Tyriq Fitts

1102-06
Agosta
9/16/14
Analytic Journal 4
One device in particular that
helps one identify oneself is
the telling of a particular
personal story.
Whether or not you are an
alcoholic not based on how
much you drink, but what has
it done to you?
Learning about change not
enough to actually change.
Is telling the same as being?

This article wasnt only talking

about alcoholics or the specified
ones who werent. The approach
of this article can be understood
from all perspectives and any
situations of someone trying to
change. The personal story is
significant to ones identity
because it is how that person
views themselves. In order to
apply change to ones identity, it
would make sense to
understand what the current
one is.
Actions or decisions we have
made dont shape our identity,
but rather how they affected us
and what we got from those
experiences. How much the
alcoholics drank didnt separate
them as they were all labeled as
alcoholics.
Just because we gather
information on bettering our
situations, we cant assume that
weve actually changed.
Applying the knowledge weve
gained from learning about our
identity and improving it is how
to effective use what we learned
about change.
I believe telling is the same as
being. To tell other about you is
telling who you believe you are.
If you are being dishonest, then
that only reflects your identity.

I agree. Im not quite sure what

to say. But my question is about
actions and decisions, if I decide
to cheat on my boyfriend with
45 men and feel no remorse
then my social identity is as a
slut, cheater and a bitch. I was
unaffected by my cheating and I
gained nothing but an unwanted
title. However if the roles were
switched my boyfriends social
identity would become THE
MAN and hes got something to
gain while my reputation is out
the window. Are either of our
social identities less or more
true?