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Humanities 

Humanities 1100 

Reflective Writing- 

A mini reflection of this course is provided at the end of the document but posted below as well.

Without the things we have learned in humanities this semester I feel that writing this paper would have been more difficult. This paper wasn’t just about picking a side and stating our opinion and the facts we found. It has a deeper meaning about critical thinking. In humanities I’ve learned that you need to look at all sides of the argument, because every argument can have a counterargument containing question you may not have even thought of. In humanities you need to consider all different perspectives you may come across and why people would think like that. It can be a cultural decision; a religious decision or just a personal one decided on a person’s ethics that we talked about our very first day of class. No matter what influences your views, they become apart of you. Every stand that you take and every side that you support happens because of the critical thinking we do everyday. Others may influence you or try to persuade you to go another way but that doesn’t matter because in humanities it’s just about you. I thought this class was only going to look at literature by poets, authors and artists. I never once thought we would dive into topics like religion, death, morals, culture and our ultimate freedom. The hardest part of this assignment for me was trying my best not to get too opinionated, I tried to remember the other sides of my argument and address them. I feel that my paper shows that I looked into the past, the culture, and the other components that we have learned in this course and I applied them to writing this final piece to show what I have learned throughout this semester.