Analysis Of Breath, Eyes, Memory By Edwidge Danticat

Mr. Lorenzo and Angel help Sophie, Dika and Pablo to his village along with their journey to Guatemala. Angel helps Sophie feel comfortable and have some fun. After Angel finds his mother’s jewels he is jumped and had everything stolen from him, which made Sophie push herself past her comfort zone. Sophie decides to go to Guatemala to save Angel and Mr. Lorenzo because she is gaining confidence. As soon as Sophie leaves for Guatemala she takes action, “I closed Angel’s visa and I wondered how strong I was, wondered what Sophie la Fuerta could do” (176). Sophie is very brave when she goes to Guatemala because there are so many dangers in getting there. Sophie is even pushes herself farther and compels using a hole in the ground to potty. Finally, when Sophie finds the two men she is a great deal of help by getting their papers to them so they can all head back home to Tucson. Sophie does not learn how to control her fears on her own though; there are many people on this expedition that help her learn to be “Sophie la Fuerta” and love life.

The grandmother of Sophie is an old lady who has worked very hard her whole life. She and her husband own their restaurant although they have no money

Unacknowledged Shame Theory is seen in a perspective that shame can cause a destructive emotion and can promote crime instead of preventing it if it is not managed positively. By using apology in return for forgiveness symbolises that reparation can commence (Braithwaite, 2004).

There are many causes of self-betrayal in today's society. Accordingly, Self-Betrayal comes from an individual who fails to recognize a fault within themselves, then obtains a sudden realization of said fault which affects the person in a negative manner. Before one can change others, one must change themselves. These causes of self-betrayal are seen in the article Great Betrayals by The New York Times. “Discoveries of such secrets typically bring on tumultuous crises. Ironically, however, in my clinical experience, it is often the person who lied or cheated who has the easier time.” ( Fels. A Great Betrayals). Indeed, it is true that in some circumstances the act of betraying one's self can lead to a positive outcome. With this acknowledgment

Tyron Edwards once said, “Right actions for the future are the best apologies for wrong ones in the past”. You can make up any past events with the right actions because actions tend to speak louder than words.

Have you ever regretted something you have done? Or did something wrong? One thing you may not have noticed, is that every time you make a mistake, your brain grows. “When we make a mistake, synapses fire. A synapse is an electrical signal that moves between parts of the brain when learning occurs.” Says the website youcubed. One way that many people make mistakes, is by finding their self identity. Making mistakes can lead to learning about yourself. What you like, what you don’t like, and that is how you will find self identity. Many examples of this are in the stories Flowers and Freckle Cream, Things Not Seen, and Eleanor Roosevelt, Each of these stories prove that people learn through their experiences.

Individuals use unnecessary apologies to please one another in order to avoid feeling like undesirable situations are their fault, but must learn to stop taking the blame and stand up for themselves. In fact, many people conceive an apology as “self-depreciating” or an “automatic way of keeping both

When one does wrong, the common reaction is to hide it and pretend as if nothing happened. Because of the human conscience it is difficult to completely forget about a wrongdoing. Through our conscience guilt is built up and eventually that guilt shatters enough

The life of Joan was anything far from normal. Weighing less than 100 pounds for more than five years, she has found herself suffering from something far worse than the tribulations of a typical middle-aged woman. Starting at a young age, Joan strove for perfection in order to please her parents, but there were a number of things that prevented her from completely doing so, including being overweight. Joan also suffered a huge loss when her brother’s life was taken by a car incident that happened under her supervision. This led her parents to be overprotective and probably led to an unhealthy relationship between Joan and them. Eventually, Joan got married and became pregnant, gaining 80 pounds in the process. Due to relational apathy and discord, her and her husband opted for a divorce, which drove her and her son back to living with her parents. Months later, Joan and her son were involved in a

No individual desires to feel ashamed or distressed. Taking responsibility for past actions might make someone feel as so. People often try to dismiss themselves from their issues, most often by creating excuses. They cannot escape reality forever. Excuses build barriers between people and what they strive to achieve, opening the door to ruined potential.

This empirical method of maturity is basic, but it’s a strong statement. For this reason, I apologized to them. They didn’t forgive me right away, but as the days passed, they eventually forgave me. Either that, or the fact that they forgot about the whole incident. Just because of one incident, I learned a whole lot. All of this started because I wasn’t being careful. But since I learned a lot, I’m more careful with what I do. This experience, you could say, “haunts me” but in a good way. This reminds me of what to do, so that nothing like this incident would happen again. I’m very sure that everyone has done something that they regret doing. Those experiences is what makes us the people we are, in-terms of being responsible. If those experiences never happened, then this world would be full of carelessness. In conclusion, every mistake that you do, happens for a reason. The reason being that you can learn from them. This incident helped me understand that I’m that kind of person that learns from mistakes. Without my mistakes, I won’t learn anything. I would feel like I’m perfect, when the truth is, nobody’s perfect. I’ve told my story, now it’s time to tell

One of the tasks in the topic Interacting With Others I interest most with Task 1.03. Obviously, we usually handle something inappropriately in our life. Sometimes our wrongdoings impact on the others, so an apology is extremely necessary to accept our mistakes. However, to apologize in a good way might be the hardest work. Firstly, we can not express regret with superficial, vulgar manner. That might make the receivers feel disrespectful and raise the problems between us. In contrast, the person we have wronged will feel better physically and emotionally when we say sorry in true repentance and deep sincerity. Next, if we do not apologize in a suitable way at the right time, we might not regain their trust. Like the situation in the Task 1.03,

In my idea, don't think about the past and your mistake very much. just accept them. I know to do this is very difficult but I think life means this.

Even though i have difficulties with forgiving and forgetting, at some point after some time i realised that holdig grugdes and sticking to the past

Once our mistakes are out in the open, we can learn from them. In the end, you cannot correct what you refuse to acknowledge, so we should become comfortable scrutinizing ourselves for the greater good. It's easy to blame other people, but it takes real strength to look inward and own your actions, as well as their consequences. The reward is not having to live through the same consequences over and over again, and it's worth the pain. History is rife with the oversights, missteps, miscalculations, misjudgments, blunders, and catastrophes of the past, so let's take a walk back through time and discover what we can learn from other people's errors, too. Furthermore, read everything -- even articles and periodicals you know you won't agree with. The point isn't to change your own mind about the issue, but to help interpret the opposing perspective. If nothing else, you will be better equipped to defend yourself against their arguments, but it's possible you might even learn something you did not previously know. We must always be willing to learn, but more importantly, to change