In this essay, you will read a few sources on a subtopic related to identity (given by instructor), and then you will draw the sources together by considering how the writers’ think differently on the topic, write differently about it, focus on various angles of the topic, and intersect (or not) in significant ways. You should base your essay on an overarching point you are making about the articles/authors and identity. Consider the insight you’ve gained by examining the articles together. You will need to reference (through quotation and paraphrase) the articles in your essay.
Topic Choices:
Gender, Sexuality, & Identity Readings
Language, Education, & Identity Readings
Ethnicity, Race, & Identity Readings
Technology, Society, & Identity Readings
Religion, Belief, & Identity Readings
Identity in Popular Culture Readings
Identity in Cultural/Global Trends Readings
Here are some general questions to help as you read, take notes, and make connections:
How does the writer connect various subtopics about identity—for instance, their personal identity and religious faith, or their personal identity and ethnicity?
What does identity mean to the writer? What conflicts or challenges does she address?
What does the writer say about how identity (the specific kind they’re addressing) does, should, orshould not work in society—generally or in particular contexts (like the workplace, advertising, school, etc)?
