The biological, psychological and social aspects play a crucial role in the construction of human beings. People act in accordance to their knowledge, experiences, and desires. The combination of these three take part in forming the personal element of identity. Since the beginning of infancy, the child interacts with its environment and receives the influence of the society that surrounds him/her. The short stories, “Que?” by Joshua Horton and “Bring Moral Imagination Back in Style” by Jennifer Boylan are suitable examples of how the sense of self transitions as one pursues the path of discovering their individuality. Moreover, Horton introduces his conflict by providing a transparent image of his ethnicity. The narrator projects that it wasn’t of his concern to accommodate to a Hispanic culture, which shows arrogance …show more content…
Desires are represented by the passion and thoughts one has about a certain subject. An example could be if an individual dreams of becoming the “second Hitler” where the person will have complete control of a country and fulfill the goal of eradicating an entire group of people. It is safe to say that this individual is a bad human being and his identity is one of a villain. In contrast, there are people whose ultimate motivation is to improve dire situations, such as, global hunger or killer diseases that have no cure. It is easy to tell that this person is clearly one who cares about others and is a selfless soul. From all of the above we can establish that man transforms society, as society molds man by contouring the development of identity. This is a process, is fluid, it has certain things that keep it together and occasionally it is forever changing. You are true self is not something that you will have to go searching for as mystery and maybe never find. But, it is something that you discover and