In examining the complexities of personal identity and societal structures, the works of Dionne Brand in What We All Long For and Caryl Churchill in Cloud 9 offer rich insights into the tensions that arise when individuals navigate societal expectations

themes of identity, belonging, and resistance have been central to reading and understanding the complexities of personal and collective experience. In various course readings, perceptions of identity have impacted various characters in a range of ways. Thinking about what forces are confronted in terms of identity and the shaping of lives, compare, contrast, and discuss the similarities and differences between personal identity and the societal structures shaping one’s subjectivity in at least two to three readings from the course. In particular, examine points of tension between the formation of personal identity and societal structures as characters navigate their sense of belonging within frameworks of displacement, migration, or economic disparity. As a suggestion, you can bring in ideas on how capitalism or critical race discourses come into play in these texts. use Brand in What We All Long For and Caryl Churchill in Cloud 9