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To Kill A Mockingbird: A Personal Analysis
According to Julia Having good judgment and making good decisions, it turns out, depends largely about which mindset you’re in. I truly believed with what Julia says about our biases can sometimes lead us to amend the facts. I think that the 'Soldier' and the 'Scout' are well defined regarding our mindsets. Moreover, I agree with her that it is an improvement for individuals as well as for the society to change our way of acting by learning to be more aware of our emotions and our desires. The more individuals change their Mindsets to a Scout's one, the more justice and peace would be shown in their behavior and possibly through society. In addition, I am convinced that a more positive way of thinking makes everyone's life much more worth …show more content…
I was a bit surprised by her choice of metaphor, but it works fairly well. I think this topic define how today society have dealt with social issues. We don't like admitting that we were wrong about the big things anymore because we as a society are basing our arguments based on emotions not so much on facts anymore. The best way to improve ourselves through avoid some of the mistakes that limits us to be open minded is to respect the facts and not believing on personal feeling, and most importantly to correct the mistake. Throughout the video and personal experiences I have learned that it is probably hard to change someone's mind with logical arguments and evidence, especially about emotionally charged topics. If we change our roles it can be helpful on improving the way we view or judge social

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