It can be argued that a nation has an identity if a good portion of the population represents or embraces the identity. This can be seen whether it is a characteristic, image, or even a song. Additionally, there can be other aspects that are an identity of a nation. With this being said, there will likely never be any situation where each individual of a nation agrees on an identity. Therefore, it is not necessarily essential to a nation, but it still may be important as it could be a good symbol and representation of a nation. Furthermore, it can help describe the people and what they stand for. As previously mentioned, the identity still may not represent every individual, however, it can be considered useful if it is embraced by a good portion of the population. There may be some similarities between national identities and personal identities, as they both can describe certain characteristics of people. However, they are most likely not too similar as it is hard to compare an individual person to an entire nation in pretty much any situation. This can be seen in the movies or other situations through religion and other examples of unity.
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I agree with the idea that there will most likely never be a nation in which an overall group identity is completely agreed upon and I also agree that national identities can give insight into people’s personal identities. If the majority of people in a society believe in freedom and things like individuality we can reasonably assume that most people will relate to these ideas with their personal identities.