The Naked Citadel Analysis

One’s own identity is crucial in defining a person. Some believe identity is defined by an individual, whereas others believe identities are defined by the context of one’s own surroundings. It seems more reasonable to believe the notion that people’s identities are chosen by the influence of their surroundings through the fourth class system which was expressed in Susan Faludi’s work, the Naked Citadel, the Stanford and the Seminaraian experiements which was explained in The Power of Context by Malcolm Gladwell, and through the influence of mega marketing like in Ethan Watters work, The Mega Marketing of Japan.

The fourth class system creates an environment in which students are abused and mistreated in order to change the students

However, when asked if she was a feminist which was the label that the citadel wished to bestow her, she said that she was an “individualist” (Faludi, 91). She defined herself the way she wanted to be defined as. This could be because she wasn’t in the Citadel system in which she would have to confrom into what was expected of her but she still had her own belief in her identity

It may appear that people identify in accordance with the impact of their surroundings rather than by identifying from internal understandings. Specifically, in the case of Bernie Goetz. Bernie Goetz had altercations with African Americans, especially in the case of when he was being physically beaten by three African American youths (155). This one incident contributed to an identity of hate and discrimination. In essence, his identity, was of a flagrant racist man, especially when he remarked, "The only way we're going to clean up this street is to get rid of the spics and niggers" (155). It seems apparent that had he not experienced this instance of an attack by specifically African American males, he would probably have not identified as such an avid racist and therefore, he probably would not have shot the four African American youths on the New York City subway train that faithful