The Relationship Between Place and Identity in Mercy Street by Jennifer Haigh

For Essay #2, you are to describe and analyze the relationship between place and identity as it appears for one or more characters in Mercy Street by Jennifer Haigh. Your essay should aim to demonstrate the impact that the character/s social location and environment–specifically Boston and the Greater Boston area–has on their identity, both as they see themselves and as they are seen by others. By way of conclusion, your essay should make an argument about the power of place and identity, both in the book and, maybe, in our everyday lives.

You should use at least one outside, credible source pertaining to identity, which could be Erikson’s “identity crisis” quotation in Tatum’s essay, and at least four quotations from the novel.