Ann Raimes

Introduction, by Ann Raimes was a really interesting work. It gave you a closer look into critical reading which I felt should give most people a better idea of critically writing. I appreciated that the author explained how to understand a piece of writing like this and then showed an example of how to execute it. It was clear and concise. I enjoyed the excerpt of Knowing Oneself and Others. It made me think about how society was created based on how people live together but people live so differently in all aprts of the world, so many opposing ideas and beliefs are socially acceptable in these areas. We are shaped by our culture, trying to live up to these ideas in one part of the world or reject them in another. For example, if a person is convicted of a crime in one country but flees for safety to another country, that country will most likely be asked to return the fugitive. Whether they do or do not comply, their decision must be respected or other actions must be taken to reclaim the criminal. Either action is thought of as saocially acceptable by both parties, they may not agree but they understand that they each act on the beliefs they have within their own society.