1. How other people influence our identity
11/21/2017

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Learning Objectives
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3. The Bear that Wasn’t
Why didn't the Factory officials recognize the Bear for what he was?
Why did it become harder and harder for him to maintain his identity?
Whose opinions and beliefs have the greatest effect on how you think about your own identity?
How does our need to be part of a group affect our actions?
Why is it so difficult for a person to go against the group?

4. Orientation Day
Identify words or phrases Jennifer Wang uses to describe her identity
Identify words or phrases that she uses to describe her attitude toward her identity.
Explain what Wang means when she says “the ‘Jennifer’ clashing with the ‘Wang’, the Wang fighting with the ‘Jennifer’”? What examples does she provide to support this description of her name?

5. ’Tis but thy name that is my enemy: Thou art thyself, though not a Montague, What’s Montague? It is not hand nor foot, Nor arm nor face. O be some other name belonging to a man! What’s in a name? That which we call a rose, By any other word would smell as sweet.
William Shakespeare, Romeo & Juliet

6. Discuss the meaning of the quotation below:
“It is through our names that we first place ourselves in the world. Our names, being the gift of others, must be made our own.”

7. My Name
What does Esperanza's name mean literally in English and Spanish? What is the denotation of her name? 
What connotations does she associate with her name? Why does her name mean sadness or waiting? 
What images does Cisneros use to make the connotations clear? Why are they effective? 
What personal details does the passage include? What cultural information is included? 

8. My Name
How does the narrator establish a conflict between her Mexican identity and the English-speaking country through the discussion of her name?
Esperanza is named after her grandmother. In what ways does she admire her grandmother? What parts of her grandmother’s life and personality does Esperanza want to avoid? What does having “a place by the window” mean?

9. My Name
Esperanza says she wants to baptize herself with a new name. Why is this more powerful than simply saying she wants to change her name? What other words or ideas do we associate with baptism?
Why do you think Esperanza wants to change her name to Zeze the X?

10. Characterization Create a character profile for Esperanza.
Challenges or Conflicts
Motivations
Something about her personality
Evidence

11. Character Profile Point
In the chapter “My name,” we can see that Esperanza is____________.
Evidence 1. 2.
Explanation
1. (This shows us)