Personal Reflection Paper

In the epic, Gilgamesh’s struggle is that he is 2/3 god and 1/3 human. He has to go on a journey to discover how to genuinely love someone, his own mortality, and the human condition. Marji’s identity is always changing, as she comes of age in Persepolis. She is often navigating two states of being (Iran and Austria, veil and no veil, public and private, conventional and nonconventional). She questions what is home, how to love, who her friends are, and how she sees herself.

The question(s) to answer in this paper are:

Personal Reflection Paper

                  How has your identity been liminal (between two states of being)?

                  How do/did you view yourself?

                  How do/did others view you?

at least 2pages 

What I’m asking you to do is reflect on identity and answer the questions above. Be as specific as possible. This reflection is about you and your lived experience.

Essentially, you are going to define and describe the feelings associated with who you are and how you’re seen, and write it as a piece of memoir or personal narrative. It is your account. A good narrative should move its reader, so write about something specific that makes you feel something. And if you don’t feel anything, write about that and why it’s significant.