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    Individuality is something that one decides for himself / herself, and nationality is a contribution to one's individuality. My mother moved to the u.s. When she was 16 because of the Civil War that was happening in El Salvador. She identifies herself as Salvadoran and she is also a U.s. Citizen, she just chooses which to tell people.

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    Individuality is something that one decides for himself / herself, and nationality is a contribution to one's individuality. My mother moved to the u.s. When she was 16 because of the Civil War that was happening in El Salvador. She identifies herself as Salvadoran and she is also a U.s. Citizen, she just chooses which to tell people.

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    PaolaRamirez

    4/27/16
    A.P.Lang
    IndividualityandNationality
    IndividualityVSNationality

    Everysinglepersonintheworldisanindividual,andeveryindividualhasanationality.Some
    mayarguethatone'snationalityismoresignificantthanonesindividuality,but,Idisagree.A
    nationagroupofpeoplewhosharedifferentthingsoncommon,sometimestheonlythingthey
    shareisthelandtheyresidein,regardlessanation.Anindividual,oneperson,apersoncanhave
    differenttraitsthatarespecificallyuniquetothatperson.Letthetraitsbephysical,internalor
    evenjustlikesordislikes,nooneindividualcouldeverbeanotherindividual,eveniftheytried.
    Nationalityisjustacontributiontoone'sindividuality
    Tobeanindividualistobedistinctfromeveryotherhumanbeingintheworld.Tobe
    identifiedasaperson andnottobeseenasanumberinagroupofpeopleisavalidatingaction
    towardsanyperson.Individualityissomethingthatonedecidesforhimself/herself,and
    nationalityissomethingthatcontributestosomeone'sindividuality.
    MymothermovedtotheUnitedStateswhenshewas16becauseoftheCivilWarthatwas
    happeninginElSalvador,andsheidentifiesherselfasSalvadoranandAmerican.Typically
    whenwetraveltoElSalvador,shetellspeoplesheisAmerican,andwhenwearehereinthe
    U.S.shealmostalwaytellspeoplesheisSalvadorianregardlessofwhotheyare.Hernationality
    doesnotchange,sheisSalvadoranandsheisalsoaU.S.citizen,shejustchooseswhichtotell
    people.Ithinkthatincaseslikemymother's,nationalitycannotbedeterminedbyanyonebut
    theindividualthemselves.
    Whendeterminingnationality,howdoyouevenfigureitout?Goingbacktotheexampleof
    mymother,whatmakesherSalvadorian?Isitthatshewasbornthereandlivedtherefor16
    years?Isitthatshespeaksperfectspanish?Isitthatshehasfamilythere?Yes.But,whatmakes
    herAmerican?Isitthatshe'slivedherefor30years?Isitthatshespeaksperfectenglish?Isit
    thatshehasfamilyheretoo?Yes.Althoughthesethingsdonotapplyeveryone,thisspecifically
    appliestoherasanindividual.Therearemanywaysandreasonsastowhypeopleidentify
    themselveswhattheydo,it'sjustcommoncourtesytonotquestionit.
    Thinkingaboutindividualitymakesmethinkaboutatree.Whenapersonisborn,theyare
    justasmallsaplinginthegroundwithmaybetwolittletwigsstickingout,onecouldcompare
    thosesmallbranchestotheinfant'snameorgender.Notmuchtothechild'sindividualityyet.
    But,oncethischildstartstogrow,sodoesthislittletree.Whenthetreegrows,itsproutsmore
    branches.Thesebranchesareanythingandeverythingthishumanbeingchoosestorelateto
    himself/herselfto.Thistreeneverstopsgrowing,newbranchesdyingandbeingreplaced,
    normalforanyhumanbeing.Nationalityisjustoneofthesebranches.

    Inthediscussionofindividualityandnationality,ImustagreewithMs.SuiSinFar,
    individualityismoresignificantthannationality.Nationalityisagroupofindividualsthatshare
    acouplethingsincommon.Whileonepersonhasaspecificself,theirownindividualityunique
    tothem.

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