The prominent themes in your identity can emerge from certain characteristics you hold based on your gender, race or ethnicity, age, place where you live, and social class.  

The meaning of these characteristics that you hold can be shaped by social norms or expectations. 

You may also have prominent themes based on the way you define your personality.

 The question is, are these themes based on accurate self-reflections, or are they myths? 

You are always telling your story to others, but you also tell it to yourself. If your personality shapes that story, the question remains as to how closely the events you recall would actually conform to the objective qualities of the experiences themselves. 

Understanding that myths can s...