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Reflective Form Of Literature

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There are certain literary subjects that are made necessary and become staples in a classroom setting. Many of the topics and stories an English class has to offer, are basic and shallow. This past semester, our Honors English class has covered a plethora of topics via the brilliantly written short stories placed in our corportly compiled textbook. Paying attention to the different pieces of literature within the textbook it becomes clear that there's a certain criteria that is being taught to students. This sort of influence has the power to shape the young minds of the students. Fortunately, the stories within our textbook cover topics that support and celebrate diversity. Those stories that have the greatest impact are stories that become memorable and serve to educate students in a greater way. An excerpt from Self-Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson, When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer by Walt Whitman, and an excerpt from My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass, are the three most compelling forms of literature that have influenced students by supporting individuals, teaching self education, and demonstrating the power of passion. Self-Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson is a very influential text which supported the importance of the individual self. One of the things the class textbook does well is providing students with an excerpt of Self-Reliance. As a young student, Self-Reliance is a crucial text because of its great emphasis on the power that an individual has

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