her identity crisis...
she woke in the lonely wood startled, who was there? could they here her? Her? or was she an it? Mary struggled to know who she was, "was this real" Mary starts the book without knowing anything about herself. She just knows that she was supposed to be a good wife... and "learn to love" her husband.
Throughout the novel Mary turns from a sniveling girl to a strong woman. She changes and adapts to her life and realizes that only YOU can define who you are and that what you do with that identity is entirely up to you. She reminds me of myself. Strong, independent, non needing.
3.
Oedipus Rex also addresses identity, Oedipus struggles with his identity his entire life, although perhaps unknowingly.
He proves that identity is LEARNED and developed by how we want the world to see us.
Oedipus was the King of Thebes and the people viewed him the way he viewed himself.
Haughty
Stuck-up
SMART MOUTH
Leader
However as the play progresses and Oedipus realizes that he is a "damned creation." He has SLEPT with his mother for chissake he becomes a different person. He blames himself for Thebes failure as a city.
Alas, how can I speak to them?
What right do I have To beg his courtesy? Ones whom I've so deeply wronged.
Oedipus
He replaces that king identity with feelings of deep regret.
He allows himself to be defined by his actions, and thereby it changes how we view our identities.
Mary in Outlander finds who she is through hardships.
Oedipus in Oedipus Rex changes who he was after he knows his wrongs.
And Me??
My identity will continue to change, to grow.
It will wax and wane as the sea, it will grow me up and help me to avoid becoming a dictionary definition. but instead I will be indefinable by societal displays. and only understandable to myself.
For once you understand yourself than you truly comprehend who you are.
How do we form and shape our identities, and once we discover who is is that we are how does it define us?
1.
From the time that I was a little girl I have struggled with the age old question "WHO AM I???" and "how do I KNOW??" As I've grown up I have gone through all the stages that most girls go through,
ya know the ones?......The princess stage, the dress up stage, the valley girl stage and so on and so forth.
But I knew that these persona's were not WHO I was but instead a mask that I wore. I realized that I could be anyone. Perhaps I'd be a British school girl one day and a country gal the next. So my favorite question to ask myself is 'who am I' what is my purpose, and how do I define myself?
As an Eighteen year old many things have changed in my life, people move on, those that used to love you forget that you exist, acquaintances fail to remember your name. You become lost to them, and lost to yourself. I catch myself still wondering who exactly I am.
I mean am I the pretty girl? the smart AP kid? perhaps an athlete? Do I know? does anyone really know?
And throughout my young adult years I have come to the conclusion that what you do can change, everyday if you wish, but who you desire to be the most ultimately is who you become. To me you discover your identity when faced with a moment in life that defines your character to the point where there is no going back, or changing the past.
I have had many defining moments in my young life, some proud, some hard, many very sad.
but through them I finally can answer "Who am I"
I am many things.
I am the smart AP kid
I am the Athlete.
I am the pretty girl.
I am a redneck cowgirl.
I am ME.
So often society attempts to put us into boxes, to label people in order to make them easier to accept.
This is a facally. If I was placed in the dictionary I would like to be labeled as indefinable.
My identity will morph and alter as the years go on, that I am most positive of, but I will always be a variation of that little girl I used to be with the honey brown curls and a head full of dreams.
I will never let this world tell me who I am, because there is no defining...me.
2.
Over the summer I had the great pleasure in reading the fantastic novel The Outlander by Gil Adamson. This novel absolutely captivated me. The main character is a young beautiful widow whom is running from the law for murdering her abusive husband. Mary faces ridiculous odds. She decides that running away from everything she knew was the best way to forget her past but as she discovers... you simply cannot run from yourself.
Throughout the novel Mary battles with delusions, who is she, did she ever know? I can relate to Mary and her identity crisis...
she woke in the lonely wood startled, who was there? could they here her? Her? or was she an it? Mary struggled to know who she was, "was this real" Mary starts the book without knowing anything about herself. She just knows that she was supposed to be a good wife... and "learn to love" her husband.
Throughout the novel Mary turns from a sniveling girl to a strong woman. She changes and adapts to her life and realizes that only YOU can define who you are and that what you do with that identity is entirely up to you. She reminds me of myself. Strong, independent, non needing.
3.1. How does Oedipus help to answer or address your big question? Reflect on some pertinent textual details and ideas from those books.\
Oedipus Rex also addresses identity, Oedipus struggles with his identity his entire life, although perhaps unknowingly.
He proves that identity is LEARNED and developed by how we want the world to see us.
Oedipus was the King of Thebes and the people viewed him the way he viewed himself.
Haughty
Stuck-up
SMART MOUTH
Leader
However as the play progresses and Oedipus realizes that he is a "damned creation." He has SLEPT with his mother for chissake he becomes a different person. He blames himself for Thebes failure as a city.
Alas, how can I speak to them?
What right do I have To beg his courtesy? Ones whom I've so deeply wronged.
Oedipus
He replaces that king identity with feelings of deep regret.
He allows himself to be defined by his actions, and thereby it changes how we view our identities.
Mary in Outlander finds who she is through hardships.
Oedipus in Oedipus Rex changes who he was after he knows his wrongs.
And Me??
My identity will continue to change, to grow.
It will wax and wane as the sea, it will grow me up and help me to avoid becoming a dictionary definition. but instead I will be indefinable by societal displays. and only understandable to myself.
For once you understand yourself than you truly comprehend who you are.
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