Identity: Most Important to me!

Nick Maciejewski

September 7th, 2016

Professor Young

Writing Skills Workshop 

What is identity? Identity is the fact of being who or what a person or thing is. Everyone has there own unique identity, it is what makes one different from everyone else in the world. To me, language is the best way to identify oneself. Language helps create bonds that, other things can’t. When walking down the street in a foreign country, being catholic or being a millionaire can not accomplish anything unless you can speak the same language. “I am my language. Until I can take pride in my language, I cannot take pride in myself” (250-251) Language is the first line, when it comes to showing off who you are. Think about how unlikely it would be to become friends with someone who does not speak the same language as you, it is near impossible. By talking and listening you learn more about people and they learn about you. “A language which they can connect their identity to, one capable of communicating the realities and values true to themselves” (247)  How do people make most of their friends…. by talking and learning more about others. Language is the one main thing that everyone can identify by and about because it is something everyone has. If you are somewhere where you don't know anyone or anything, and you hear some one speaking your same tongue, you most definitely would gravitate to them, where they are male, female, cat or dog. Language is the number one identifier. “Chicanas feel uncomfortable talking in Spanish to Latinas” (250) One could have everything the world the same as you, but if you do not speak the same language, there is nothing, language is the number one thing to identify oneself.