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**Style: Expository ** **Form: Analytical essay ** //Prompt: “Being the same and being different are both equally necessary to belong in groups.” // **Introduction: ** While human beings, by nature, strive to belong to groups and feel accepted, it is also important to maintain a sense of individuality in order to truly benefit from belonging to a group. Without a strong sense of individuality we may become merely followers and have a lessened sense of identity. As a result, the groups we choose to belong to have the ultimate control over who we are and how we are defined. In some cases, accepting and acknowledging difference can lead to happiness, however this must also be balanced against alienation from the chosen group. **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Body paragraph 1: ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">The first significant group we belong to is family, yet demonstrating independence from family, particularly parents, is essential in order to establish our own sense of selfhood. While the family unit is based on love and our families only want the best for us, ultimately it is up to us to maintain our own independence, even if this means, in some cases, a rebellion. This is evident in Amy Choi’s ‘The Relative Advantages of Learning My Language’ in which the narrator defies her mother by ignoring her pleas to maintain a lifestyle true to Vietnamese culture and values. As a result Amy finds independence yet also creates distance between herself and her mother. In this case it is necessary for her to be different, however it comes at an emotional cost. This loss of a relationship for Amy is also symbolic of her cultural distance from Vietnam. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Topic sentence 2: ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">While it can be important to fit in to the social groups we are surrounded by on a daily basis, it is still important to remember heritage and maintain a cultural identity, even if this means being slightly different. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Topic sentence 3: ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Being accepted by peer groups is a very important part of developing self-esteem, however denying who we truly are and failing to acknowledge difference can never lead to true happiness. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">(See if you can find textual evidence to support topic sentences 2 and 3) **