Personal Beliefs: A Personal Analysis

Many people write about their personal beliefs and perspectives; Gary Soto, Anna Quindlen, Chief Dan George, and Alex Haley also wrote about their personal beliefs. The essays were read to pinpoint the personal beliefs of the authors and to distinguish their personal beliefs from one another. Our general population has disparate and homogeneous beliefs but they can all be formed by experience, stories, culture, and peers. Alex Haley, Anna Quindlen, Gary Soto, Chief Dan George all formed some of their personal beliefs from experience. Alex Haley became very interested in family history, he loved to listen to family stories that his grandma would tell him. This led him to find out even more about his family. He believed that family history is important. French the language of love, girls love it. Gary Soto liked a girl named Teresa and he wanted her to be his girlfriend. In order to try to impress her, he took a French class. Teresa did end up to like him. Chief Dan George was told many times by his father that nature was a friend to man. He saw his white brother chopping down trees and hurting nature. People need nature to survive it provides many things for them. He concluded that nature was a friend to man. On the other hand although Anna Quidlen still formed some of her beliefs from experience. I feel that her experience …show more content…
The people around you can make you form a personal belief. All of the authors’ formed some of their personal beliefs from peers. When Alex Haley visited his African ancessestors. He discovered that he was accepted there and he became prous of his heritage. Georges’ friend ‘white brother’ made him believe him that whites and native americans had a culture riff. Anna lived near people who were her age it made her realize that the melting pot did exist. It just existed between people. Gary’s friend told him that girls like guys who scowl at them. So he tried it out and it worked. Teresa liked