The search for identity in Anita and Me and The Buddha of Suburbia

Abstract: Some identities come with birth, others are given to us, and some we require ourselves through life. One of the most important factors affecting our identity, is connected to the encounters that are made throughout life. Identity is threfore not something static but rather something that undergoes a continuous evolution. This essay consists of the following chpters: chapter one serves as a background to how a person's identity is formed and circumstances that may effect this evolution, such as immigrant background: chapter two deals with how community, the parents' identity and the family influences identity, and the final chapter deals with the effects of prejudice and the possibilities for the future.