What are your thoughts on the notion of identity as "the story I tell myself about what happens to me"?

This sounds to me like a definition of a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Explanation:

Self-fulfilling prophecies are what we expect to happen to us, usually in a negative connotation. We're certain that some x factor is always coming our way, and so we're not surprised when it shows up.

- "in the declaration of independence, it is stated that all people have certain rights that can't be taken away. when the government fails to protect these rights, the people have no choice but to remove that government and replace it with a government that will do its job and protect the people's rights."

one thousand and one nights, also known as arabian nights is a collection of stories whose basic structure is that of embedded narrative. this technique refers to a main story which works as the common frame - or framing narrative - for the other stories, and then this series of stories which are connected to the main one. this technique can also be referred to as a story within a story. the stories stem from the original tale, some begin and end on their own, some are connected to the previous or following one, by means of questions that are answered in the subsequent tale, or characters which reappear.