What is identity to me?

Wande Adeyemo

Prof. Young

English 1100

31 August 2015

                                                                            Identity

     What is identity to me? Identity is how someone is able to tell who I am, without me saying 

much or doing much. The people I surround myself by, how I act and how I speak can play a big part

on how people can remember me and identify me. My identity is who I am and nothing else. It is 

how you can separate me from the rest of society. In the essay of Gloria Anzadula, she describes

how people are trying to rid her of her original langauge. She believes that langauge isn't something

that you just speak but it plays a role in what your identity is and how people see you. In the essay

it states, "if you want to be American, speak 'American.' If you don't like it, go back to Mexico 

where you belong." I think that isn't fair how they based her off what langauge she spoke. A lot of

people are bilingual and just learn separate languages. Also, American isn't said to have just one 

set langauge so I didn't think it was fair that she was told to "speak American.". How can one, "speak

American"? She stood strong and told them that she wasn't going to change for anyone because that's

 how she wanted people to recognize her by. I mainly speak English but when I'm around my parents

and family, I'm able to communicate with them with my culture's langauge. I want people to 

remember me by how I talk and not how I talk, if that makes sense. I want people to know that I was 

raised and brought up by my family in a positive and intelligent upbringing. I don't want people to

judge my identity by people that I hang out with, or how I dress, etc. I want to be my own person

and I think that I am a very imporant role into finding out who my identity is.