Analysis Of Safwat Saleem

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Do you feel like people are judging you every time? Well a person who has been judged numerous times is Safwat Saleem he has been picked on countless times about his accent, he has a Pakistani accent. Saleem had believed that you should be yourself and that to not let people dictate who you are as a person. I personally agree with Saleem analysis because you should always be yourself in any situation you are in and you shouldn’t let people get in your way of bring you down for the way you act or look. I personally can relate to this because I wear cool flashy socks every single day, I’ve been wearing these types of socks for 4 years and I honestly like how the look. That being said I really don’t care what other …show more content…

Saleem had said “I’ve stuttered for as long as I can remember.” The people were annoyed by his accent, which made him feel bad about himself. Saleem didn’t care about what the people had said, so instead he continued to work on part 2 of the video, but he couldn’t. Saleem had explained that every time he would sit down and edit, he would think back on his childhood when he would have a hard time speaking. Saleem had used his high editing software to make his voice sound normal and for him to feel better about himself, but Saleem had realized that he had to stop doing that because he knew that changing something about you is not …show more content…

Saleem had said “I’ve come to understand that normal has a lot to do with expectations.” What Saleem means by this is that if you’re normal, people will have solid expectations for you. This goes back to how color is important in ancient Greek culture and how it’s a part of their normal. This being said that ancient Greeks would only use certain colors in their writings or drawings, if they were able to make the color then they were able to use it in their art, but if they couldn’t make the color they wouldn’t use it. Saleem had said that the ancient Greeks couldn’t make the color blue because it wasn’t a part of their normal, if the color wasn’t makeable then it’s not normal to make that color other than if you can make that color then you as an individual are

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