The Four Agreements Don Miguel Ruiz Summary

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I have started a very inspirational read that I’m half way through. The book is called The Fifth Agreement by Don Miguel Ruiz and Don Jose Ruiz. Though I am half way through the book, I notice how it is similar to their first book, The Four Agreements. The Fifth Agreement shares advice, stories, and theories that are thoroughly explained within each chapter. As being a nonfiction self-help book, the authors talk in second person, uses allusions, and adds persuasion to connect to the readers. As the narrators speak in The Fifth Element, they are talking in second person throughout the whole book. Second person is when the narrator, or whoever is talking, is conversing towards the reader using the word ‘you’. When Ruiz and Ruiz were sharing the qualities of humans, they stated a phrase …show more content…

The topic referenced an event based on superstition, with people in Europe fearing of the unknown. During the fourteen century the Black Death accrued. The Black Death happened to kill 20 million people and got people to create superstitions based on why it had occurred. The superstition was stated as, “Everything you believe would threaten what they believe… those people lived there lives immersed in superstition” (64 Ruiz and Ruiz). Most people believed in God, so with their religious beliefs they created a superstition saying that the disaster they were going through was God’s punishment. People would stay in churches to ask for forgiveness so that they wouldn’t catch the illness. They, the authors, point out that our lives are guided by superstition and beliefs. As well as our difficulties with difference between lies and the truth. Using historic context, readers were able to understand the beliefs the authors were trying to convey. Once the reader agrees and understands, they’ll easily apply the information towards their

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