Identity In The Late Dr Myles Munroe

In his book the pursuit of purpose, the late Dr Myles Munroe describes Identity as a question of “Who am I?” He further explains that every human being in the world, regardless of who they are has to answer that question to live a full life. Many people in the world have not answered that question because everyone is born into a world where one’s identity is predetermined for them; even before their birth. Fikile was no exception to this. She was born a girl with black skin; into a world where the colour of one’s skin determines how they are expected to behave and respond to the world which continues to oppress and make them believe that their true identity is the piece of information their birth certificate or identity document.
Fikile
There is no mention of her parents in the novel and that could have contributed to why should wanted more validation and wanted to know that she was cared for or that she was important too.
She develops into a young girl whose only dream is to be white (pg. 135) and consequently feels out of place when she is around people who are of the same race as her. (pg. 168). From that she develops other habits; some of which she does not notice about herself such as respecting white people more, being more forgiving towards them, hating people who are black.
Fikile develops to a point where she is much clearer about her past and is able to explain it. On page 138 a different Fikile can be seen. From the girl in the beginning of her story who is submissive she has become confident enough to stand up for herself
Throughout part two, Fikile shows signs of growth and maturity as she starts to dissect her identity and explore the things that people consider to be one’s identinty. She begins to form her own definitions of what inequality means, what accents meand and what it means to live in the world. She forms her own ideas of what it means to live and what life