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A Reflection on
Title: A Reflection on
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 423 | Pages: 1.8 (approximately 235 words/page)
A Reflection on
“ The hardest habit to break, since it was the habit of a lifetime, would be listening
to myself listen to him. That habit would destroy any chance of seeing my brother on his
terms; and seeing him in his terms, learning his terms, seemed the whole point of learning
his story.” (Wideman 767)
It is sometimes difficult to imagine ourselves in someone else’s shoes. We see,
hear, absorb and interpret all that which is going …showed first 75 words of 423 total…
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The narrator seems to have the desire to thoughtfully examine each side of what
happened to his family, longs to know how society can only push a person so far, how his
brother came to be a criminal. The narrator ponders all these thoughts but has trouble not
getting caught up in examining how he himself perceives information, as opposed to truly
listening, and concentrating on what is right in front of him.
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