1. Michael Cavna, “Animation station: A race to the finish for these features - washingtonpost.com,” http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/05/AR201003....

This article skims the idea of the trite narrative (something Professor Wahlen pointed out during our meeting); the trite narrative is really importantn component in my discussion of identity and literature. The trite narrative is seen in countless films; most recently Avatar showed a really glossy, mind boggling use of "identity" in a film narrative. The protagonist Jake Kelly must pick between his own race and the Navi people; raising obvious questions and insecurities about his identity. This is important because though Avatar does fall within the realm on the trite narrative, it still begs the audience to question identity.

2. “Celebrity gossip juicy celebrity rumors Hollywood gossip blog from Perez Hilton,” http://perezhilton.com/.

I am very interested in celebrity and pop culture. This stemmed from boredom but as time progressed I have seen this celebrity culture boom out of control. This is readily apparant the website of Perez Hilton and Twitter. These two websites have given the blogger "Perez Hilton" and celebrities (via twitter) their own virtual soap box. These platforms have given celebirties (and the people who worship them) a venue in which they can spew their celebrity identity down our throats.

4. “Digital Thieves Dominate Data Breaches - washingtonpost.com,” http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/01/AR201003....

This article from the washington post is again just reiterating the fact that identity loss can be devesting in today's society. The article discusses the real and very present danger that hackers have created on the internet society.

5. “EBSCOhost: Will She or Won’t She: The Dynamics of Flirtation in Western Philosophy,” http://web.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.umw.edu:2048/ehost/detail?vid=3&hid=8&s....

I'm not sure if I can really locate this article but I would really like to find some more information on Ovid's "The Art of Love" I have used Professor Kennedy's 375 class as a jumping off point.
Through Ovid I hope to show how just mere understanding of identity is a powerful resource in life. Particularly in the relationships between me and women.

6. “Fears of impostors increase on Facebook - CNN.com,” http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/02/05/facebook.impostors/index.html.

This article recognizes that even websites that were once just used for social networking can also be a means of identity theft.

7. “Paris Hilton (ParisHilton) on Twitter,” http://twitter.com/ParisHilton.

I used Paris Hilton because I really can't understand why anyone in the world would actually care for one moment what, if anything at all, Paris Hilton was thinking. But also because she uses her twitter as a means to push her products, even her pretend political beliefs. Everyone has a right to free speech but if an idiot like Paris Hilton can form a powerful cultural identity (enough to influence young people) shouldn't someone step in? Or at least make fun of her?

8. “style rookie,” http://tavi-thenewgirlintown.blogspot.com/.

This 13 year old blogger is very interesting to me because she has used the internet as a means to create an identity which is very paculiar for both her age (a recent teenager) and location (Midwest USA). Tavi is a great example of how an internet identity can be advantageous. Tavi, a small town girl, who has a bizarre sense of style, a much older soul and an interest in things that her small town can't offer, uses the internet to further her interest in fashion and pop culture as well as to stay in contact with people who share the same interests.

9. “The Final Cause of the Difference Between the Passions Belonging to Self-Preservation and Those Which Regard the Society of the Sexes. Burke, Edmund. 1909-14. On the Sublime and Beautiful. The Harvard Classics,” http://www.bartleby.com/24/2/109.html.

In the period of the British novel (1790-1925) many issues of identity were risen. Austen, Bronte, Dickens and many more all raised these questions in their literature. At the heart of these authors was the same reverence for the sublime and beautiful. In Burke's "A Philosophical Inquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful" he discusses how a greater influence can change a human . This is particularly true with identity due to the change people can face to adhere to their beliefs. This is important because the novel uses the code of metaphor so that authors may explain the identity crisis which many women felt during this oppressive period of British history.

10. Ovid, “The loves: The art of beauty, The ... - Google Books,” http://books.google.com/books?id=X_nz4SZje5IC&printsec=frontcover&dq=The....

o we give in, or exasperate fire by a struggle against it?/ Better give in, and so lighten the weight of the load."

This is a very telling quotation for Ovoid's, "The Art of Love" this ancient Roman philosopher purposes the solution to many of men and w omen's problems: understanding the opposite sex. Ovid believes the key in understanding is found in the identity of the other. In order to gain advantage or power over the other person gaining power over their identity would be necessary. Men are armed with deceit and empty promises - the only way to undermine the power of the female form. Through Ovoid's instruction men were given the ability to understand women.

11. Elizabeth L. Eisenstein, “The Printing Press as an Agent of Change - Google Books,” http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=WR1eajpBG9cC&oi=fnd&pg=PR9&dq....

One of the most important parts of identity throughout history has been the ability to relay information. This is important because from countries, governments or really any type of organization or gathering information needs to be distributed so people can become aware. This would not have been possible had the printing press not been invented. This machine (as well as its predecessors) has been used to give identity a way to stretch and be understood by many.
Without the ability to easily pass along information powers would not have been able to make demands, rules and changes known to those it affected.

12. Kathryn Hayles, “Virtual Bodies and Flickering Signifiers,” http://www.english.ucla.edu/faculty/hayles/Flick.html.

Hayles article gives an awesome look at the disconnect between identity and the internet. Hayles "virtual body becomes information) This meaning that identity is reflected in the how one things of themselves in their environment. This is particularly true of the celebrities, blogger, tweeters etc who use their internet persona and make it their real one.
(hiding behind the computer)