Time Traveler Reflection Essay

Time Traveler Reflection I wrote an essay which talked about cultural expression. I chose a classic proverb “where there is a will, there is a way.” It means that if a person is really resolved to do something, no matter how difficult it might be, never give up, and he or she will find a way to do it at last. The essay included three parts, which are narrative story, history and analysis. This project helped me gain a critical perspective of the proverb we use and a better understanding of it works. I discovered my chosen expression’s source, meaning, history, and tension. Writing my personal story was the easiest part. I just needed to describe my personal experience clearly and add more details into the story. And the story must be closely related to the proverb. So I wrote my story about playing the piano and take the racing test. …show more content…
Stories confirmed my proverb “where there is a will, there is a way.” The most difficult part was analysis this proverb. I used a lot of “I”, and wrote my idea to make readers believe the truth. Actually, in this part, I needed to analyze how all this background information may change or display what people think, like why they think it, and how this piece of language then could represent the person who uses it. And I cited some examples to improve the proverb, and I had to write more sentences to explain how these examples connected to the proverb. I wrote about how it connected to identity, and why the words we use could have such great impact on how we see the world and each other. Writing the historic part was new to me. I learned how to research sources and cite these. I talked about history and change of the proverb over time. Citing sources also was new to me. It was the first time to tell primary sources and secondary sources. I knew that primary sources are document or physical objects which were written or created during the time under study, and secondary sources are materials produced after