Class Reflection

I thought that the activity we did in class on Friday was pretty cool. In my opinion, analyzing other student's stories without any knowledge of the author is a good way of exploring our options as writers.  As far as the Cultural baggage discussion goes, I still do not fully understand where the writer was coming from, but it was interesting to hear what others had to say about their personal backgrounds. It opened my eyes a lot when we made the realization that most of our beliefs, actions and goals have a lot to do with our parents and how we were raised. This knowledge made me think a lot while watching the movie Carrie in class. The main character is the way that she is because of how she was raised, and the actions of her own mother. The feeling that she has towards the world is anger, and she is also afraid in general. She was not given a chance at normalcy because of her background and the way she was brought up.