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Kimmel's Short Stories: How Culture Defines Our Identity

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Identity is shaped by your actions nobody is born with Identity you must create it, its who you are not who you want to be. Everything we do shapes who we are starting with our values, traits, friends, family, sexuality, social media, beliefs, culture, personality, and lastly how we are raised. Culture defines our Identity It describes what people develop to allow them to adjust to their world such as customs, religious beliefs and traditions. I can relate this identity factors to the essays we have read in class for example Michel Kimmel’s excerpt, Sherman Alexie story, lastly Hamilton lyrics. Identity is also set by behavior, personal characteristics and lastly

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