Reflection Of A Mirror

The meaning of a mirror the way you look at yourself in a positive or negative way. What the mirror represent is your reflexion. ”We're going to build a mirror factory first and put out nothing but mirrors

The poem the Mirror is about beauty standards. She talks about how, as a mirror, she shows exactly what she sees and she tells no lies. The narrator states, “I am not cruel, only truthful.” When the narrator becomes a lake, she can also only show truth and reflection of one’s self. The Mirror represents the truth of who we actually are, even if society has portrayed us as or forced us to be someone else.

When learning information about important facts, dates, and the influential people who made up U.S. history, I do not remember learning much of anything regarding the Irish, Chinese, or Japanese. Well, except for Pearl Harbor and the U.S. retaliating against Japan by dropping atomic bombs. I definitely learned that people from around the world immigrated by boat across vast amounts of ocean for a chance to thrive in the land of freedom called America. I learned that millions of people entered through Ellis Island in the late nineteenth century, looking upon the Statue of Liberty, in hopes of finding their right to life, liberty, and happiness. I learned that the majority of these people were stricken of their identities and provided new American names that were easier to pronounce. I did not however, learn about the great discrimination and hardship that these people suffered at the hands of white Americans. The major theme presented is labor discrimination, unequal and unfair pay, long hours, and harsh working and living environments in regards to the Mexican Americans, Chinese, and Japanese. Takaki (2008) paints a vivid picture of discrimination and suffering of the people known as the “others” living and working in the multicultural “melting pot” United States, in his book A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America.

“The look of you’s enough. You haven’t seen yourself in a mirror lately.” (pg.147) Mirrors

The Buddhist mirror is a Zen concept that demonstrates the ideal mind and how it should operate. The idea behind it is that an ideal mind is clear or without thought, like a mirror is. A mirror is not attached to anything, it solely reflects what is present, “...a "mirror-mind," one that is uncluttered, free, and therefore empty. Just like a mirror, a mirror-mind simply reflects what comes before it” (Brannigan 102). Human life and experience distort everyone’s mind or mirror. Often people’s minds more closely resemble fun house mirrors, which present a distorted picture instead of reality. Emotions, bias, moods can all color or change memories or perception, and ‘cloud’ the mirror. For Buddhists, the cause of all the distortions is thirst and desire, so in order to achieve an accurate reflection, Buddhists must move beyond attachment and let that go. According to Zen tradition the way to do that is meditation. However, to fully be without attachment, the

This semester I learned a lot about writing in English 151. It has been a roller coaster ride with these essays for me this semester. I learned step by step how to write a good essay and how to have your readers be engaged in what you’re trying to tell them. Each essay I did has taught me something valuable I can take to the next level of English. I feel as if as the semester went by I did not take my writing that seriously and that reflected in my grades I received in each essay. It made me a better student and writer and it will reflect next semester. In this essay, I will reflect on what I learned throughout this semester that you should apply in your writing when you begin English 151.

In contrast to Dillard’s essay and her overall message on how we shouldn’t live life behind a camera, but yet go out and experience things for ourselves, made me think about how you see yourself as a person. No matter who you are, you have never seen your whole body with your own eyes, only a reflection. It’s freaky if you think about it long enough because you look in the mirror and you see this person standing looking back, and that person is you. Every person is concerned on how others view them no matter what the case. Plus, even more so now because of all the social media that blasts your self-image that you create for yourself by posting endless selfies and pictures of you on cool trips, all in hopes to boost your self-esteem by getting

The poem “The Mirror” is told from an interesting perspective. In this poem the story is being told from the point of view of the mirror itself. The author uses personification to bring the mirror to life. It tells us what it sees and how it perceives things. The first stanza of the poem is intriguing and optimistic as the mirror describes itself. The mirror is “silver and exact” (L 1) alluding that it is perfect, and makes no mistakes. It will show exactly what it sees with no bias towards who or what it is reflecting. It is truthful not cruel. It also refers Itself as “the eye of a little God” (L5) meaning that the mirror reflects truth, sees all things and sees who we truly are. This stanza represents youth and naivety. The poem then takes a depressing turn. Throughout the

In a world where all things are judgmental, it becomes hard to value one’s self. The mirror instantly becomes the archenemy of the imperfections embedded on the artwork the man, himself, has painted so eloquently. In J.Cole’s uplifting song “Crooked Smile,” he speaks about how everyone has their imperfections, and they must be embraced in order to be valued. The purported theme throughout this song is to embrace one’s self by not conforming to the supposed ideals of beauty in society, ignoring what others think, and staying true to their self.

As a middle schooler, I have experienced success and failure. Sports in middle were not always good for me. In some cases I was the only one struggling personally. Other times it was my whole team and I that were struggling. Instead of giving up in these moments and just quitting the sport or blaming it on someone else, I tried to be a leader and help myself and others to get better.

For instance, sometimes when I look at Becky, instead of feeling that I am higher than her, I curse myself for not being more like her and in turn make myself feel inferior against her. The mirror compels us to believe that we know ourselves and people like no other and that creates a competition

Few years ago, one of my instructor assigned us an assignment is to go home and look at the mirror and say “You are good and amazing”. The reason behind that is to allow us to cheer our self-esteem up. If we do not accept our body or appearance most of the time we will have lower self-esteem and feel lonely, we may also live in a situation that consistently sending negative feeling to our mind and body. However, things will be different if we accept ourselves, we will have more confident and higher self-esteem on making daily decision. In fact, if we do not accept ourselves there will be no reason for other people to accept you, besides to accept yourself we should not repress ourselves to someone who is not

When we wake up in the morning we look in the mirror while we are dress and we

A mirror. Dust particles and grease covered the surface; my reflection could not be seen. I wanted to see how the mirror perceived me. Is it how I see myself? Or is it how others discern me? Rapidly, Katherine swept the filth of the mirror and I just looked straight ahead, mesmerised. Part of me concealed in the dark and the other half illuminated. In the reflecting surface, I saw a dishevelled and feeble figure. She stood there in a rusty brown skirt covered in bobbles and pilling and an oversized lilac cardigan. Her wrinkly hands which smelt of guilt had shook inconsistently causing me to shake

The Self Every situation that an individual is exposed to throughout life, helps mold our “self.” As humans we have the ability to see ourselves from the outside, and all through life we try to see what others see and our “self” revolves around the generalized other. We observe how others perceive us and we make conclusions depending on our observations. How we act around others depends on the image we feel they have towards us.