Alienation is a powerful feeling that changes the way a person sees them self and the world around them. Because of the amount of influence alienation has on a person, it has an affect on a person's cultural identity. This was exemplified in Sibel and Cahit, in the movie, "Head On." Alienation affected Sibel and Cahit's Turkish identity because of their time away from Turkey. The combination of alienation and their time away from Turkey has distanced them from their Turkish identity; however they are also alienated in Germany because they are Turkish and do not fit into German society in the same way as a German.
Alienation distances a person from that which should be natural to them. A person's cultural identity should come naturally. It makes up an aspect of the persona. According to Woods, "[fundamentally], to be alienated is to be separated from one's own essence or nature; it is to be forced to lead a life in which that nature has no opportunity to be fulfilled or......
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