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“The first day at school is still, when I think of it, a remarkable one. At that age, if one’s name is changed, one developed a curious form of dual personality” (Ray 1).

This quote shows identity in a name because it’s saying if you are given another name or if it’s changed your identity can change or you can act differently when you are called by those different names. It’s like how Santha got a new name, Cynthia, and she changed when she in school she was Cynthia, but at home she was Santha.

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I can’t remember too much about the proceedings in class that day, except for the beginning. The teacher pointed to me and asked me to stand up. “Now, dear, tell the class your name.” I said nothing. “Come along,” she said, frowning slightly. “What’s your name, dear?”“I don’t know,” I said, finally. (Rau 2)

This quote shows how much meaning a name has and that you can’t just change it. You can’t just change a name that quickly. A name is something that someone is known as for their whole life and a name has a story behind it. She forgets the name she was given because it has no meaning to her.

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“Now, dear, tell the class your name.” I said nothing. “Come along,” she said frowning slightly. “What’s your name, dear? “I don’t know,” I said, finally. (Rau 2)
This quote is identity by name because she does not know the name because she is used to be called by her Indian name and it must be weird for her to be called by an English name.

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"Premila and I were the only ones who had Indian food" The other kids at school didn't bring Indian food because they didn't wanna stand out they wanted to fit in with the other kids, and their surroundings.

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“Of course, they were both wrong. I understood it perfectly, and I remember it all very clearly. But I put it happily away, because it had all happened to a girl called Cynthia, and I never was really particularly interested in her” (Rau 5).  This shows identity from within because Santha chooses that her identity is Santha, and throws away her other identity of Cynthia.

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“Of course, they were both wrong. I understood it perfectly, and I remember it all very clearly. But I put it happily away, because it had all happened to a girl called Cynthia, and I never was really particularly interested in her” (Rau 5).
This quote shows how Santha understood the racism, and also put the memory “happily” away. Santha’s mother and Premila didn’t think she would understand, but she did, and she just tucked it back in her memories. It didn’t bother her very much, “because it all happened to a girl named Cynthia.” Santha’s true identity wasn’t actually the name of the girl that was given by the headmistress, it was just someone she had to be.

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“The first day at school is still, when I think of it, a remarkable one. At that age, if one’s name is changed, one developed a curious form of dual personality” (Ray)

This quote shows identity in a name when she explains how when ones name is changed it forms a curious form of dual personality.

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“I followed the girl with the braids”(Rau 2). This quote identifies with friends because she called her new friend the girl with braids because she does not quite know her name yet.

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“At home, whenever we played tag or guessing games, I was always allowed to ‘win’—‘because,’ Mother used to tell Premila, ‘she is the youngest, and we have to allow for that.’” At her home her family let’s her win because she’s the youngest but at school it’s whoever tries the hardest so she gets confused by that.

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“I had started a rather guarded friendship with the girl with the braids, whose name turned out to be Nalini (Nancy in school)”. This quote is an identity from friends because

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“At that age, if one’s name is changed, one develops a curious form of duel personality.” (Rau 1)

This quote shows that when her name is changed she looses her sense of pride and dignity and becomes shy, and distant from everyone else. So later in the story when she is asked to say her name and she doesn’t know what to say it shows that all of the pride she had in her name was taken away once she was givin a new one.

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“But I put it happily away, because it all happened to a girl named Cynthia, and I never was particularly interested in her” (Rue 5). This shows that she had two different personalities, and she didn’t care about what happened because it didn’t happen to her, it happened to a Cynthia, who she thinks of as a different person.

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“Premila and I were the only ones who had Indian food...”(Rau 2) They were the only ones who brought Indian food because the other Indian children wanted to fit in so they brought sandwiches.

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"Now, dear, tell the class your name." I said nothing. "Come along," she said, frowning slightly. What's your name, dear?" "I don't know," I said finally
This quote shows that Santha forgot what name the teacher gave her

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“We had are test today, and she made me and the other Indians sit at the back of the room, with a desk between each one” (Rau 5). The Indian kids are put in the back of the and space out because they are Indian. And she believes that all Indians or are part of Indian culture are seen as cheaters. And all the non Indians are treated with more respect.

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"Now, dear, tell the class your name." I said nothing " Come along," she said, frowning slightly. " What's your name, dear?" " I don't know," I said, finally. (Rau 2)
This quote is showing that their is a completely different society at school then there is at home for her and she has to make a different name just to fit in. Also that she was just briefly told her name so she forgot what her name was.

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"We had our test today and she made me  and the other Indians sit between each other because she said Indians cheat." This quote show identity in a culture because the teacher thought that the Indian identity was to cheat. That's why she sep

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“The children were all opening packages and sitting down to eat sandwiches. Permila and I were the only ones who had Indian food.” (Rau 2)

This quote shows the difference between Indian culture and Britain Culture. The food the Indian kids are eating is much different then the British kids food.

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“Oh, my dears, those are much too hard for me. Suppose we give you pretty English names...” (Rau 1) This shows that the English lady didn’t care about her real name and what it meant to her so she just gave her a new name.

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“What’s your name, dear?” “I don’t know,” (Rue 2)
This shows how she didn’t remember her school name and because she wasn’t allowed to go by her given name she acted as she didn’t know who she is. Names show your personality and tell people who you are, by Santha being unable to go by her real name she acts as she is no one.

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“Now, dear, tell the class your name.” I said nothing. “Come along,” she said, frowning slightly. “What’s your name, dear?” “I don’t know,” I said, finally. (Rue 2)

This quote is trying to say that your personality Comes from your name. Because santha used to be a courageous girl and now that she is givin this different name she feels as if she has too personality’s and I think it’s alot for her to handle.

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"The cotton dress should have looked strange, but all I could think of was that I should ask my mother if I couldn’t wear a dress to school, too, instead of my Indian clothes" (Rau 2).
This quote shows identity from those around you because the Indian girl in her class didn't want to wear Indian clothes, instead she was choosing to adapt to those around her and dress like them in order to fit in. She is finding her identity by conforming to those around her instead of her own culture.