In Dragon Slayers Jerald Walkers

A person can place a stereotype on somebody without knowing them. Everybody has had some form of stereotype placed on them. It could be through their appearance or by their demeanor. I have been stereotyped as the nice colleague who does their work without complaint, I saw this as a good thing but it was turned into the opposite by a friend. Sometimes it is merely a matter of perspective. My friends may see me as the funny outgoing one but my coworker may see me as the shy girl. We may tell others who we are but they don’t care because they have stereotyped us into somebody else. These dragons will affect us in life but Jerald Walker suggest that we instead focus on the heroes. The heroes are the ones that will show us how to fight the dragons. Instead of being angry at these injustices we should learn how to change how others think. Nobody had never enjoyed working with the man who always complains. He makes the day go very slow and painful. I have always tried to be the employee who is reliable. I will come in and stay late if they need me to. I thought this is what I should do but my coworker perceived it as me being a pushover. He thought I should be angry at my boss. This crippled all …show more content…
He tells us to stop wallowing in our bad circumstance and slay the dragon by not allowing anybody to pity you. The author suggest that we let people look at the other side of the idea,”I told him that black literature is often approached as records of oppression, but that my students don’t focus on white cruelty, but rather its flip side:black courage.” Instead of looking at the dragon we must find ways to slay it. To disregard the stereotype that I am a pushover, I told him that I was here all the time because I worked harder than he does. This enraged him but it immediately proved his stereotype wrong. My coworker hardly knew me but had planted this stereotype on me through some simple