To what extent is social identity challenged in the characters of Twistov? “If multiculturalism is to be a goal of educational and political institutions, we need a workable notion of how a social group is unified by a common culture, as well as the ability to identify genuine cultural differences (and similarities) across groups. Whether cultures are inherited or consciously and deliberately created, basic problems of definition like who belongs where or with whom, who belongs and who doesn’t – are unavoidable and the moment we translate our dreams of diversity into social visions and agendas.” (Garcia, 2000) In this essay I will be discussing post modernism and the theory of social identity in relation to the characters in ‘Twistov’ with support from Woodward, Giddens and other theorists. Social identity theory states that societal behaviour will alter along a continuum amid interpersonal behaviour and intergroup behaviour. “Tajfel (1978) suggest...