In the book entitled, Brave New World I personally discovered what it means to be a human and how our identity is so utterly vital to us. In the year A.F. 632 the population was stripped of the essence of themselves and essentially left with a shell of a being. With that having said, we thrive on socialization (with that comes identity) and fall apart without it. Without identity many of the characters began to crumble under the weight of the factory produced society. Nevertheless, while reading this fascinating book I came to a few realizations of my own identity along the way. I believe we have total control in who we are, what we do, and most importantly what we become in the future.
Our self identity is comprised of three different components:
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Everyone has a specific goal in mind whether that be to express art or to fit in at the moment. Besides this, identity has no definite shape or strict definition you can categorize your entire consciousness into. There are many factors that go into building an identity. One of which is environmental factors. This can be influenced by the media, your family, or other external forces. You pick and choose ideas from these selections to build your own personal views and morals about the world. Despite being unable to choose your environmental factors, you can still play a huge role in deciding which turn your identity takes eventually becoming the person you want to …show more content…
First of all, I have been in Bernards shoes. Bernard is best described as a sore loser. He doesn’t like the situation he is in and when we wins it all for a brief period of time he is suddenly okay with A.F. 632. I was enlightened by Bernard and discovered myself when I realized I could relate to his characteristics. Another character I identify with is John “the Savage”. John tries to control the situation he is in and when he fails to succeed he is hopeless; further reducing his self esteem. He doesn't realize that he doesn't have the capability to change other peoples strong held beliefs. I often try to do this and end up back to square one where I started. I realized this of myself after finishing the