Analysis of the Self

 I am a member of various groups and relationships.  Some of these

groups are that I am: Italian, Roman Catholic, male, white, and a college student

in my mid-twenties.  All of these groups that I am a part of have hepled make me

into an individual. These cultural groups have allowed me to create my own

worldview.

 All of my life, I have been taught that the most important thing is family, so

I should know my roots and understand what my elders had to go through to

provide my family with what we have today.  For example, everyone born before

my brothers and I were raised in small villages in Italy, so basically they had to

work very hard for they had.  Even though they were somewhat well-off, my

family had many large parcels of land that they had to farm. My father tells me

stories of how he'd be up and ready for work by five in the morning everyday.

This taught him responsibility, love, and care for his family, which was later past

on to me.  Also, almost all of the women in my family were house wives,

therefore i was taught that the man of the house should provide for the family

and the women, held on pedistals, should cook, clean, and care for the children. 

My parents got married at a very young age and of course they had to marry into

their own culture, being Italian.  So therefore, they are always telling me to marry

an Italian girl and to stay away from the American girls because they are not like

us, but I also know that as long as I am happy they will be happy ...