Struggles with Self-Concept in Zero by Paul Logan, Living in two worlds” by Marcus Mabry, and “The Jacket” by Gary Soto

In the interactive unit, authors Ann Moseley and Jeanette Harris introduce some of the self-concepts. Self conception is an important issue as people change and mind changes. There are many factors that may affect individual's self-conceptual thinking, such as growth, life experience, friends and family, and encounters with new people. Furthermore, among the writings of various authors of Unit 1, there are things that show experience and fight with self concepts such as race, economic position, self-respect.

"Orange" Author: Gary Soto Gary Soto April 12, 1952 Born in Fresno, California, Mexican-American parents. His grandparents emigrated from Mexico during the Great Depression and found the work of farm workers. Soto grew up at the San Joaquin Valley and learned that tremendous work will be rewarded by moving the lawn, picking the grapes, painting the house, washing the cars. - "Orange", Gary Soto celebrates the love and affection of a 12 year old boy to his girl in the winter. The first line of poetry clearly shows that the boy was 12 years old when he was able to walk the street with the girl for the first time. This poem illustrates the tension they showed when they walked down the street.

Gary Soto 's jacket of "The Jacket", Gary Soto uses a symbolic meaning to reflect the character and development of the narrator. Soto seems to be mainly concerned about the jacket and has some meaning through the story. The jacket is used as a symbol of poverty, narrator's anxiety, and self-destructive form of the narrator. Since the story uses things, the jacket serves as a problem for some problems, and it focuses on the poor family of the narrator. - The interaction between Ann Moseley and Jeanette Harris, our first unit of our textbooks conveys our concept. Finding the definition of self-concept is difficult. Because it identifies beliefs about race, religion, and personality. There are reading materials of many authors showing this struggle with this unit in this unit. Self identity, ethnic background, and self-esteem are the main aspects of these readings.