Defining Alternative Perspectives
- At the beginning of the semester I struggled to define Alternative Perspectives. In the beginning I thought the idea simple when I began throwing around definitions but it really was not what I wanted it to be.
- My first definition was this: A different way of looking at things. Thats what I believed to be appropriate. It was simple but made sense at the time.
- As the semester progressed my views changed because I read different books and encountered different views on things.
- There were two books that swayed my definition the most however: The Life of Pi and Brave New World. I was also influenced by The Kite Runner.
- My current definition of Alternative perspectives is this: Providing yourself with a way at looking at things differently. An alternative perspective is almost always provided in any situation and varies from sitaution to situation. A person's perspective can be altered by their upbringing, their situation and lastly how they feel about a topic. Alternative perspectives are essential.
- An alternative perspective allows a person to find alternative solutions.
- One thing I always think about when defining alternative perspectives is the Rorschach test and how no matter what no two answers are really the same