Self-awareness is crucial to living a successful life, as we need to see ourselves without judgment and bias. We must see the strengths and the weaknesses, face our emotions, build self-confidence, and believe that we can become even more. In your own words, evaluate the argument above and the specific claims made as to whether the reasoning is valid and sufficiently drives home the point. Identify any statements you believe are false or have incomplete reasoning, and add your opinion on both the importance to "know thyself," and the importance of "change thyself."

What does vexed mean as it is used in the second stanza of "the second coming"?

When doing a close reading, what is involved in the process of annotating a text?

Me which theme is developed by the changing relationship between the narrator and his daughter in this excerpt ? as she grew older, she spent more of her time with girls. so much time indeed did she spend with them that she came no more, as she used to do, to her father’s room. i was scarcely on speaking terms with her. when mini and her father stop communicating, it develops the theme that children should not speak unless spoken to. as mini becomes more independent, it develops the theme that parents must learn to let go as their children grow up. as mini spends more time with friends, it develops the theme that young people are more influenced by peers than by parents. when mini and her father see each other far less often, it develops the theme that absence makes the heart grow fonder.