Read this excerpt from “exhalation”
for most of history, the proposition that we drew life from air was so obvious that there was no need to assert it. everyday we consume two lungs heavy with air; everyday we remove the empty ones from our chest and replace them with full ones?
which word best describes the narrators tone regarding life in the excerpt?
a. cynical
b. contemplative
c. awed
d. objective

Have you ever thought you understood a person based on a story that you have heard about them? have you ever guessed about a person's personal life because of the clothes they wore? or, have you judged a person because of their friends? although classifying people in this way is typically discouraged, authors deliberately use your preconceived ideas to you form an opinion about the character or to at least have a better understanding. can you think of a time that you made a character call about someone based on external aspects? were you correct, or incorrect? has anyone ever made an incorrect assessment of you based on external aspects? write two paragraphs about it in your journal.