Have you ever believed there was only one way to see or do something, but then you find that you were wrong, and there is another perspective out there? Most people would answer “yes” without hesitation. Often in life we spend so much time believing that there is only one way to do this or there’s only one reason that this happened. This is largely due to the fact that the views our parents or peers have, we share. So, we our all sheltered for so long. One day, though we wake up and realize that there’s another way, maybe even one we have a greater preference over. My point is that, we our all just developing characters, always changing eventually to be shaped into who we are. However, it’s not that simple, and the catch is that as soon as we think we are done forming, life deforms us once again. As we grow we experience different events and awakenings. We begin to see things from multiple perspectives. I feel that what Ahmed is trying to communicate is that what makes us who we are all these multiple thoughts, feelings, actions, expression, etc. What we do and say, contradicts our beliefs, …show more content…
However it is how he describes himself, it’s who he identifies as. Relating to Whitman’s poem, the muslim scholar doesn’t seem to care that he contradicts his identity as a Muslim. He is more than just a Muslim, he contains multitudes. The scholar mentioned how his family had been drinking wine for centuries. Relating to what I said at first, often the people we our surrounded share the same beliefs as us. Your parents have beliefs that were passed down to them and then they passed them onto you. Your family might have different beliefs than another family of the same religion, so to speak. Even though you follow the same belief, you don’t see eye to eye on every aspect of it. With time we change, events take place in our life’s that change the way we think or view things. Religions have even adjusted to our