Essays on Personal Identity

The diasporic literature is one of the emerging types of literature in this postmodern world. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is an Indo-American writer. She established herself as a diasporic writer through her short stories and novels namely, The Arranged Marriage, The Mistress of Spices (1997), Sister...

We’re all labeled differently. Where we originate from, what we have done, what we endeavor to do, and a million other apparently relevant part of our lives consolidate to make our identity. Our identities are continually being formed and molded with each passing day. The...

In Chaucer’s time, society had certain expectations of a monk, doctor, and summoner. All of these characters are thought to be courteous, honest, and intelligent however Chaucer depicts his characters as greedy, dishonest, and inappropriate. Throughout the tales Chaucer finds humor in the difference between...

“Jane Eyre” is a true captivation of the Victorian era and its time’s social standing. The novel clearly appreciates the role of women and recognizes the significance of the journey of a woman to find her true identity and truly be seen as an equal...

Existentialism is a frequent motif throughout Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man. The author characterizes this motif and its characteristics through the unnamed protagonist life experiences and his relationships with society and thus its consequences. In the collection of essays “Shadow and Act” (1964), Ellison was already...

What does a name reveal about a person? I find it interesting that when someone asks, “Who are you?” a very general question that we could choose to answer in so many different ways- whether by stating our likes, dislikes, or other things that make...

By definition, identity means ”self-understanding of the individual” and contains both collective and subjective elements (Lutz et al. ,2006). Identity is not a fixed category; it is a animatedly or dynamically changing element in our existence, which continuously obtains new understanding and interpretations in our...