"Misconceptions": A Response to Breonna's essay

If I told you, before you looked at the picture above, that it was of a young girl that might affect what you see. In reality, it is an illusion. You can both look at it and see a young woman or an old lady. What you are told to see and therefore expect to see might affect what you actually see. I feel as though this is very similar to Breonna’s story. Before ever arriving at Hope Village, she had read about statistics and had expectations of what it would be like: poor and dirty with little educational resources. And that then lead to her expecting the little boy to be someone he wasn’t. I thought that ending was great. I think this idea can be incorporated more throughout the story. Also, it might be interesting to incorporate her friend’s reaction because her friend did not have any preconceptions.