Final Reflection Letter

I have taken more away from English 121 spiritually then any other course throughout my college career. The course material has taught me to think critically and analyze the deeper meaning of things everything has its layers. The symbolism behind that Mandela has taught me that everything in inner connected. Life is an on going cycle, with every death come a rebirth. In order to grow as a person your former self dies in order to experience a rebirth or change. Throughout my life I feel I have experienced five cycles of death and rebirth.  When I entered my teenage years and left my childhood behind was the first. I entered the point of my life that was filled with confusion. Second was when I started dating my first boyfriend, I stop growing solo and started slowly fusing to another. Third was when I found out I was pregnant my junior year of high school. I was young, confused and full of fear; I had an abortion, which is something I lived with hour by hour. As time went on it became a day-to-day emotion and now it is something that I live with in the back of my mind. It has caused a lot of my confusion to life and loving others since. The four is when I entered college I found myself in more ways then I was ever able to before. The Fifth was my most recent breakup with my first boyfriend of four years. I realized that I do not need another in order to possess happiness. I have grown into a strong solo woman. I am slowly finding myself in different ways then before. I understand that in order for change to happen you have to let go and re-find yourself. The path is never a straight line it’s our failures that make our successes so empowering.

Each piece of literature that we have study over the semester has taught me to look at life in a different way. The two that stand out in my mind are Awakening the Heroes Within and Siddartha. Awakening the heroes within has taught me that our inner beings possess multiple archetypes. We tap into different archetypes that reflect our present situations. Our inner beings connect to the archetypes, which influences our actions and responses to our present. The story of Siddartha has influenced me to look at religion in a whole different way. The Eightfold Path has brought me an understanding of how to reach enlightenment. Though I know I may never reach true enlightenment the idea of bettering my life towards it is spiritually rewarding.

Overall my reflection of this course has been an on going self-journey through literature and class converstaion. I walked into the class as a lost soul and now feel as though I am walking out progressing on my journey. I was at a stand still lost and confused and now I am slowly putting meaning behind my thoughts. Literature is the story telling of life there is something to learn from each work produced.

Thank you for an amazing class that I will never forget.