EmmaReflectionOnIssuesOfChange

As it is seen in the juxtaposition at the top of the page, people's views on our ability to change vary tremendously. While in F. Scott Fitzgerald's //The Great Gatsby//, Gatsby tries "ceaselessly" to get Daisy back, Charles R. Swindoll believes, unlike Gatsby, that all we can do is change our attitude about the past and where we are now. I included videos about Barack Obama and Mike Ditka's views on change to show even more opinions about change. Barack Obama's presidency signifies change to me. I am very hopeful that he will really be able to make a change for the better. Mike Ditka represents the view that focusing on the past is unhelpful and that we should look at the things that we are able to change. I chose a quote from //The Great Gatsby// about "the hour of a profound human change" because it represents the way we change just by moving through our daily lives. It also connects to my personal view that if we set our minds to it, just by looking at the "man in the mirror," as Michael Jackson said, we can make a change.

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