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Identity

Kaitlyn L English

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Identity

Essential Questions
- Identities are formed by:
  - self morals and religion
  - where you live; culture
  - The way a person was raised
  - Interests
  - personal experiences
- One forms identity true to themselves by:
  - Ignoring how society expects them to act
  - sticking to what they bieleve and want
- Turning points that determine pathways to adulthood:
  - opportunities
    - example: getting into a university
  - tragedies
  - health
  - family issues
  - reccords
- How we make decisions for ourselves:
  - Think about what you really want
  - Don't let others pressure you
Social Identity Theory
- Person's sense of identity based on grouping
- Henri Tajfel proposed the theory
  - relates to identity because
    - it shows how people classify other people
    - people sometimes change the way they act
      - because they joined a new group
- Can result in prejudiced views and racism
  - Extreme forms of this lead to genocides
    - examples: Holocaust, Rwandan genocide
Impression Mangement
- the effort to control perceptions of people
  - people do this to:
    - raise self esteem
    - be viewed a certain way by others
  - people do this by:
    - Ingratiaton (flattering)
    - Intimidation
    - Supplication (making people feel sorry for you)
    - Self Promotion
    - Exemplification
  - relates to identity because
    - people act differently to get others to
      - think a certain way about them
    - People want to have certain aspects to
      - make up their identity so they use
        impression mangement
- ex: "We wear the Mask" Paul Dunbar
  - they make people think they are okay
    - "With torn and bleeding hearts we smile"
    - "We sing, but oh the clay is vile Beneath our feet, and long the mile; But let the world dream otherwise"
TKAM
- TKAM was written by Harper Lee (1960)
  - setting: 1933-1935 in Maycomb, Alabama (fictional city)
    - many people believed in white supremacy.
  - Themes
    - Racial Prejudice
    - Social Snobbery
    - Morality
    - Equality
    - The Need for Compassion and conscience
  - Main Charactersare given identities
    - Jean Louise Finch- “Scout”
      - narrator
      - tomboy
      - Gains in Maturity throughout the Novel
      - Sensitive
    - Atticus Finch
      - Scouts's dad
      - attorney
      - widower
    - Jem Finch
      - Scout's older brother
      - Smart
      - Usually looks out for Scout
    - Tom Robinson
      - crippled left hand
      - hardworking
      - innocent
- Atticus Finch's Speech
  - Atticus is tried to defend Tom.
  - Asks the jury not to prejudge Tom.
    - "This case is as simple as black and white."
    - "you gentlemen would go along with them on the assumption—the evil assumption—that all Negroes lie, that all Negroes are basically immoral beings, that all Negro men are not to be trusted around our women, an assumption one associates with minds of their caliber."
    - "“And so a quiet, respectable, humble Negro who had the unmitigated temerity to ‘feel sorry’ for a white woman has had to put his word against two white people’s. I need not remind you of their appearance and conduct on the stand— you saw them for yourselves."
    - The jury conculed that Tom was guilty
      - only one person voted he wasn't guilty
      - They base this on skin color
        The jury doesn't look past skin color.
        They don't look at his true identity
Alice In Wonderland
- Written by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll)
  - Written for his boss' daughter Alice
    - The story shows Alice maturing
  - He put his identity in the story
    - Carroll was a mathematician
      - adds math in the story
        "Let me see: four times five is twelve, and four times six is thirteen, and four times seven is—oh dear! I shall never get to twenty at that rate!"
    - Christian
      - He believe overeating was a sin
        Alice was punished (changing size ) for eating
        “now I ’m opening out like the largest telescope that ever was! Good-bye, feet !” (for when she looked down at her feet, they seemed to be almost out of sight
Ain't I a Woman
- written by Sojourner Truth
  - Delivered in 1851
  - her identity is put in the speech
    - an abolitionist and women's rights activist.
      - believed in gender equality
        "I could work as much and eat as much as a man - when I could get it - and bear the lash as well!"
        "If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be able to turn it back , and get it right side up again!"
      - believed in racial equality
        "[member of audience whispers, "intellect"] That's it, honey. What's that got to do with women's rights or negroes' rights?"
        "I think that 'twixt the negroes of the South and the women at the North, all talking about rights, the white men will be in a fix pretty soon. But what's all this here talking about? "
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
- J. Alfred Prufrock is the narrator
  - self conscious
    - "And indeed there will be time To wonder, “Do I dare?” and, “Do I dare?” "
    - "And should I then presume? And how should I begin? "
    - "Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach? "
  - humble
    - "No! I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be"
    - "I do not think that they will sing to me."
  - relates to idenity because
    - it shows how people interact with others
    - show Prufrock's thoughts and personality traits
The Scarecrow
- a chipotle commercial
  - the scarecrows work for huge food company
    - they all know company uses harsh methods
      - one scarecrow decides to stop ignoring that
        he stops working for Crows Food
        he grows his own food
        doesn't use harsh methods
        he opens a little stand
        he sells his fresh food
        people were fascinated by the fresh food
        they have never seen nothing like it
        he shows his true identity by
        doing what he belived was right
        not acting the same as the other scarecrows
      - they lie say the produce was fresh
- locavorism
  - locally grown food
    - usually doesn't use harsh processes and chemicals
      - usually better for the environment
Fantasy
- type of fiction that evokes:
  - wonder
  - magic
  - mystery
- conventions
  - magic
  - myths
  - legends
  - fairy tales
  - fantasy creatures
  - old, wise mentor
  - quest or journey
  - vivid describtions
  - fantasy world
- doesn't require logic
- relates to identity because
  - allows the author to use their imagination
    - they don't even have to use logic
Surrealism
- beyond real
- characteristics
  - dislocation
    - object is placed in unexpected environment
  - levitation
    - objects are suspended in mid-air
  - transformation
    - changing objects into a unusal combination
  - juxtaposition
    - objects joined in an impossible combination
  - scale change
    - object larger or smaller than it's size
- art movement started as responce to WW1
  - the artists identites are in their works
    - how they cope with pain
      - example: WW1
    - they created their own works
      - their own emotions and ideas
        were included in their works
- combines dreams ,fantasy, and reality
Rhetoric
- ethos
  - credibility or authority
    - examples
      - trustworthy
      - educated
      - reliable
- logos
  - logic used to support a claim
    - examples
      - statistics
      - facts
- pathos
  - emotions
    - examples
      - pity
      - fear
      - love
      - hope
- relates to identity because
  - effects how people communicate
Who Are You?
- Social Identity Theory in my llife
  - student
  - teenager
  - Christain
    - Protestant
      - Methodist
  - basketball player
- Personaity Quiz
  - ISTJ
    - Introvert
    - little/no preference of Sensing over Intuition
    - little/no preference of Thinking over Feeling
    - little/no preference of Judging over Perceiving
- What makes me "me"?
  - Personailty traits
    - shy
    - stubborn
    - hyper
  - intrests
    - history
    - basketball
    - frisbee
    - art
      - drawing
  - where I was rasied
    - North Carolina
  - religion
    - Christainty