Identity In today's age, we find ourselves with an identity we are not sure is actually ours. We wonder who we are, or think we are. The common question that always arises is, “Did I choose who I am, or did something choose it for me? Do I even have a say in my identity?” The cold truth is, we don’t. Identities are influenced by many factors, but two common factors are media and our very own DNA. These both have a very large impact on who we actually are as a person.
One reason why identity is not a choice is because our very DNA influences us greatly. Recently, scientists have been doing research on the “shift in the understanding of inheritance.” In the article, “Do you choose your identity or is it chosen for you?” by Dana Mrkich, …show more content…
We start off as a blank slate and as we get older, we learn more things and change that about us. For example, in the TV show “Gossip Girl” a girl named Jenny Humphrey wanted to fit in with the popular girls (Blair’s “minions”).To get in the group, Humphrey let her personality match her idols by becoming meaner. When she got into this “society”, she wasn’t really part of their group, instead, she was the assistant. She had to do everything they asked her to do bad or tiring. Later on in the season she left the group and became a better person again. In the article”Do you choose your identity or is it chosen for you?” by Dana Mrkich, It states that, “...we mold ourselves, and are molded by others in response of what is currently popular and accepted.” This evidence illustrates that having us only mold ourselves is true because now people have social media and social media posts the most recent updated items, clothing, memes, etc. People are now wearing those kind of clothes and those kind of items and more. In conclusion, people don’t really have a full thought on who they really are going to be, they just change because of what’s around them or new and
One reason why identity is not a choice is because our very DNA influences us greatly. Recently, scientists have been doing research on the “shift in the understanding of inheritance.” In the article, “Do you choose your identity or is it chosen for you?” by Dana Mrkich, …show more content…
We start off as a blank slate and as we get older, we learn more things and change that about us. For example, in the TV show “Gossip Girl” a girl named Jenny Humphrey wanted to fit in with the popular girls (Blair’s “minions”).To get in the group, Humphrey let her personality match her idols by becoming meaner. When she got into this “society”, she wasn’t really part of their group, instead, she was the assistant. She had to do everything they asked her to do bad or tiring. Later on in the season she left the group and became a better person again. In the article”Do you choose your identity or is it chosen for you?” by Dana Mrkich, It states that, “...we mold ourselves, and are molded by others in response of what is currently popular and accepted.” This evidence illustrates that having us only mold ourselves is true because now people have social media and social media posts the most recent updated items, clothing, memes, etc. People are now wearing those kind of clothes and those kind of items and more. In conclusion, people don’t really have a full thought on who they really are going to be, they just change because of what’s around them or new and