Blog assignment2

My revised thesis statement for Essay 1 is "A sense of nationality strongly affects the formation of individual identity in several ways, including the character, lifestyle and the self-esteem," and the three main supporting ideas for this thesis are as follows; language, physical characteristics and the national character. The first supporting point is that language you speak affects your identity as it builds your way of thinking. As a example, an scholar(name forgotten) say "language shapes your experience, and experience shapes your language." The second supporting point is your physical characteristics that is from your race influence your self-esteem. Here I use the example of my brother looking an Europian who cannot speak other languages than Japanese at all. The last supporting point is that possible national characteristics can become your characteristics which makes your actions and lifestyle. I use the example of  my self and the brother.

Blogging assignment1

My essay topic is about the relationship between nationality and identity. The reason why I chose it is because I myself is mixed race person, and I think nationality does a lot to affect you in modifying your identity. It is very interesting that my brother who cannot speak German at all still feels that he is half a Swiss as well as I, who used to speak German fluently, do. The thesis statement is the nationality affects you in modifying your identity.