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Charmaine asked:

In statement form:
"Who you are is because of what you are."

In question form:

Who are you, because what are you?"

My question is does this make sense and is there a difference between the statement form and the
question form?

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Although it was not immediately clear to me, your question does make sense but I think the only
difference between the statement and the question is the form!

When you say "who you are is what you are" the implication is that there are facts about you which
define you, such as what you do, the nature of your physical and psychological make-up and,
perhaps, the history of your experiences. Although true as a statement of fact, this not necessarily
true since you can imagine yourself with another life, a different body and psychological type, and
with a different history of experiences.

So the statement asserts that the factual definition of a person is true and the question assumes this
definition and is asking about the nature of psychological and actual facts.

Rachel Browne