Essays on Personal Identity

In these articles the theme of biological identity is portrayed as the driving force to social identity. We can see that these articles show how gender identity is defined by the physiological factors of a person in relation to social cultural norms, but not taking…

Understanding the concept of ‘identity’ is equally fundamental to conceptualising ‘teacher professional identity’, yet there appears to be no agreement in the research literature about a single conceptualisation of the concept. The concept has taken on variety of meanings as many different issues surface in…

“Let us remember we are all part of one American family. We are united in common values, and that includes belief in equality” as quoted by former president Barack Obama. Obama’s quote emphasizes the meaning of what it means to be American and the values…

The portrayal of the Personal Identity in Selective American Poems With the end of the 19th century, a time has emerged in which poets provided a historical and cultural overview of America via poetry while assessing the importance and meaning of them. American poets of…

The Dark Knight In Christopher Nolan’s film, The Dark Knight, while Batman is struggling with internal conflict, the Joker is seen as more enlightened. Early on in the film, the audience is left a little confused as it seems that the Joker is telling two…

I was an ugly baby. I have been underweight my entire life. The day I was born my uncle recalls telling his wife how scary I looked with my eyes sucked back into my skull and my ribs clearly visible. I wasn’t adorable as a…

Self is the totality of our five senses and what they long for. As humans we are full of emotions which is also very normal, but the thing is, are you unseating the self in you to be able to have a good and solid…

Are you a loser? What haunts you more; bitter memories from past or the upcoming future? Mindset and character represent our personality, reflects the inner side of us. If you don’t have a positive attitude towards life, if you underestimate your powers, if you fail…

One of the biggest challenges faced by the European Union is also one of the most ignored by academics. Many talk about an economic, ecologic or democratic crisis but few focus on a key-issue: the European identity crisis. This paper looks into how significant the…

“What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think” (Ralph Waldo Emerson). Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American philosopher and spokesman for the American Transcendentalists. The Transcendentalists movement consists of a group of New England romantic writers, who believed that…