The Narrative Paradigm By Scott Stroud

I started drawing when I was 16. I was cursing 10th grade, or how is called in my country, Dominican Republic “Segundo de Bachillerato”. It was recess. I was alone in my classroom that day, besides two or three people who were just killing time there, and I didn’t had much to do with my time. I was at the last book of a series of books which names I can’t remember and If I recall correctly the last book was very boring for some reason so I didn’t wanted to read it anymore. So, looking for something to do, I stood from my seat and walked boringly down the aisle of chairs and that was, not my first interaction with art, but the first time I remember i liked art or paid attention to it. Yerkis, a guy of my class: short, chubby and well mannered

I never thought that I would be saving someone life from drowning. That was until my friends and I did help someone. Which was something that happened very fast.

I was incredibly excited. School was starting tomorrow. The first few days were just icebreakers, learning everyone’s names, blah blah blah. Then the real learning began. Of course, teachers started to write our lessons on the board. I started to notice a few changes in what I was seeing. The words they were writing were just...black lines! I didn’t pay much attention to it, I just asked my friends what the board said. As the year went on, it affected me more and more, especially in math. I saw a 2 as a 6, and and an A as an 8.

Narrative is important, people need to be aware that there are different narratives in this world. Bok also takes it a step further by saying that people need to create a new narrative in which people hold common values, which allows people to stay connected and still practice their beliefs.

Often, works of literature reveal a story, and that story is often only taken into consideration from an individual point of view. The value of the interpretation that that story reveals is seldom told. Stories can be seen interpreted through multiple viewpoints. What one person may accept as right, may not always been seen through the perspective of somebody else. We base our judgments on our own perception of the world, but not everybody has a fundamentally similar view of the world as we do.

Allow free discussion and remain open to interpretation. Do not assume there is one right way to hear or imagine a story.

The accounts are clouded with bias, depending on what opinions and beliefs the scholar holds to. They are colored by opinions and are then passed on as facts. As we see in Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest things that we have believed to be true and have even been taught as truth have been proven false. It when opinion and fact battle. Often truth is less appetizing to the consumer and is rejected for the much more palatable taste of fiction that has been seasoned to perfec tion with the flavor of embelished fantasy.

I responded to a verbal domestic between boyfriend and girlfriend. No physical altercation occurred between either parties.

Olaudah Equiano’s The interesting Narrative and Other Writings is a very important piece of historical literature because not many books or narratives are around today that can teach the real happenings of the European slave trade in the eighteenth century. Equiano makes several arguments against slavery. Arguments from Equiano and points from the lecture state that slavery is that is inhumane. Slavery takes away the African’s and the white man’s humanity.

Man is an immortal spiritual being, his experience extends well beyond a single lifetime, and his capabilities are unlimited, even if not presently realized; these three dictums are held as tenet’s. Spiritual salvation is up to oneself and spiritual enlightenment and freedom for all mankind is what one strives for. To obtain spiritual freedom new members must go through an audit or a mental purging. During an audit, a member recalls past lives in order come to terms with aberration of those lives. Furthermore, the belief in God is not dogma, it is an infinite energy or supreme being and through the quest of enlightenment one will find their own opinions on

All literary works are written from a specific standpoint. This standpoint originates from the mind of the author. The author, when creating his literary work, has a specific diagram/plan and vision of what the story is supposed to convey. However, not all readers will interpret the literary work in the way that the author him/herself has presented it. Many times, in fact, the audience will perceive the literary work as having an entirely different meaning than what it was meant to have.

Dominant cultural narratives influence the stories that shape people’s lives; for instance, a culture that promotes individualism, self-surveillance, and thinness provides context for eating disorders to thrive, and violence against women can only be sanctioned in a a patriarchal, male-dominated culture (Goldenberg & Goldenberg, 2013, p. 401). Narrative therapists understand gender and culture to be inseparable, only appearing separate due to the influence of the English language, which takes culture and gender out of relationship (DCP, 2000, p. 1). This discourse is especially problematic for women living in or coming from “subjugated cultures,” who feel they have to choose between advocating

In the meditation, “Meditation XVII,” John Donne examines the aspects of daily life through religious rite and finds the meaning of life for himself. He proposes that “no man is an island,” indicating that we are all connected. Every action affects mankind because misery and pain bring people closer to God and eventually into heaven. From the affliction of others, we inherit wisdom that aid society to mature. Furthermore, John Donne alludes through his mediation that the action of one person influences another, but in a genuine way so they may be fit for God when the “bell tolls for thee.”

It is also assumed that the act of telling a story can provide insight into past, present and future events (Espinoza, 1997). By going through this process, individuals can find the importance of certain events and assign roles to people who are a part of their story. This act can allow a client to find new meaning and understanding to their reality (Espinoza, 1997). Not only is a

The art of listening to multiple stories is a realistic opportunity to obtain a multi-perspective view on a point, think about it as a cube, on different sides you can see defects and marks that the other side would hide. Chimamanda Adichie well argues a stance on the Danger of a Single Story, the issue with a single story is that it only allows readers to obtain the information from one side, resulting in the blinding of the reader. The telling of a single story make the reader naive, and unfortunately it makes them form misconceptions, these fixed perceptions might fit certain individuals from a group; however, the reader becomes simply too stubborn and labels the entire group--this is the problem!