Who am I ? Essay 24

Colin

Mr. Salsich

8 English

6/4/10

WHO AM I:

An Essay about Discovering Myself

_____(TS)Last summer, I went to the British Virgin Islands with a friend. (CM)We sailed around from place to place and we hiked, we dove, and we swam (tricolon). (CM)Throughout almost the whole trip, one of the guys on my boat would randomly ask people, "who are you?" (CS)This got me thinking, who am I?

_____(TS)Well, I am Colin. (SD)No! (CM)Colin is just a name to be called by. (CM)It doesn't answer the question, who I am, because it doesn't describe me in any way. (SD)The same may be said for the character "Minny Me," from the Austin Powers movie. (CM)His name doesn't reveal anything about him, except possibly his size, though it does say something about the arrogance of the character of his father. (CM)If Minny Me could have picked a name to reflect who he really was, consistent with his character in the movie, it might more properly have been "Minny Dad." (CS)So, who am I truly?

_____(TS)I have spent all year thinking about this intricate question (Apt. Thesaurus Word). (SD)To answer it, I needed to think of something that incorporated every aspect of my being. (CM)My goods and my bads; my knowledge and my ignorance: my personality as a whole (Apt. Thesaurus Word). (CM)The trouble I had with this, was reducing all of my composite elements into a single word. The more elements I considered, the more words I needed to describe myself. (SD)Then, it hit me! (CM)The answer is "me." (CM)The creators of the characters in the movie were on to something. (CM)They were at least partially right. (CM)"I am myself" incorporates every word, phrase, and sentence I could come up with and more. (CS)This may not make sense to you, and you or I may find a better word in the future, but for now, "I am Me."

_____(TS)"Who are you," a man once asked me. (CM)And I replied, "I am Colin."(CM)But I now know that the better answer would have been, "I am Me." (CS)"I am Me."