Identity

Human Nature is the way that we can identify ourselves. There are tons of words that are used to describe people and uncover their identity, but what is identity? How can we begin to describe something that varies so greatly from one human being to another? Can you create a universal meaning for a word describing human concepts that people often fail to define for themselves? There isn't one definition to define such a word. It is an intricate aspect of human nature, and it has a definition just as complex.

When you look up the word identity in the dictionary, it is defined as the sameness of essential character, individuality, or the fact of being the same person as one may claim to be. Your identity can include your name, age, job title, or just simply the characteristics of your body. All of these things are facts, facts that you as a person don’t care to share with the world. The word identity is something that you as a person can be identified, things that describe a person in terms that a stranger would understand. This is proof of who you are.

In the book Into The Wild, Chris is trying to identify who he is as a person. When growing up he felt like he was someone he was not. He did the things his

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parents wanted him to do, go to the same college his parents went to . It was like he was

living the life his parents wanted him to live and not the one he wanted to live. When Chris decided to go off on his journey, he was doing it so he could find himself. He wanted to define himself with his identity.

When Chris took all his money, his credit cards, bank cards, social security card and burnt it all he was burning the identity that his parents and everyone else around him knew. He was taking away everything that he ever knew. He felt like if he burnt it all and made up