Belonging And Identity Essay
Dissimilarities most of the times influences and make us rethink our sense of belonging and identity. Differences in terms of religion, value, opinion, appearance, race, gender –to name a few is what makes us unique individuals and assist’s us in determining who we really want to be and where we really want to belong.
Differences allows us to determine ourselves, every group has their own set of values and limits - to belong we must not only share those values but also accept and obey those unique set of rules & if we don’t, then it clearly tells us that we don’t want to get identified as a part of those groups because our sense of identity is totally distinguishable from them. Think of why out of all the people that we know, we only choose to belong and be friends with some and not the rest? The answer is precisely because they are similar to us in terms of values, opinions and behaviours .Individuals deny further relationship with the ones whose values, opinions, sometimes appearance & attitudes varies from ours, which we determine only when we stay and …show more content…
socialise with those groups and immediately or after a while realize that those people aren’t whom we want to be like and stay with. It’s this dissimilarities that allows us to rethink about who we want to be and where and whom we really belong.
Impacts of differences on an individuals sense of defining who they are and where they belong is explored in Peter weir’s movie ‘witness’ where John Book’s identity as a police is established by his belonging to the Philadelphia police force. However, due to the corruption that is evident, book has to reconsider his identity as his moral ethics does not see him wanting to continue belonging to that group. When he takes refuge inside the enclosed Amish village his identity as a police officer further diminished as he surrenders his gun for his acceptance in the Lapp household. To promote a further sense of belonging he choose to swap his western clothing for cloths that meet the terms of the Amish code of “plainness”. This shows Books desire to fit into the Amish population and not be viewed as clearly outsider. The brief relationship he forms in the Amish world which is totally different to his does not completely redefine him, but helped the development of his personal qualities as an individual.
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Further more, moving to a new world and experiencing the differences can attract a person towards those differences and therefore making an individual to change his or her sense of identity and belonging from the world he or she once belonged into a complete new world.
Consider the example of an afghan background youth moving from a world of war to a free and well developed country of Australia. After seeing and experiencing a complete new world where everything a person want is available this youth would most likely get attracted by what other groups of boys in his school is doing, such as smoking, drinking and etc and would obviously want to belong to that group and do hold the attitude they posses because they are the group that has all the attention drawn toward them. This new world’s difference attracts the young youth and helps him determine who he wants to be and whom he wants to belong
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Of course it’s the differences that assist us in determining our identity and belonging, if it wasn’t for this differences how else an individual would be able to identify who they are and where they desire to belong. Think about it, don’t the continuous challenges that we encounter through out our lives lead us to new experiences & don’t those experiences alter our thoughts, emotions and perspectives on ourselves? Precisely yes, we are all different in childhood and we alter as we grow and our sense of identity and belonging changes as well because the world around is changing, we meet new people & become apart of them which will give us a new identity.
In conclusion, it is a valid point to argue that everyone has struggled with their identity and belonging during a chapter of their life. There comes a when our opinions and beliefs begin to differentiate from those around us. During this time, some people may discover where they belong.
Differences allows us to determine ourselves, every group has their own set of values and limits - to belong we must not only share those values but also accept and obey those unique set of rules & if we don’t, then it clearly tells us that we don’t want to get identified as a part of those groups because our sense of identity is totally distinguishable from them. Think of why out of all the people that we know, we only choose to belong and be friends with some and not the rest? The answer is precisely because they are similar to us in terms of values, opinions and behaviours .Individuals deny further relationship with the ones whose values, opinions, sometimes appearance & attitudes varies from ours, which we determine only when we stay and …show more content…
socialise with those groups and immediately or after a while realize that those people aren’t whom we want to be like and stay with. It’s this dissimilarities that allows us to rethink about who we want to be and where and whom we really belong.
Impacts of differences on an individuals sense of defining who they are and where they belong is explored in Peter weir’s movie ‘witness’ where John Book’s identity as a police is established by his belonging to the Philadelphia police force. However, due to the corruption that is evident, book has to reconsider his identity as his moral ethics does not see him wanting to continue belonging to that group. When he takes refuge inside the enclosed Amish village his identity as a police officer further diminished as he surrenders his gun for his acceptance in the Lapp household. To promote a further sense of belonging he choose to swap his western clothing for cloths that meet the terms of the Amish code of “plainness”. This shows Books desire to fit into the Amish population and not be viewed as clearly outsider. The brief relationship he forms in the Amish world which is totally different to his does not completely redefine him, but helped the development of his personal qualities as an individual.
Extremely
Further more, moving to a new world and experiencing the differences can attract a person towards those differences and therefore making an individual to change his or her sense of identity and belonging from the world he or she once belonged into a complete new world.
Consider the example of an afghan background youth moving from a world of war to a free and well developed country of Australia. After seeing and experiencing a complete new world where everything a person want is available this youth would most likely get attracted by what other groups of boys in his school is doing, such as smoking, drinking and etc and would obviously want to belong to that group and do hold the attitude they posses because they are the group that has all the attention drawn toward them. This new world’s difference attracts the young youth and helps him determine who he wants to be and whom he wants to belong
to.
Of course it’s the differences that assist us in determining our identity and belonging, if it wasn’t for this differences how else an individual would be able to identify who they are and where they desire to belong. Think about it, don’t the continuous challenges that we encounter through out our lives lead us to new experiences & don’t those experiences alter our thoughts, emotions and perspectives on ourselves? Precisely yes, we are all different in childhood and we alter as we grow and our sense of identity and belonging changes as well because the world around is changing, we meet new people & become apart of them which will give us a new identity.
In conclusion, it is a valid point to argue that everyone has struggled with their identity and belonging during a chapter of their life. There comes a when our opinions and beliefs begin to differentiate from those around us. During this time, some people may discover where they belong.