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Authors of two different "I Believe" essays learned their beliefs in totally different ways. Carman Febo, author of "Culture, Practice, and Transformation" found her values of culture by living in America as a social alien herself; Allen Barger developed his idea of uncertainty through his identity and spiritual struggle as he established in "I Could Be Wrong". As much as the focus of the two writings appear abstract to each other, both composers conclude the essay with life worth lesson discovered at the most unexpected. Carman Febo portraits herself as an assiduous child from house hold of poor but loving professionals, yet exhausted by the harsh social bystanders to study in America as immigrant from Puerto Rico. The author begins the …show more content…

There seems no direct relation between the two concerts throughout Febo's life, only congruent facts are the types of music performed. Comparison Carman Febo built with her personal experience shows her belief was not learned because of the one mind blowing event, but because of the heritage she embraced triggered by one memorable night. The writing style of Allen Barger shown in "I Could Be Wrong" is very bold and reckless. As a composer of the work, he simply labels his work as irony, claiming his entire essay maybe false, the title dominates the audiences' attention immediately. Barger introduces the idea of uncertainty with his provoking title, "I Could Be Wrong", he relates the uncertainty as his belief, confirms his essay is not full of nonsense, it is full of questions. Barger begin by claiming his positions in the society: Christian pastor, and gay. His struggle with his identity was mostly emphasized with his spiritual belief, he describes the process as "I hurt myself", through the diction he uses, readers can conclude that his view of interpretations of words of God changed according to his

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