Write a 1- to 2-page essay that describes your identity as it existed before you began your class readings.

For example: How did you or would you define yourself-as a worker, a father, a daughter, a community member, a Hindu, or a Christian? What was most important to you-the price of gas, religious freedom, or a living wage? How big or small was your world-five square blocks, one state, or many countries or continents? How culturally, politically, economically, or religiously diverse was your world? How aware were you of the world outside of your immediate environment?

As part of your essay, in 2 to 3 paragraphs also reflect on your relationship with people in other parts of the world. Who are they to you? Who do you think you are to them?