Kasir
Moton
Professor
Young
Engw_1100
5
September, 2014
Identity
In
the passage “How to Tame a Wild Tongue” by Gloria Anzaldula, she states how
language shapes who you are.
I’ve come to the conclusion that your identity
doesn’t have to be your language it can be anything that you believe shapes who
you are and what you’ve become.
For example what describes me is the streets in New York city, down in Time
square. Because
it resembles my personality and how big it is and how it’s all over the place.
The
reason why I selected the busy and jam packed streets of New York city
Time square because it’s the city that never sleeps, there’s always
something going on every street corner or allay in time square. The interesting
people and personalities you will find on the streets are amazing. New York is filled with bright
lights and culture that goes back to the early 1920’s. I’m an outgoing, busy, dramatic
and energetic person which is why I’m a theater major. And my dream is to be on Broadway
and have the billboard I start in tower over the swarming streets of time
square.
When I was in the eighth grade I went on a trip with my school and saw Mama Mia in an off Broadway theater and
it was electrifying. The
show didn’t end till midnight.
Leaving the show I thought the streets would be empty by that time but I was
wrong, it was jam packed more than it was earlier that day.
The big bright lights were beaming down on me. Being surrounded by
billboards and people in a rush gave me a feeling in my heart that I never felt
before.
Anzadula with her language and the
way she speaks she realized that’s who she is that’s her culture and she’s
proud of it.
Anzadula accepts who is she just like I accepted the fact that my culture my
identity isn’t my language it’s the streets of time square and how they run
through endless hours of the night filled with energy and excitement. In the passage anzadula grandmother
tells her that “flies don’t enter a closed mouth”.
Which I can relate to because as a child my grandmother said the exact same quote
to me before entering church on Sunday, Growing up I was always told “it’s
better to be seen not heard” by my family and peers, due to the fact that my
personality was too strong for some people I would say. I was always questioning things;
never sitting still always had something to say to someone. And that’s just who I am and I could
never change that.
Anzadula
thinks that identity is the language you speak and that’s shapes who you are
but
Identity
isn’t just culture or the language you speak it’s what you see or the things
you do or you character, or a place or thing like the streets of Times Square. As an individual you can choose what
your identity is in this world yes where you from may have an influence on it
but the way you act and the thing you do can shape who you are in this world. So
choose wisely.
