Pactoric Reflection - 815 Words

Over the course of this course, I have been challenged to think about certain issues and look at them with a different perspective. It has been an informative course in which has sharpened my skills as a writer, speaker and overall thinker. This course teaches the fundamentals of Jesuit values and public speaking. Exposure of things like rhetoric, LMU’s mission statement, and the book Persepolis have made me more open minded and gain more control of my use of language and thoughts as a whole. The three forms of rhetoric, ethos, logos and pathos, have impacted the way I interact with the English language. Before being exposed to rhetoric I was unaware of its impact on everyday life. People use rhetoric every day, not only in writing but†¦show more content†¦It helps that that is the mentality of the school and it pushes me to strive to further my education as far as I can. I am all for the education of the whole person and it will help me become a better person. Giving back to the community that made is a big thing for me. Being from Westchester and LMU being such an influential component of my upbringing, I want to use the Jesuit values to have a positive impact on the lives of others. The book Persepolis made me have a more open-minded view of the world. Never have I felt that a someone’s own country would want to inflict damage on its own people and it made me feel blessed about the current situation that we have in our country. The story that we have as Americans of the middle eastern countries is only one -side of what is really going on. In the book, Marjane gives some insight as to what it is like growing up at the time of war. Marjane is an interesting character who, thanks to her parents had a very different experience of the war. She was able to participate in the actual protest and the being an activist in everything that was going on in the country. Even the schools, which were segregated between boys and girls, would teach the kids lies about the government. Luckily her parents had the awareness of everything that was going on and could inform her on the things that were actually going on. As Americans, we have no clue as to what truly goes on in other