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Does that make sense ? please your point of view. "Every individual is a meeting ground for many different allegiances, and sometimes these loyalties conflict with one another and confront the person who harbors them with difficult choices " by Amin Maalouf. Meeting ground is the identity. It is made up of many components which are allegiances, they are combined together in a mixture way that shapes every individual. These allegiances are the affiliations. For example, when it comes to difficult in choice concerning allegiances Amin Maalouf has always the same answer, which is "Both" when asked if he felt "more French" or "more Lebanese". This is does not mean he has several identities. It is just one single identity made up of many aspects coming together in harmony to form a single entity.
May 22, 2016 7:41 PM
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Meeting ground is the identity. That identity is made up of many components which are allegiances; they are combined together in a mixture that shapes every individual. These allegiances are affiliations. For example, when it comes to a difficult choice concerning allegiances, Amin Maalouf has always the same answer, which is "Both" when asked if he felt "more French" or "more Lebanese." This does not mean he has several identities. It is just that one single identity is made up of many aspects coming together in harmony.
May 22, 2016
Does what make sense? The first quote by Maalouf makes perfect sense. What you extrapolated also makes sense but it needs a little work to refine for fluency.
May 22, 2016
The meeting ground is in the mind of a person , where his different allegiances are moulded together into a single core identity. These different allegiances are his different affiliations . For example, when it comes to a difficult answer as to which of his two allegiences is his true allegiance , Amin Maalouf always has a ready reply when he is asked whether he feels "more French" or "more Lebonese" : he says " both" . This is does not mean he has two identities. It is just one core identity of his that has been formed by an amalgamation of his two sub-identities.
May 23, 2016
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