I just finished reading Translations by Brian Friel and I feel that it was a good way to close the semester. I really enjoyed the play and it called to mind the question of does the name of a place effect the identity of it's people? It is fascinating to see how people relate to the name of their location. In Translations it became obvious that by the British taking the Gaellic names and Anglicizing them, it made the Irish people feel as if they had lost a part of their identity.
I think that people identify themselves by where they are from and by the name of their town. People up here always ask where you are from and they identify you with what you say. It makes a person proud of where they came from and proud to be part of their community. It shows that people identify with places, also that place's customs, believes, and ideas.
To find out more about a person's identity check out this website:
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/identity/
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