What would you want to keep and what would you want to change about yourself as a learner, reader, and writer after this experience?

The Beauty of Breaking in Michele Harper.

Use the questions below to develop an essay that reflects on your learning and experience. You need not answer each question but choose the topics where you can write the most effective letter. Topics get progressively challenging as you move toward the bottom of the list.

What has this first part of the semester taught you about reading and yourself as a reader?
What has this first part of the semester taught you about writing and yourself as a writer?
What would you want to keep and what would you want to change about yourself as a learner, reader, and writer after this experience?
What have you learned from reading the memoir itself? How has reading this book helped you to “see through someone else’s eyes”? Discuss a previous experience with an acquaintance, co-worker, friend, or family member and how you might approach the experience differently after reading this memoir and learning what you have learned from it.
What have you learned about rhetoric? How has examining the memoir through the lens of rhetoric helped you to better understand and make use or rhetorical ideas?
How has reading this memoir helped you better understand the current challenges the country faces with regards to racism, white supremacy, violence, and economic disparity?