What is it that causes us to form our identities?
Is it how we are raised? Is it genetic?
This idea is something that I often think about.
One of my guilty pleasures is taking "which character from ______ are you most like?" quizzes, especially the detailed, not so obvious ones. Whenever I get my result, I always think of ways in which I am like that character, and I feel more connected to them in a way, and I also sometimes question who I am because of the result.
These quizzes continue to fascinate me because I do start to feel more like whichever character the quiz tells me I am, and when I have told others of my quiz results they often respond with murmurs of something along the lines of "Oh, that makes sense". Which is interesting because I've gotten characters who, if you were to line them all up, would be considered quite different from one another. But I believe that when one gets their quiz result, it does not mean that they are exactly like that character, but rather they may share a few aspects of that character's personality.
Obviously almost no one is going to be exactly like a character from a movie, TV show, or novel. However, the way any good movie, show, or novel is written allows the viewer/reader to connect to at least one character if not more than one. This is what makes these movies, shows, and novels so successful. If people can place themselves within another world, they are more likely to enjoy it.
So, Identity is indeed a funny thing...
what is it to you?
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