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Four Imaginary Characters Essay

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From the Four Imaginary Characters....who are you most likely? Or, what character depicts the most dominant part of your life? Why do you identify with this character? At this point in your life, what would you write on your "maze" wall? The two out of four characters used trial and error method (Scurry and Sniff). They did not overanalyze things, they kept them simple. This is okay for me in some situations to do so, but usually not, because I do not like doing something wrong or incorrectly. I try to get familiar with the situation before I act. So, I do not think that I associate with the first two mice, but the other two – Haw and Hem. It was quite interesting at the end of the book when Laura asked her friends if they are afraid of change and only one person raised the hand, then she asked if they think others are afraid of change and everyone raised their hands. I love this part. It showed that we deny and are not even aware that we are afraid, this is probably true about me. I associated myself with Hem at first when he lost his cheese, he screamed, “This is not fair!”, something that I would say. But then as I started reading more and more about what the mice did later, I believe that I am more …show more content…

We just seek safety and stability, this is part of human nature. We also tend to look at change as something negative, which is wrong. We need to see it in a positive way. a thought of failure associated with change just scares some us. But what is a good point that the author gives us is that no one can get us out of our comfort zones but us. We just need to make ourselves more interested in the change by imagining it and painting it in a positive way. “The biggest inhibitor to change lies within us, and nothing gets better until we change.” No one can do anything for us, we need to see the way beyond our fears and comforts and see advantage of changing

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