Combine the passage with the main ideas and events of the essay. What is the theme of the essay? Your name can show what has influenced you to be who you are. Your name is something influenced only by your parents. Your name helps you fit in and adapt to new surroundings. Your name is all you have, and it should not be changed.

The greatest gift the sumerians gave the world was the invention of writing. the sumerians were wealthy people. they needed some way to keep track of what they owned. they began drawing pictures. they used a reed as a pen. they drew on soft pieces of clay. the soft clay was then dried in the sun. the tablet became a permanent record. later, the sumerian drawings changed into wedge-shaped symbols. this kind of writing is called cuneiform. by putting symbols together, the sumerians could write entire sentences.