Everyone has burning questions about life. Mysteries we wonder about but don’t always have clear answers for. Think about your biggest questions about existence, purpose, or the world around you. Write a blog post where you share at least two of your most burning questions about life and explain why these questions matter to you.

 Prompt: My burning questions are: "Whats the meaning of life?" and "What does it mean to win at life?"

These questions matter to me because they dive into not just the meaning in life but identifying a purpose and motive for living, which can have such varying answers depending on who you ask. 

Summary: Read "I, Too" and analyzed cultural identity pieces of it.

Reflection: Learned how to analyze a poem for parts of identity.

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