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In the world acclaimed novel the Bible, written by God and his disciples,Paul is able to reinvent himself though his interaction with Jesus Christ showing his ability to change lives for the better.

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In Magisterium: The Iron Trial by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare, Call attempts to reinvent himself and not be know as the boy with the cursed soul, as that name follows him everywhere. He wants to be know as a good person, instead of the enemy of death.

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In The Giver a fictional story written by Lois Lowry, protagonist Jonas intentionally creates a new identity by rejecting the manufactured contentment of his dystopian society in favor of authentic self hood.

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In the book 1984 by George Orwell, the main character lives in a society where the government is very oppressive. The main character changed his whole ideology once he realized that rebeling is better for his mental well being.

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In the novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Stevenson), Dr. Jekyll creates the identity of Mr. Hyde to carry out his depraved desires.

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The book, The Giver by Lois Lowry, tells us about a story of a young boy who ends up getting a "power" to see color and the past. Jonas hides his new ability from his friends and family because he is scared to get caught. He creates a whole new identity to hide who he is.

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In the science fiction novel Warcross by Marie Lue, Sasuke Tanaka picks a new alias, Zero, to disguise himself from the antagonist Hideo Tanaka, which leads to the mysterious tone of the novel and portrays a sense of uncertainty about who is good and bad.

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In the novel Monsters of Men, written by Patrick Ness, the protagonist Todd Hewitt forces himself to conform to the government and the wills of his town mayor, with the purpose of gaining access to new information and avoiding persecution.

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In the mysterious novel, "The Good Girl" by Mary Kubica, the man responsible for the kidnapping of the judge's daughter, Colin Thatcher, renames himself "Owen" to mask his true identity from Mia and therefore maintain his innocence as Colin.

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In David Maraniss's non-fiction book, "Once in a Great City: A Detroit Story," Maraniss explains the speech Martin Luther King gave in Detroit called the "Walk to Freedom," which reinvented King's character by taking on the role of a famous civil rights activist.

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In the novel The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, the main character reinvents herself by changing her name and dyeing her hair from dark brown to blonde. She does this in order to excel in her acting career due to the prejudice she would otherwise face as a woman of color.

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In the moving memoir, The Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray Hilton, Hilton reinvented himself from being resentful after being wrongly incarnated towards the justice system to determined to change the injustices and forgiving of those who wronged him.

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In Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer, Christopher McCandless abandons his identity and material wealth and embarks into the wilderness as Alexander Supertramp. This reinvention of Christopher's identity demonstrates his variation from social norms and disregard of societal expectations.

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In Rachel Gillig's fantasy book One Dark Window, Elspeth must reinvent herself after experiencing a rather traumatic event. She gains another personality that alters how she views herself, which inevitably forces her to navigate this new stage in her life. Gillig's book explores the importance of accepting one's flaws rather than disguising them.

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In the novel Interview with the vampire, written by Anne Rice, The main character Louis and his daughter Claudia hides their real names and identities from soldiers and people they come across when they travel outside the U.S. to find other vampires. This is because they want to remain hidden and in the shadows throughout their travels. This is so that they can keep their vampire secret.

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In the poignant and thought-provoking novel, "The Invisible Life of Addie Larue," V.E Schwab explores the complexities of life and the concept of love by showing a dramatic shift in the protagonist's sense of identity. The main character, Addie Larue is physically frozen in time. In order to protect her loved ones, she consistently changes her identity. Although this change in personality remains self inflicted, Larue faces an identity crisis as she attempts to define love in her own terms.

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In the ancient Greek text The Odyssey, written by Homer, Odysseus finds himself finally back in Ithaca and realizes the suitors have nearly taken over the palace, so he decides to create a new identity as a common beggar to get into Ithaca and free the palace.

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In the series Monster, the protagonist, a former surgeon, reinvents himself through his pursuit to kill the very patient he saved. Not only did he throw away his lofty ideals, but he replaced them with an innate sense of responsibility after learning that this particular patient was a serial killer.

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In the thriller None of This is True, written by Lisa Jewell, Josie Fair reinvents her life story in able to gain access to Alix Summer's, who is a famous podcaster, life.

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In his 2019 memoir, Notes from a Young Black Chef, Kwame Onwuachi highlights the implications that a singular event can have on the trajectory of one's life and the benefits of purposeful reinvention. After termination from college for drug use, Kwame had been living a disappointing, stagnant life. One day, while watching television, it was announced that Barack Obama would be the 44th President of the United States. Seeing the success of another Black man inspired him to improve his lifestyle, ultimately leading to his career as a successful chef.

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In the psychological thriller, "Dexter" by Jeff Lindsay, Dexter creates a new identity every time he murders someone. He forgets everything about his present self as the BAY HARBOR Butcher and forges a new sense of identity to trick the police from catching him. This contributes to an interpretation of the work as a whole because it creates a main character with a new personality in each book. This keeps the readers engaged and excited to learn about the new identity.

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In the fantasy novel, The Heroes of Olympus by Rick Riordan, Jason attempts to form a new identity for himself with the Greeks after his memory is taken by Hera, revealing the connection of the two camps.

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In the short story The Adventure of Spookley the Square Pumpkin written by Joe Troiano, Spookley is different than everyone else and wants to fit in. He tries to hide the fact that he is a square to fit into the other pumpkins' community and play their games. He creates a new identity by holding his breath to look more like a classic round pumpkin to disguise himself and play in the Jack-o-Lympics.

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In the pact-action novel, Blue Lock, by Muneyuki Kaneshiro, Yoichi Isagi constantly throws away the image of his past self to create a better identity. He throws away his past insignificant ideals to create new ones to become the best striker in the world. In order to showcase a more authentic sense of self, Kaneshiro constantly provides Isagi with numerous challenges to overcome to become the best version of striker he can be.

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In the novel We'll Always Have Summer, written by Jenny Han, Belly, the protagonist, goes to Paris at the end of the book to reinvent herself after her and Jeremiah's wedding was called off.

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In the fictional book The Poppy War by RF Kuang, protagonist Rin comes from a small town in a poor area of the country, but gets accepted into a prestigious university in one of the richest provinces in the country, and chooses to go. Her reinvention of herself once she gets to this university sets the pace for her constant reworking of her character until the end of the trilogy, her failure to rework herself fully makes her roots shine through and guides her actions throughout the trilogy.

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In the sci-fi novel An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, author Hank Green explores the intoxicating effects of fame as protagonist April May reinvents herself to take the main stage of public discourse, branding herself as the ambassador of friendly alien invaders.

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In Elizabeth Acevedo's poetry novel, Poet X, the protagonist, Xiomara, attempts to change her life and identity after the death of her sister, and she conflicts with her parents and peers at school.

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In the fiction novel The Way I Used to Be, written by Amber Smith, the protagonist, Eden, tries to reinvent herself as an attempt to prove to others and herself that she is a different person than she was before her assault.

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In the suspenseful realistic fiction book When We Were Silent by Fiona McPhillips the main character Lou attempts to leave her traumatic past behind and build a new life for herself and her family not far from where she grew up. As hard as she tries her past catches up with her and she is forced to confront her past and reveal the truth about her teachers death.

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In Guy De Maupassant's short story, "The Necklace", the main character, Mathilde, wishes to escape her middle class lifestyle and create a new identity as a wealthy and beautiful woman; however, her desire for materialism ultimately leads to her unnecessary suffering.

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In Christelle Dabos' novel "A Winter's Promise," the main character Ophelia moves from the only home she knows to be married to a stranger in a world known to be very cold and strategic. Ophelia must reinvent herself to survive in her new environment. Her adaptation to the environment helps the reader see her character development throughout the series.

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In the book, Harry Potter and The deathly Hallows, by JK Rowling, a large group of people close to Harry disguise themselves as him to protect him from people who are trying to harm him. In the process some are injured and even killed. This contributes to the overall climbing action of the story and impacts the way Harry sees himself by making him feel like even more of a burden to those around him.

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In the Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo, the main character Xiomara has to reinvent herself to fulfill herself through truly expressing her identity through slam poetry. In the story, she felt trapped, and through reinvention by way of poetry, she becomes an out-spoken poet.

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In the realistic fiction, We Were Here, by Matt de la Peña, Miguel claims to speak Portuguese in hopes of impressing others and hiding the problems in his life. Miguel hopes to keep a secret that he is homeless and attempts to build genuine connections with others.

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In Cixin Liu's science fiction novel, The Dark Forest, the main character Luo Ji wishes to separate from his new identity as a Wallfacer to live a life outside the scope of the public and the government, overall contributing little to society and making it seem as if all hope is lost. However, in a last ditch effort Luo Ji comes up with a plan in the midst of defeat that fools all of humanity and the Trisolarians, the antagonists of the story.

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In Christopher Nolan's critcally acclaimed movie, Momento, Leonard Shelby's reinvention as a perpetual revenger reveals that identity is built off chosen truths, instead of reality.

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In the scence fiction story Son by Lois Lowry, the side character of Jonas has reinvented himself to create a new identity in the village he has taken refuge in after his traumatic past in his old dystopian society. He is able to express his true identity & emotional expression in this village compared to his previous sense of self.

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In the classic novel, The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton, two characters, Ponyboy and Johnny want to get away from their corrupt and violent homelife, thus they dye their hair, change their identity, and hiding in an abandoned church, in order to get a break from the town and avoid their troubles.

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In Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams, Ford Prefect hides his alien identity from humans in order to blend in with them. He only reveals his identity to Arthur Dent once the Earth was to be destroyed anyway. This secrecy was imperative to the story because Arthur might not have befriended him had he known earlier, but the secret had to be dropped to save Arthur from the loss of Earth.

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In the enchantingly heartbreaking book We Were Liars, the youngest generation of Sinclair cousins choose to break away from both their family's impossibly high standards and reinvent themselves, but in doing so, a terribly unfortunate accident occurs, setting up the plot in which the protagonist, who loses her memories, attempts to connect the dots of what actually happened that summer.

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In the novel, Cinder, by Marissa Meyer, the main character, Cinder, knows she's different from the rest, which she is not fond of, and doesn't tell people her true story. Due to this, she focuses on living a double life by not telling others about it, which creates complications throughout the story.

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In the Historical Fiction novel The Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner. Billy has to become brave and adventurous to win money to save the farms he has to conquer his fears and become a new person one that wont let anything stop him. By the end he has changed and Gardiner shows the change through the book by showing how Billy changes and how much he will have to change after the events of the book affected him.

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In the realistic fiction show "Shameless," directed by John Wells, the character Fiona creates a new identity to escape the intense responsibilities of being the main caretaker of her family. This new identity forces Fiona to escape the only thing she ever knew, opening doors and new experiences.

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In the well-known show Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu, written by Tommy Andreason and Michael Hegner, the Brown Ninja, also known as Dareth, was ridiculed for being a wannabe ninja, but through out the show, he slowing trains and reinvents himself to become a famous ninja, and when an opportunity came up, he was able to overcome it, and he retired from being a ninja.

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In A Walk to Remember, throughout the novel, Landon's new access to a new community through getting to know Jamie, his start to expressing a more authentic sense of self, caring more about his future and who he is rather than what people think of him, shapes the characterization of Landon in the work.

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In the classic children's story Little Red Riding Hood written by French author Charles Perrault, the antagonist the big bad wolf disguises itself as a sweet grandma to deceive Little Red Riding Hood so he can eat her. The wolf changing it's identity shows how it wasn't accepted as a monster and would rather be seen as something else. In other variations of the story the wolf just wants a friend.

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In the fantasy series, "Doctor Stone," by Boichi and Riichiro Inagaki, Gen hides his identity as a double agent from Tsukasa and his kingdom, after being convinced to join Senku's mission to restore the old world.

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In the book "If I stay" by Gayle Forman, Mia's journey to recover from her accident highlights life, death, and love. She is torn between giving up or staying alive. She has to stay strong and is supported by her family in all of this.

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In the novel, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume, Margaret Simon attempts to reinvent herself by exploring different religious identities other than her parents, and adapts her behavior to fit in with new friends. This change in identity reflects her deep desire for belonging as she goes through an awkward stage of life. This reinvention emphasizes the novel’s central theme of personal growth of identity during adolescence.

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In Alex Rider: Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz, Alex Riders change from an ordinary teenager to a reluctant spy shows the theme that as you grow up, it means being forced to take on responsibilities before you feel like you are ready for them and overall it helps you grow.

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In Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life, written by James Patterson and Chris Tebbetts, the protagonist Rafe is a troubled student who continues to get kicked out of school. While on his last school before military school, he pranks his principal to bend absurd rules; while doing so he pretends to enjoy being alone but in reality, is incredibly lonely and missing his brother who had passed.