Lawrence Li Period 6 11/29/23

 Lawrence Li

Period 6

11/29/23

Modern Mythology 2024

Literacy and Learning

In lesson 24, the aim of the lesson — How does Haynes build reflection into the text to develop character depth? — help guided us to look for ways the characters in Stone Blind have been reflective and how it showed growth and development. 

We were first asked to identify our core values and narrow them down to our top three and my top three values that I strive for and look for in a person are honesty, compassion, and personal growth.  I found these core values hard to narrow down as it’s hard to compare which values overpower others and was ultimately decided based on preference.

We transitioned into the lesson’s activity where we were to pick two characters and assign them the top three core values we think they would have with evidence from the text.  For example, my group and I discussed how Sthenno’s top three core values would be affection, caring, and unity as she deeply cares for her sister Medusa and believes that they were meant to be together all along representing unity.

At the end of the lesson, we had a class discussion where we discussed what ways the characters had been reflective.  Bringing back what we said in the group work, Sthenno was reflective when she admitted how much they had changed in a good way by raising Medusa and just enjoying the little things in life like a mortal.  Her reflection was really touching as she finally realized how much she had changed from taking in Medusa which leads back to the aim of the lesson we’re trying to answer where she develops character growth by enjoying the little things in their daily lives and reflecting on their time watching Medusa grow.

This lesson taught us how reflection builds character development which can also influence our critical perception by reflecting on our beliefs, biases, and past experiences to consider alternative perspectives when reading texts.  This can also be transferred to the world around us by looking at situations in a different light where we’re more understanding, challenging our own assumptions, and taking into account diverse viewpoints and cultural contexts.