Influence of class on an individual's identity is greater than many would like to perceive. The main reason for this misconception is the fact that everyone wants to hear what they can accomplish and not what factors (i.e. socio-economic standing) stand in their way. Identity is composed of many separate factors and therefore is affected is by many factors as well. The idea of what factors affect identity has been touched upon by many …
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…need to does to assimilate them into a story. He gives hard facts and Links them to their affect on identity. How does Class Influence Identity? Each of these articles attempted to answer the question to some extent. Alger believes it makes an impact on just speech patterns, if that. Bambara takes it a step further and adds Behavior and a little race. Mantsios incorporates all these ideas and expands to gender, qualifications and connections.