Write a 1000-word argument for a claim of value connecting individual identity and family heritage. To help you develop your claim of value think through questions such as these:

• How are people's identities shaped by their surrounding familial and cultural traditions?
• How uniform and valued/cherished is your family history?

In order to support your claim of value, you'll need to include a variety of sources and perspectives. Incorporate the following into your paper:

• your first-hand experiences
• evidence gathered from stories in this module (stories is plural so that means more than one; two will suffice from the module reading list)
• researched scholarly insight into family and self-identity
• our Core Values of Excellence and/or Integrity

Reading list:
Earnest Hemingway, "Hills Like White Elephants"

Alice Walker, "Everyday Use"

Nikki Giovanni, "Mothers"

Seamus Heaney, "Mid-term Break"

Peter Meineke, "Advice to My Son"

Adrienne Rich, "Delta"