Stay True To Your Identity
Antaeus
Stay true to your identity, no matter what the circumstance. Identity is something that sets you apart from others and makes you memorable. Choices and actions are reflections of someone. Identity is defined as being oneself or itself, not another. Bordon Deal implies the importance of staying true to your identity because, circumstances can indirectly force change, peer pressure and cultural diversity.
Actions are taken upon the current situation. If the circumstance is negative in nature, the decisions or actions it is based on, will be made hastily, and with little thought. T.J, and the gang, take an ironic approach in an angry situation: “...scooping it and throwing it over the parapet, destroying with anger the growth we had nurtured with such tender care.” (128) This action was ironic because T.J. and the gang spent so much of their time caring for their makeshift garden and it was destroyed in seconds by them. This was way out of T.J.’s character, because he is one to create growth and life, not destroy it. One frustrating situation led T.J. to shift out of character and destroy the garden that they worked so hard, nurturing for. …show more content…
People around us have a huge impact on our actions. If someone directly forces action upon you, it is often difficult to obtain to yourself. The gang refrains from doing anything to help T.J. stop the destruction of their garden: “We kept on looking at him, listening to the words but knowing that it was no use. The adult world has descended on us even in our richest dream, and we knew there was no calculating the adult world, no fighting it, no winning against it.” (127) The gang wants to help stop the destruction of what they have created but are also afraid of what the adults may do. They are willing to sacrifice the garden, something that has started to hold great meaning to them, just because of the example set by the
Stay true to your identity, no matter what the circumstance. Identity is something that sets you apart from others and makes you memorable. Choices and actions are reflections of someone. Identity is defined as being oneself or itself, not another. Bordon Deal implies the importance of staying true to your identity because, circumstances can indirectly force change, peer pressure and cultural diversity.
Actions are taken upon the current situation. If the circumstance is negative in nature, the decisions or actions it is based on, will be made hastily, and with little thought. T.J, and the gang, take an ironic approach in an angry situation: “...scooping it and throwing it over the parapet, destroying with anger the growth we had nurtured with such tender care.” (128) This action was ironic because T.J. and the gang spent so much of their time caring for their makeshift garden and it was destroyed in seconds by them. This was way out of T.J.’s character, because he is one to create growth and life, not destroy it. One frustrating situation led T.J. to shift out of character and destroy the garden that they worked so hard, nurturing for. …show more content…
People around us have a huge impact on our actions. If someone directly forces action upon you, it is often difficult to obtain to yourself. The gang refrains from doing anything to help T.J. stop the destruction of their garden: “We kept on looking at him, listening to the words but knowing that it was no use. The adult world has descended on us even in our richest dream, and we knew there was no calculating the adult world, no fighting it, no winning against it.” (127) The gang wants to help stop the destruction of what they have created but are also afraid of what the adults may do. They are willing to sacrifice the garden, something that has started to hold great meaning to them, just because of the example set by the