Julian Bagggini Identity Is Fluid

Contrary to popular belief, identity is fluid. Julian Baggini believes that we are the sum of our parts, by using an analogy about water. “Water is nothing more than the hydrogen and oxygen atoms suitably arranged. Everything else in the universe is the same” (Baggini, 6). By this he is saying that we do not have a formal and straightforward unit of identity, and that there are numerous “parts” that add up to it. It could be said that our identity is a fixed thing, and that we as people have fixed paths we travel on to become who we were “meant” to be. Mel Schwartz disagrees by stating, “We are constantly re-framing, re-organizing, and re-considering ourselves” (Schwartz, 2). People change, and as time goes on, our bodies grow and so does