The immediate community around people is the important reason that people act in the certain ways. Usually, what people being like at society is not what they are actually being like as themselves. From their immediate communities, people gain the impressions society gives to them. Some people may misunderstand themselves through being at the society; some people may become selfish by seeing other people act selfishly. Overall, people are changing when context is changing.
Some people think they don 't fit into society, so they go and change themselves in order to fit in. In the book American
How a person acts with their mother versus their friends are completely different, and each time that person acts differently they create a new persona whether they want to or not. They are re-inventing themselves each time they interact with people to fit the situation they are in. Also, what a person’s ancestors did influences the person’s decisions today and all future decisions. If an ancestor had a huge family, perhaps that will make a person want a huge family. If an ancestor died and the family is quiet about it, perhaps the person will investigate and talk about it with others, like in Maxine Kingston’s personal essay.
But if you’re life experience was of a stable home with more traditional family structure, it is understandable that a person would attempt to emulate it and resist changes. If it worked in the past, why break it? If all of your friends had mothers that took the last name of their husband, breaking from that mold could cast you in an unfavorable light. By emersion, a person becomes the embodiment of what is around them and stereotypes are reinforced. Growing up in a small community, attending a small school, I didn’t experience alternative life styles.
With today’s American teens, the concept of social norms can be easily be pointed out. As social norms is an established manner of behavior maintained by a society, teens today can easily be argued to follow a manner of behavior, such as texting, taking selfies, and wearing the latest trends. The ,hipster, is unique to today’s American teens, an example of visual representation and a subculture. Even with our own personal experience and observations, most teens today represent the typical hipster. Skinny jeans, chunky glasses, and checkered or plain T-shirts, the American teen hipster is a recognizable figure in the modern U.S. As a subculture to today’s teens, the hipster movement brought about new styles of music and fashion.
Teenagers now have arguably experienced more than any other generation. Teens today are walking, unwritten books. Each teen writing their own stores filled with there memories and the thing they are burdened with everyday. In the book “The Things they Carried” by Tim O'Brien a recurring theme were the items they carried. Tim went into explicit detail about what the soldiers carried from both physical equipment to the memories they held on to.
I do believe that teenagers constitute a distinct American subculture. As they are still developing their personalities, they tend to distinguish themselves and make themselves stand out. This is clear from the way they dress and talk. They tend to deviate from the Standard English as if they are creating their own language. Also, several companies are addressing teenagers as a distinct population.
Getting shot , And maybe living in danger is things that can sometime happen to some teen activists. Teen activists are teens who want to make a difference in the world and they don’t care what others think of them and they are determined to make a difference. Some teen activists can live in danger at times because of what people think of them, make organisations to help support your cause and to help the world , and speak out about your cause to others so they know about it. Getting shot and being murdered are some ways that show that teen activists live in danger.
Upon watching The Perks of Being a Wallflower, I was could observe the adolescent development theories in the main character, Charlie. Charlie is a teenager that has just begun high school. Charlie is portrayed as a shy reserved student and throughout the film his character develops. Erikson’s theory of identity versus role confusion, can apply to Charlie.
The family to which you are born has a huge impact on your
What makes a teen activist different from other people? What makes a teen a teen activist? Teen activism is standing up for what you believe in. Malala stated “when the whole world becomes silent even one voice becomes powerful.” Teen activist are like heros.
Ever since you were born, you 've been developing as a human being. As you got older, you began to gain an idea of who you were; an identity. This identity could have been developed due to many factors, such as your mindset and attitudes in situations, the people you surrounded yourself with, genetics, how OTHERS viewed you, or even how you believed they did. Out of all these factors, which has the greatest influence on your identity and has made you who you are today?
Teenagers have become much more focused on what he or she looks like. This is because, they are searching their identity, and trying to be someone that the media expects them to be. With social media, comes the stereotypical version of what a man or woman should be like. For example, women are expected to dress sexy, and have the perfect barbie doll body. Whereas men, are expected to be muscular and tall.
With the “distraction of technology” teens today are “self obsessed” because they “spend numerous hours taking pictures of themselves to send to their friends,” said a 22 years old female, Amanda DeAndrea. Having just left her teenage years Amanda still has the innocence and the mindset of a teen with the glues reality sticker on her forehead. The reality of growing up and transitioning out of that teenager stage
Despite the fact that identity development occurs throughout one 's lifetime, adolescence is the stage where individuals begin to think and experience a sense of self or identity for the first time and how that could affect their lives (Steinberg, 2008). Identity development in the teen years includes ethnic and cultural identity, gender identity, sexual identity, interpersonal, health, body image, and learning to handle adult responsibilities. While teens are exploring on what makes them distinctive or special, they also have an increased need to fit in into the society. Therefore, identity development can be challenging particularly for teens who feel different from
