Blog #2: Reaction to "Salvation"

I was very intrigued by this story. As I started reading I read at a normal pace but then I just got so into it and started reading fast as if the Narrator was explaining it directly to me and rushing the story. The child was waiting to see Jesus, but the boy didn't understand that he wouldn't physically see him so he decided he wouldn't lie about it. After a while, everyone was still waiting on him and he just gave up and lied and said he saw Jesus to make everyone else happy. I think this is quite common with myself, and I'm sure with a lot of people. You want to make someone happy so you lie. He did have to deal with the guilt and that made him feel bad that's why he started crying but hopefully, he did end up telling the truth.

Borges and I Reaction Piece

The 'Borges and I' text that we had to read was confusing at first so I had to read it through twice. Borges seems to have a split personality and he thinks of himself as a writer and then again as a reader of his own books. In my life, I do play different roles, as does everyone. I have the role of a daughter for example, and in that role in my mind I know the things I should say and should do, yet in reality I do and say things differently than my role (in myself) expects me to. At this point in my life i'm not exactly sure who I am. I am still trying to learn about myself and everyday I find out new things I like that I thought I didn't. I ruled out a list of things I shouldn't do but yet I still go against what my mind is saying and just follow my instincts. I may not be sure who exactly I am yet, but I believe to be getting quite close.