The Importance of Having Faith in Life

I have managed to write several works since I began the session and this has helped me develop advanced writing techniques. The techniques I usually use in each paper may vary depending on the topic of discussion presented (Zaharias 355). With the insights gained from the course, writing these papers have been enjoyable and manageable regarding content and flow (Kang 33). In writing my articles, I have always observed various aspects that have assisted me in developing the correct and required content of each topic chosen. Some of the elements I always consider when writing my papers are honesty, looking and feeling both negative and positive side of the story, and providing enough sources to support the claims in the documents (Humphrey and Susan 207). At first, organizing the ideas in the papers into a current portfolio proved to be challenging and lacked creativity. But the insights gained from the course has equipped me with the required techniques to write a portfolio review of my works most creatively and interestingly (Smith 140). The papers that I have to include in this final portfolio review are “Keep Your Faith,”“How the White Album Deals with Realities of Her Time,”and “Contact Zone in University.”By doing this, I have to take into consideration, the main themes and styles in each writing, then comparing a common trend connecting the types of work.

Beginning with the story “Keep Your Faith,”I have employed various techniques including stories by other people related to the topic. For example, the story of Rben has a crucial insight into the meaning of faith. Using another story to explain my story is a typical writing technique used by most authors (Sternglass 129). The method is referred to as ‘a story within a story’ and is helpful when borrowing ideas from the story and using them in yours. I have successfully used this technique to explain how individuals maintain their faith and the importance of having faith in life. The story presents a moral value as it teaches people to be flexible regarding thinking or reasoning, but fixed concerning their faith. Having faith about something is the most important factor that can help someone achieve the desired dream or objective. For instance, Rben’s faith helped him get rid of the mice that have been disturbing him (Grünke 170). I used the story in my story since it also teaches individuals to imitate the ideas of the old man, but not the opinions of the mice. I would, therefore, say that the work I wrote was more of moral teachings that can help individuals in making meaningful decisions that can help them achieve several good things in their lives (Lindblom 37). Faith is the primary factor that drives individuals towards achieving their dreams, and this is the reason why it is typically said that a person should believe in her/himself to be successful. Therefore, people need to be insightful on how they deal with each situation in their lives. Such are the main ideas I always present in my work.

I also employed the use of various favorite quotes with information related to my topic of discussion as this further helped me in passing the intended information to my readers. Since the central theme of the story is faith, I had to source for various information or quotes from famous individuals, which can be used to encourage readers to believe in their credence (Smith 140). For example, Abraham Lincoln’s speeches on how he used to fail in life when faced with life challenges is a right approach I used to make sure I convince my readers (Ford-Connors, and Jeanne Paratore 85). Capturing these experiences in my work seemed a proper approach to ensuring the dissemination of the information about faith and how it can help someone achieve their objectives. In other words, I have used history to explain the future and the present, and how people can use their correct reasoning to overcome their problems, which is possible through being flexible in the mind and being fixed in the believes or faith. The organization of my work in this story has, however, been affected negatively by certain factors as reported by some of my readers (Shelby‐Caffey, Edwin and Bethany 195). Fortunately, the effects are minimal and can be adjusted, just fulfilling the claim that ‘to err is human.’ The mistake reported to have been noticed in the reading is overuse of direct quotes, which according to most of the readers, is not that serious since; it still passes the same information.

Besides, in my work “Contact Zone in University,”I decided to present an interactive environment availed to us in a university setting. It is true that institutions such universities bring individuals of different cultures together. I used several aspects to explain how people from different cultures in a standard setting can interact peacefully without any offense to any party. My central theme in the story was social relations, how it could be achieved, and its advantages to individuals (Deane and Song 20). The story presented the ideas in reality since; everybody understands the life at the university and how people relate. I also referred to other people’s knowledge or definitions in explaining the concept or the topic I had chosen to discuss. For example, I used Marry Louse’s explanation of the meaning of ‘Contact Zone, which she defines as any social place where cultures meet and share insights from either side. The work narrates the life at a social setting, which requires individuals to adjust their thinking and believes in accommodating other people from varied cultures into their lives (Conway 70). Therefore, it is a good thing to accept and adapt to the changes in our environments, aiming at ensuring a positive relationship between people from different cultural backgrounds or races.  

In this work, I also tried to incorporate my real life experiences such as my interaction with the Chinese communities at the university when I was a sophomore (Martin and Claire 220). The population was formed to present Chinese culture, which lasts up to data. My principal opinion with regards to this is the importance of learning from other cultures. Cultural appreciation and exchange is an essential activity that should be embraced by people around the world. As a result, I tried to explain this by giving a real example I encountered some days back. It means that whenever I write a piece of work, I always incorporate realities and some credible stories from famous or successful individuals around the world (Aydin 60). I still that the approach is practical when it comes to convincing readers to adapt to positive values in life. It is said that learning from experience is one of the methods of ensuring a positive response from the learners. The skills can be personal or shared, but all are still relevant when it comes to passing these values to the readers (Shanahan 480). I as well presented the idea of ‘imagined community,’ which was proposed by Benedict Anderson as he tried to explain the importance of assuming the roles of members of different communities by treating their activities as your own (Rust and Thomas 120). The act is vital as it brings these people from various cultures together and they feel as if they form a common culture.

I always present the positive themes that are meant to either unite people or instill some essential virtues in the readers. The style used is somewhat persuasive since; I prefer convincing my readers using relevant examples to present the themes in the story (Connors 5). Whenever I take to discuss a single issue in writing, I make sure to capture all the possible claims supporting the topic, as well as declaring my complaints about it. The themes are educative and insight as far as the average life of human beings is concerned. Connecting the trends used in the two discussed writings above, the issues are related in that, both aim at educating the audience on various relational values that are equally important in one’s life (Alves and Teresa 380). Most of my works usually employ the same technique. It is true that some writings are comic while some are tragic, depending on whatever the author intends to communicate. Just as I have reported my side, I always prefer the other side of the story, which is writing about contemporary life issues that would help individuals in dealing with their various life challenges by just using reasoning and faith.  

Precisely, I have presented my ideas in the writings in the most appropriate to give a full insight of every bit of information I intend to pass to the readers. The story presented the ideas in reality since; everybody understands life at the university and how people relate (Helmer, Kimberly Adilia 200). I also referred to other people’s knowledge or definitions in explaining the concept or the topic I had chosen to discuss. In writing my papers, I have always observed various aspects that have assisted me in developing the correct and required content of each topic selected. Some of the elements I always consider when writing my papers are honesty, looking and feeling both the negative and positive side of the story and providing enough sources to support the claims in the documents. I have successfully used different techniques to explain how individuals maintain their faith and the importance of having faith in life (Charon, Nellie and Michael Devlin 345). The story presents a moral value as it teaches people to be flexible regarding thinking or reasoning, but fixed regarding their faith. Having faith about something is the most critical factor that can help someone achieve the desired dream or objective (Shukri, Noraini, and Jayakaran 5). Lastly, I have successfully used this technique to explain how individuals maintain their faith and the importance of having faith in life. The story presents a moral value as it teaches people to be flexible concerning thinking or reasoning, but fixed regarding their faith. Having faith about something is the most crucial factor that can help someone achieve the desired dream or objective.

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