Discussion

Part of your assignment asks you to discuss how the local community shapes people’s identity. For the discussion, you are required to use Loretta Ramkissoon’s essay “Which Floor?” for inspiration. Remember that “community” may mean anything from a council estate in a big city to a village. 

In her essay, Ramkissoon talks about how the people that live in Braithwaite Tower have developed a strong community. They help each other when they are in need and they also feel tied to one another: “Ours is a community that builds relationships in a silver vessel, a community that develops attachments when we pile into the lift and ask each other: ‚Which floor?’ […] We have a bond in the tower.” (ll.74-77). Therefore, we can say that the local community can play an impo...