Identity is crucial to how we perceive a text, as the underlying success in a text is provoking emotions of resonance in the reader. However, it is crucial to comprehend that it is not the responsibility of the text to represent all identities equally. Though texts represent different aspects of the world and largely shape its readers thinking, it primarily reflects the author’s intentions and creativity. Through these texts, we often see the world as to how the author perceives it to be, not how it exists in reality.

Often at times, we do witness great strides being taken to make texts as representative as possible by offering multiple perspectives. This can be done through the many facets of the text such as character portrayal, secondary characters, and the imagery brought through scene and setting. Texts reflect the underlying attitude of the author and the time period they were set in. When a text largely puts into perspective the only aspect of a situation, an incorrect representation is being showcased to an audience. By inequally representing all features of a situation, the text influences its audience’s thinking and creates a misconception. This is why the act of representation is problematic.