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Leonie's Identity Issues In Sing Unburied Sing

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An identity issue is defined as not having a strong sense of self which can lead to depression, anxiety, or other psychological health problems. Some of the traits of an identity issue can start from birth and become more intensified and modified later in life from various life experiences. In the New York Times, best seller Sing Unburied Sing an identity issues are presented with one of the main characters in the story named Leonie. Leonie struggles in her life with many difficulties that directly correlate to her identity issues. Difficulties that contribute to her identity issues include her brother Given being murdered by her husband Michaels friend on a hunting trip, drug use, and being a very young mother. These identity issues that …show more content…

Leonie does have two children but throughout the story it becomes very clear that she isn’t a very suitable parent to them and at times is a selfish and incomprehensible mother. The Story take a major shift in terms of Leonie’s identity when towards the end of the novel Leonie’s mother dies of cancer. It seems that the death of Leonie’s mother has only led to an increase of drug use and neglect of her children and in one part of the story Leonie and Michael get into a car to drive over to their friend Al’s house to get high. Jojo, Leonie’s son, states that “I sleep in Leonie’s bed now. I don’t have to worry about her kicking me out of it, waking me up with a punch to the back, because she ain’t never here” (Pg. 277). This quote goes to show that Leonie’s sense of identity by the end of the story doesn’t change very much from the beginning of the story and it could even be argued that she becomes worse. This poor sense of identity that Leonie holds throughout the story may have partly to do with the death of her close family members and her son Jojo states that “I think I understand Leonie. I think I know something about what she feels. That maybe I know a little bit about why she left after mam died, why she slapped me, why she ran” (Pg. 279). The dialogue that Jojo gives the reader helps gives insight on the identity issues that Leonie faces at the end of the

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