Category: Critical Reflection

In the beginning, when the quite famous Elsie and Donald utilized the term ‘vegan’ to describe the nondairy vegetarians, the lifestyle and the diet were considered to be ‘uncool’. Many vegetarians also refused to associate themselves with this radical movement. The practice of veganism started a health-crazed and clubby reputation. Their diet eventually became truly…

From a very young age, both boys and girls are taught certain mannerisms that will shape the way they approach life and interact with others. They are taught by parents, siblings, family members, friends, as well as teachers. This lends varied sources of input on what qualifies as social standards for a person in their…

In both towns, Janie speaks as an outsider. The mens stories feature silent women who are included in the stories as objects for the men to lust after or win, rather than active characters with their own emotions. They only include women in the stories about men. These tales cast women as mens objects of…

Homers Odyssey is an epic set in 1200 BC. It begins with the victory of the Greeks, which Odysseus is part of, against the Trojans. The victory of the Trojan War which lasts 10 ten years. The next 10 years after the war, are Odysseuss adventures and challenges to get home to Ithaca. Throughout his…

Their eyes were watching God Author: Zora Neale Hurston Nationality: American Purpose: to create the life of a black woman who tries to find herself through experiences while using symbols throughout the story that symbolize different things: eternity, power, love, etc. It also shines a light on the way of life black Americans lived in…

Realistic, striking, and raw diction in a POV piece imbues feeling and therefore belief in the reader. In the case of The Things They Carried by Tim OBrien, post-war OBrien admits to …making up a few things to get at the real truth (81). When post-war OBrien reflects on the young dainty man he saw…

The first reason is because when Mary arrived she was clueless as to what she was gonna find in Vietnam. She was a reminder, for the soldiers, of the comfort back home and the innocence they too had before the war. War can cause anyone to lose themselves and who they were because they are…

There are two mindsets someone can have about a subject whether it be related to work and school or something in ones personal life and the difference directly affects ones ability to succeed in any. Carol Dweck explains the two mindsets known as a growth mindset and a fixed mindset in her article Brainology. The…

Most critical incidents in the classroom (Tripp, 1993) are not at all striking or tragic but are very much ordinary and prevalent events that occur frequently in the practice of teaching. What makes them ‘critical’ is the fact that they have prompted us to think and reflect at that given moment. In the context of…

My biography and critical reflection indicated a personal experience of discrimination, exclusion, and marginalization as a queer person of color in a gay dating mobile application called Grindr. Particularly, I was faced with the issue of toxic gay masculinity and subordination at the intersection of gender, race, ethnicity, and sexuality. This experience of othering reflects…