Middlesex
Groups are assigned to every person that is associated with another individual. No matter when or where, people are trying to fit into a group that they want to belong in. There are stereotypical groups that could be categorized as fobs, hippies, thugs, or socialites. Gender is also an aspect that people judge through generations after generations. Fortunately, the first step to be acknowledged by others is by identifying oneself so that the comfortability level is suitable for the individual in that specific crowd. It is hinted in Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides where every man and woman wants to fit into a group where they naturally belong. This is because of the human nature man-kind posses in which the necessity of security can only be achieved when gathered in a pack. However to do so, each individual must self-identify themselves to be recognized. There will be difficulties that one may encounter when not acknowledged by others and the challenges they will face to self-discover their identity. Also, the experiences received from the journey to self discover the similarities and differences from others and how it can change the views of another by the choices one makes. In addition, the significance an individual can bring to the societies perspectives and ways of thinking to broaden their minds. In Jeffrey Eugenides’ Middlesex, the author explores the idea that every situation has an option in which the choices made by the individual will significantly lead them to understand their role in society of how it could be benefitted and the identity of oneself; experiencing the journey to self-discovery .
There is many obstructions that an individual confronts especially when they are disregarded as an equal for being different; the defiance that one must counter to distinguish their role when one does not fit in. In fact, some citizens change their identity to fit