English Patient Reflection

When beginning this project I was told to find a book with no other requirements other than it had to be from a country I knew little about. With that in mind, I chose The English Patient, a novel by Michael Ondaatje, which took place in Great Britain. From beginning to end there was one apparent theme; identity is not what defines a person, but it's what a person does that defines them. Throughout the novel there were characters introduced in flashbacks, memories, and dreams where love was present but nationality caged it. Before reading this book I did not put much thought into how nations view other cultures and religions primarily because the United States is a melting pot of different beliefs, but I quickly learned that this concept of acceptance is not the same everywhere. A popular topic about the war against isis gained popularity not to long ago when radical Islamic followers began attacking innocent lives to become the greatest

I still believe that the emergence of different people creating diversity is for the benefit of all. About six years ago I lived in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where white all men married white women, and all families were Christian, The children grew up like other other children playing the same sports, learning the same information, doing the same activities, and applying to the same colleges. There was nothing diverse about the beautiful Colorado Springs. After moving to Virginia, a cultivated state flourishing with different ideas and opinions, I would never go to where I was born. I believe that people need to be constantly evolving and a key factor to that is by meeting new people with different ideas daily. After finishing my project, I realized that when countries close their borders it is preventing the lacing of individuals, so by doing this project I truly strengthened my values by absorbing more knowledge of worldwide