Most of our societal rules and norms revolve around many of our basic needs. Food, shelter, and sexual drives are a few of the things most of our society revolves around. The world has become far more complex and civilized that bashing the heads of our fellow humans will not be the most appropriate method to satisfy these drives. Many Sociologists believe that our sexual drives come from an instinctive need to pass on our seed to the next generation. How we go about doing this is another issue.

Some people blaze a trail in the annals of this world before bidding farewell. They may not leave something behind physically as a son or a daughter to carry on their family name and traditions, but when they leave the world

A group that is told that they are superior to another group will have a much better edge on life over the supposedly inferior group. It cannot be explained in mathematical or scientific terms. It is just in human nature to identify with the label that is given to their group, whether it is cultural, sexual, ethnic, or racial. Family is a very basic and essential group that we identify ourselves with. It is so simple, yet so complex. We as humans relate to some type of family, whether it be a traditional “All-American” nuclear family, or an immigrant single parent raising 4 kids by herself family. It is natural for us No one can blame Clara for wanting to be synonymous with a longstanding tradition of achievement and success, because all would desire it given an idea that your true parents might have actually been nobility.

it is a changed place, and it is their legacy that continues on. We remember them for their acts of courage in the face of danger, victory when all odds are against them, and infamy enough to render the whole of history speechless. Most, however, have their children to honor their name after they depart this life. Though a little subtler than the former, it is an effective way human beings have survived, by passing down a piece of themselves to the next generation, through education, customs, food, culture, and genetics. Without family, a being would be neglecting him of something very basic in regards to survival in the grand scheme.

“In every conceivable manner, the family is our link to the past, a bridge to our future.” Heritage is a part of our identity. Who our parents were and how they lived their lives tells a story about a segment of our personality. This is the reason Clara was so afraid she might find out that her family was not of high social standing. Her heritage is a direct representation of her identity and if she is worthy of high social status in life. She feels that if she has ancestors with honorable and courageous accomplishments, that this will be a part of who she is and will become. These ancestors would also help to determine her self-worth in this life because if there were of “good establishment and respectability”, then she would be truly content. Her mother knew at the moment Clara asked if she was the “mammy” how Clara wished her parents were of noble blood.

In Clara’s eyes, she has found the missing piece of her life she was looking for. F

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